Projects Portfolio

TFHI has independently managed two Global Fund-financed projects of HIV/AIDS in Balochistan and AJK as an SSR of the fund. Both were steered by the Provincial AIDS Control Programs of Balochistan and Punjab respectively, under the overall supervision of National AIDS Control Program in the Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan.

TFHI is working on providing “School Health Services” to the students at Taaleem Foundation Grammar School System in Balochistan ever since its inception in 1991. On the parallel, TFHI is regularly providing public health-related content through Taaleem Foundation’s e-Learning platform via video-streaming.

Besides, TFHI had also established first ever e-Clinic of Pakistan at Quetta, Balochistan during 2016.

In association with its technology / institutional partners – TeleCare and Educast, the TFHI implemented a number of other projects in health sector and continues to facilitate public health solutions as indicated below:

Recent Projects

Description of projectsSource of funding Amount in PKR YearLocationTarget populationResult achieved
Training of medical billing and coding professionals Ujala Education Foundation, AJK 6 million 2021 Online training through Ameri Academy of Online Learning (AAOL), USA 40 participants · 50% participants passed certification exam within one year

· All certified participants are gainfully employed in medical billing and coding industry
COVID response through distributing 10,000 face masks and 1000 tooth brushes to school going kids and their siblings Health & Hygiene Limited, UK 1.8 million 2020 – 2021 Islamabad

Sui, Zhob and Mastung in Balochistan
11,000 · COVID risk mitigated in 11,000 children associated with the Islamabad Model Schools; the TF Grammar School System in Balochistan
Online broadcasting & classroom display of hygiene-related visual animations to public/private sector schools in Pakistan Health & Hygiene Limited, UK 3 million 2020 – 2021 Islamabad

Sui, Zhob, Loralai, Kila Saifullah, Pishin, Kohlu, Muslim Bagh and Mastung in Balochistan
100,000  Covered 113 branches of Islamabad Model Schools and all 8 branches of TF Grammar School System in Balochistan
Conversion of health & hygiene-related content / IEC material into visual animations Health & Hygiene Limited, UK 1.4 million 2018 – 2019 Islamabad N/A A wide range of IEC material related to health & hygiene theme converted into visual animations
Establishment of CHBC at Muzaffarabad (AJK) Global Fund through NACP / PACP Punjab 100 million 2016 – 2017 Muzaffarabad (AJK) 2 million  Outreach to PLHIVs

· Counseling of PLHIVs and their families

· Generating EMR

· Nutrition support services

· Referral to ART centers
Establishment of CHBC at Quetta (Balochistan) Global Fund through NACP / PACP Balochistan 107 million 2015 – 2016 Quetta -Balochistan 2 million Outreach to PLHIVs

· Counseling of PLHIVs and their families

· Generating EMR

· Nutrition support services

· Referral to ART centers
Establishment of the first e-Clinic in Pakistan NexSource (Pvt) Limited 500,000 2016 Quetta -Balochistan 2 million  Generating EMR

· CDSS (Clinical Decision Support System)

· Differential diagnosis
Training of allied professionals / paramedics in partnership with the Harvard Medical School, USA European Commission through NAVTTC 25 million 2014 52 districts of Pakistan 300 participants from rural areas Availability of additional 300 trained paramedics to national health-care system
Establishment of Tele-health Center for Flood-affected population in Badin NDMA, Govt. of Pakistan 3 million 2012 Badin (Sindh) 1.5 M Access to primary health care;

· Reduction in MMR, IMR; and

· Improved health status of relevant community

· 5,000 persons benefited
Video-streaming of contents for vocational / technical and occupational skills; and public health awareness through Tele-centers for quality schooling, community health and skill enhancement Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL)




through Taaleem Foundation
6 million 2013 – 2019 Sui

(Dera Bugti)
80,000 Pilot testing phase

· Access to technology

· Optimal use of infrastructure

· Improved school health services

· Improved public health awareness

· Poverty alleviation
Video-streaming of contents for vocational / technical and occupational skills; and public health awareness through Tele-centers for quality schooling, community health and skill enhancement Taaleem Foundation 6 million 2014 – 2020 Zhob (Balochistan) Pilot testing phase

· Access to technology

· Optimal use of infrastructure

· Improved school health services

· Improved public health awareness

· Poverty alleviation
Video-streaming of contents for vocational / technical and occupational skills; and public health awareness through Tele-centers for quality schooling, community health and skill enhancement
 
