Table 1.
S.# | Action | Recommendation description |
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1 | Public Awareness | Awareness seminars and programs be organized at the district level across the Sindh time to time about the severity and outcomes of quackery practices. |
The local electronic and print media in regional language can play important role in creating awareness among common residents about the harmful aspects of quackery. | ||
Special programs on the prevalence of potential infectious diseases and health risks by quacks be broadcast from local cable TV network time to time in regional language. | ||
2 | Sensitizing a wide range of stakeholders | We request the stakeholder be more communicative with us in the field and with DAQ-SHCC's inspection & enforcement teams that will help us to ease our collaboration with law and enforcement agencies and local authorities in order to get deliverance from the menace of quacks. |
3 | Governing bodies at provincial and national levels | Healthcare regulatory authorities at the provincial and national level should support the cause and monitor quality of care and health care professional's databases to ensure influential and political bias of licensure. |
4 | Social mobilization tools | Mobilization of the community by identifying key persons such as retired health professionals, local NGO's, social activists, and district health officers who can act as a contact person between locals and the administration. |
Note: the opinions expressed in these recommendations are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC).