Realizing the importance of the journalists in the campaign of awareness, Association of Health Journalists Pakistan in collaboration with UNAIDS Pakistan arranged a 2-day Media Training Workshop at a local hotel in Karachi on the subject of reporting on HIV/AIDS in mass media. Syed Hashim Raza, Secretary Health, Govt of Sindh speaking as a chief [...]
Dr. Syed A Dewan has joined Sunmark-MD as Country Manager, He started his career from Sandoz Pakistan in 1998, Then He joined Schering-Plough as Manager Oncology, He became Business Unit Head in Year 2000 in ATCO Laboratories for Biotech division and established ATCO-ONCOLOGY division he worked there nearly a decade and now going to start [...]
Servier Research & Pharmaceuticals Pakistan in collaboration with National Institute of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) organized one-day Diabetes Awareness Symposium/Workshop recently at Arena Club, Karachi. The Symposium/Workshop was well attended by the participants including family physicians as well as trainee doctors. Prof. Dr. M. Zaman Shaikh, Director, National Institute of [...]
To commemorate World AIDS Day 2009, Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Memorial Society (MKRMS) in collaboration with Punjab AIDS Control Program (PACP), UNICEF, UNAIDS, European Commission and Interact Worldwide arranged a Public Awareness Seminar on “Prevent HIV/AIDS through responsible behavior - Avoid drugs, unsafe sharing of needles and unscreened blood” recently at a local hotel in Lahore. Dr. [...]
National AIDS Control Program (NACP) Islamabad under the auspices of the Ministry of Health (MoH) as part of its month-long campaign to celebrate 'World AIDS Day' arranged a seminar at a local hotel in Islamabad. The aim of the seminar was to engage all stakeholders to control the HIV/AIDS epidemic throughout the world and to [...]
By Shabana Saleem Lalji & Khairunnissa Hooda Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine (National Institutes of Health October 26, 2009). CAM is usually referred as mind-body medicine because it is an approach [...]
PharmEvo (Pvt.) Ltd., one of the leading pharmaceutical companies has been in tradition of launching thought provoking Calendars for last 10 years. Conforming to this tradition, PharmEvo (Pvt.) organized a Ceremony to launch Calendar 2010 - “Danish-e-Mashriq” today i.e. December 15th, 2009 at Arag Auditorium, Dow Medical College, Karachi. Dignitaries from various walks of life [...]
By Dr. Iqbal Saeed Khan, Addl. Secretary & Provincial Coordinator Social Deptt., Govt of Sindh, Former DG/Director EPA Sindh, Karachi Lead is a heavy metal and used in a number of industries including lead storage batteries, widely used in paint industries, to some extent still used with petrol, and may be present in drinking water. [...]
By Abdul Sattar Sohrani Folic acid and vitamin B supplementation was associated with an increase in cancer incidence, cancer mortality, and all-cause mortality in a new analysis with long-term follow-up of data from 2 trials conducted in Norway, where there is no folic acid fortification of foods. The results are reported in the November 18 [...]
“More than ever our country needs citizens and leaders who make public service the hallmark of all that they do and commit themselves resolutely and single-mindedly to address the terrible burdens of poverty, disease and deprivation,” said Dr Maleeha Lodhi, the former ambassador of Pakistan to the US and Britain, and recipient of the President’s [...]
Dr. Rufina Soomro is working as a Consultant Surgeon at Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi She was recently interviewed by Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review along with his team. Following are the excerpts of the interview. Q1 - Please tell us something about yourself. Ans - I am Dr. Rufina Soomro, Consultant Surgeon [...]
Prof. Hussain Bux Kolachi, Chairman, 8th Convocation Media Committee LUMHS, Jamshoro - Sindh The 8th Convocation of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro was held in the Jamshoro campus on December 14, 2009 in which the MBBS batch 2008, BDS batch 2008, Nursing batch 2008 and Postgraduates of various disciplines including MPH [...]
Some 36 million people have been cured of tuberculosis (TB) over the past 15 years through a rigorous approach to treatment endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). New data released by WHO, also indicate that up to 8 million TB deaths have also been averted, confirming DOTS/ the Stop TB Strategy as the most [...]
Asia is facing a new wave of the HIV/AIDS epidemic due to harsh criminal penalties for drug use, sex work and consensual sex between men in many parts of the region, health experts say. At the same time, the global economic downturn is threatening worldwide budget cuts to HIV/AIDS programs, with the risk that life-saving [...]
US$ 39 billion needed to prevent and control the world's leading killer of young children A comprehensive action plan that can save up to 5.3 million children from dying of pneumonia by 2015 is being launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Pneumonia is the biggest cause of [...]
