12/12/2025
PHC Global, in collaboration with the Health Services Academy (HSA), Islamabad, formalized a strategic partnership with the People's Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) Sindh to scale up the study "Implementation Research to Scale-up and Evaluate the Impact of Antenatal Corticosteroids on Preterm Newborn Outcomes" in Sindh, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marks PHC Global's geographic expansion into Sindh as Phase 2 of the implementation research. The optimized implementation model will be deployed across 8 districts in Pakistan, including PPHI Sindh, serving facilities as intervention sites in Khairpur and Dadu.
The MoU was signed by Dr. Ali Turab, Director Global Health, PHC Global and Mr. Javed Ali Jagirani, CEO, PPHI Sindh in the presence of Dr. Ayesha Mariette De Costa, Scientist, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO Geneva.