Pakistani Doctors Complete General Practice Training in Xinjiang
The 3rd Session of the Belt and Road International General Practitioners Training Course recently concluded at the First People’s Hospital of Kashgar, marking another milestone in regional medical collaboration.
The program brought together doctors from Pakistan and Tajikistan along with 90 grassroots general practitioners from Kashgar’s medical consortiums. Designed to strengthen primary healthcare systems, the course was delivered through special lectures, clinical case analysis, and practical hands-on sessions. Participants were trained in the foundations of general practice and clinical reasoning, with a strong emphasis on integrated healthcare delivery models.
Key areas of focus included chronic disease management through a combined medical and preventive approach, prevention and control of zoonotic infectious diseases, and improved coordination mechanisms between primary healthcare facilities and specialist hospitals. The training also enhanced first-aid competencies for general practitioners, strengthened response strategies for public health emergencies, and explored effective health education techniques. The initiative upheld the principle of making Chinese medical expertise and experience “learnable, applicable and replicable” for international participants.
During the interactive sessions, Pakistani doctors shared their valuable experience of delivering primary healthcare services under resource-constrained conditions, contributing practical insights into community-based medical care. The knowledge exchange fostered mutual learning and highlighted shared challenges and opportunities in strengthening grassroots healthcare systems.
Since 2024, the hospital has successfully hosted two previous sessions. The inaugural session in August 2024 brought together medical professionals from Kyrgyzstan and local practitioners from Kashgar for customized general practice training. The second session, held in May 2025 in collaboration with the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, welcomed doctors from Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashgar. Experts from Guangdong and Xinjiang shared China’s “prevention-treatment-management” primary healthcare model, laying a strong foundation for sustained Pakistan-China medical cooperation.
The continued success of these training programs underscores the growing depth of healthcare collaboration under the Belt and Road framework, contributing to improved primary healthcare capacity and long-term regional partnership.