Dr. Farah Mufty Adequate sleep is essential for healthy functioning and survival. Inadequate sleep and unhealthy sleep practices are common, especially among adolescents and young adults. Not sleeping enough and not sleeping well is not good. As a matter of fact, there is quite a price to pay. What is sleep? Sleep was previously considered [...]
By Abdul Sattar Sohrani European Union Commission has recommended additional measures to combat counterfeiting practices. These include: Batch pedigrees, obligatory product seals, mass serialisation, mandatory audits and tighter requirements for the manufacture, import, export and transportation of medicinal products are among the legislative steps being considered by the European Commission to counter the growing threat [...]
National TB Control Program (NTP) in connection with Joint Review of TB care in Pakistan arranged a Debriefing meeting of Joint International Review Mission & Meeting of Stop TB Partnership (STP) Pakistan recently at a local hotel in Islamabad. Pakistan would not have achieved the TB related MDG Outcome Target Indicators of Case Detection Rate [...]
By Jawaid Ali Daniel B. Baker, Representative, United Nation Fund for Population Activity (UNFPA) speaking as a chief guest at Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry recently said that UNFPA is involved very intimately and closely. The rapidly rate of population growth in Pakistan is a threat for all of us. The country cannot sustain [...]
A public awareness program for diabetic patients was organized by National Institute of Diabetes & Endocrinology at Ojha Campus, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi Speaking on this occasion, Director of the Institute, Professor M. Zaman Shaikh, informed that it is estimated that there are 1.1–1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, comprising 18–25% of the [...]
To create awareness about TB and engaging both print and electronic media in raising awareness regarding tuberculosis in the country, National TB Control Program (NTP) arranged 2-day Consultative Meeting for the Editor & Media Representative at a hotel recently in Islamabad. Speaking on the first day of the consultative meeting with the Editor, [...]
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani stressed an effective population management program to ensure better utilization of resources and provision of better services to the masses. He said this while addressing a function to mark the World Population Day on July 11, 2009, at PM Secretariat, Islamabad. The theme of this year’s World [...]
