‘Wonderful to meet Bill Gates’: PITB chief Dr Umar Saif calls on Microsoft founder

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Dr Saif said that he felt “great to share how we have used technology and data to improve immunization coverage, eradicate dengue and improve healthcare in Pakistan”.
Chairman PITB, Dr. @umarsaif, met @BillGates and shared how Pakistan has used #technology and data to improve #immunisation coverage, eradicate #dengue and improve #healthcare. pic.twitter.com/4BQDPpnByp
— PunjabITBoard (@PITB_Official) May 10, 2018
Mr. Gates also appreciated the efforts made in technology in the South Asian country, saying that he has never seen such rapid transformation using technology anywhere in the world.
The PITB is an autonomous body set by the government of Punjab and provides the foundation for Punjab’s innovation economy. The board aims at not only modernizing the governance techniques through transparency induced methods but also at increasing the digital literacy of the citizens among many other services.
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