Taaleem Foundation 6 million 2014 – 2020 Loralai (Balochistan) 45,000 Pilot testing phase

· Access to technology

· Optimal use of infrastructure

· Improved school health services

· Improved public health awareness

· Poverty alleviation
Video-streaming of contents for vocational / technical and occupational skills; and public health awareness through Tele-centers for quality schooling, community health and skill enhancement National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)




through

Taaleem Foundation
2 million 2016 – 2017 Muslim Bagh (Balochistan)  
60,000
 Pilot testing phase

· Access to technology

· Optimal use of infrastructure

· Improved school health services

· Improved public health awareness

· Poverty alleviation
Seminar on ICT for Primary Health-care NCRD, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad 100,000 2015 Islamabad 30 participants Enhanced awareness on technological solutions to primary health-care
Curriculum design for mid-level government officers on e-health National Institute of Management

Government of Pakistan,

Islamabad
100,000 2015 Islamabad More than 50,000 govt. officers  Enhanced awareness on technological solutions to primary health-care, besides governance, education and agriculture

 TFHI remained associated with EduCast in responding to COVID-19 and delivering other public health related projects in Pakistan.

Online Certification in Family Medicine

Bringing back out of practice Pakistani Female Doctors back into medical field through online training.

Duration: 6 months

Online /Flip model

Total passed out: 1,000 plus from 27 countries

 MedRet OBGYN

Online Certification program:

OBGYN-TeleHealth by Faculty from Imperial College UK ( MedRet)

Duration:

3 month – Model : Online Flip model

Stanford University Certification

Topic:

Covid-19 Training for Health-care professionals by Stanford University’s Emergency Medicine

Duration:

6 weeks  – Model: Online Flip model

Therapeutics and Prescription Writing

Topic:

Online Certification program : Therapeutics and Prescription Writing 

Duration:

3 months – Mode: Flip mode

TeleHealth connecting remote clinics for Maternal & Child Health-Punjab

Purpose: To establish a virtual telecare network between 5 Basic Health Units of rural Punjab province, which were effected due to terrorist attacks and sectarian violence, with Rural Health center through use of Remote patient analysis and live video assessment using bio medical sensors..

Duration:    7 month (2018)

Cost USD/PKR: $100,000/10.0 million PKR

COVID -19 – Home Isolation Teleconsulting service

In collaboration with Health Department, Govt of Sindh -Educast established Pakistan’s largest Covid 19 home isolation telehealth advisory and consulting platform, with 450 eDoctors from 14 countries and all provinces of Pakistan, these eDoctors were trained and certified by Stanford University’s Center of Medicine as Covid 19 care providers. This was social enterprise project of EDUCAST Group, as it volunteered to establish and provide services right from start of Covid 19 cases in Pakistan in March 2020.

Duration:   12 month (March 2020 – to date)

Cost USD/PKR: $75,000/12 million PKR

Handled: 450,000 Covid patients through 400 eDoctors all trained by Stanford University.

IsDB- Bringing back out of work Female Doctor – eDoctors

“Establishment a virtual Medical Education and Training platform to utilize Innovative TeleHealth and Remote monitoring in aid to reduce the growing rate of Maternal and Infant Mortality in Pakistan”.

Duration:   12 months (start from May 2020 – April 2021)

Grant USD/PKR:   $150,000

Donors:    Islamic Development Fund-IsDB & Transform Fund

Recent Collaborations

Taaleem Foundation / TFHI have signed an MOU with the Health Department, Government of Balochistan to provide training to paramedics in the province. TFHI is planning to establish “School of paramedics” on the side lines of all its TF Grammar Schools, and shall train the allied health professionals on campus as well as online, using the teaching faculty of Islamic International Hospital of Riphah International University, Islamabad. Government of Balochistan has authorized TFHI to use all district headquarters hospitals as teaching hospitals for the purpose of this training.

Taaleem Foundation / TFHI have signed MOUs with “Health & Hygiene Private Limited” (UK) and “Infection Prevention and Control” (IPAC) Foundation of Pakistan for generating awareness material, both in textual and visual forms to disseminate through e-School services of Taaleem Foundation, using e-Learning platform all across the country.

TFHI is also engaged with a number of stakeholders on strengthening the “School Health Services”, initially for the student body of Taaleem Foundation Grammar School System in Balochistan; and the up-scaling across Pakistan in a gradual manner. The interventions in SHS would include primary health-care, personal hygiene and nutrition; along with adequate awareness related to all these areas.