Barrett Hodgson Pakistan, a leading name in the Pharmaceutical industry recently held its Annual Sales Conference in two mega cities of Pakistan.To appreciate and reward the successful closing of the year 2009-10 and to start the challenging year of 2010-11, the conference was well participated by 660 Sales and Marketing team members along with the [...]
By Usman Waheed, Department of Molecular Biology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad When William Harvey first described the circulation of blood in 1616, scientists start thinking about whether blood could be removed and replaced by other liquids, for example wine and milk,. They thought that by doing so, diseases could be cured and even that personalities could [...]
Sustained commitments necessary to secure future progress Significant progress has been made in several low- and middle-income countries in increasing access to HIV/AIDS services, according to a new report released today. The report Towards Universal Access by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on [...]
There are more than half a million people who inject drugs (PWID) in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR). The majority of countries in the Region have a significant injecting drug use problem and several countries have reported much higher national HIV prevalence rates among PWID—most notably Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and some regions of India. [...]
Many clinicians have been getting questions about the health effects of hookah, a type of pipe. Is this method of inhaling smoke less harmful than cigarette smoking? By Abdul Sattar Sohrani, Islamabad Hookah is a waterpipe used for smoking tobacco. Hookah smoking, also known as narghile, shisha, and goza, originated in ancient Persia and India [...]
WHO urges countries to take measures to combat antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - the ability of micro-organisms to find ways to evade the action of the drugs used to cure the infections they cause - is increasingly recognised as a global public health issue which could hamper the control of many infectious diseases. Some [...]
The first Fibroscan machine of Pakistan was inaugurated by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at the National Institute of Liver and Gastro-Intestinal Diseases, Dow University of Health Science (DUHS), Ojha campus on Sunday. This is the first clinically validated device using Transient Elastography, an announcement said.This unique, accurate and efficient device brings extra clinical [...]
By Professor Dr. Hussain Bux Kolachi Chairman Department of Community Medicine LUMHS, Jamshoro The super flood that ravaged Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoon Khowa provinces entered in the Guddu Barrage of Sindh on 8th August. About 1.2 million cusecs water flowed in the Indus river caused breach near Kashmor at Torri Bund which damaged half of [...]
National Health Management Information System (HMIS) Pakistan in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Pakistan arranged a “Dissemination Workshop” recently in Islamabad. The Workshop was held to discuss the findings of Mother & Child Week (MCW) Coverage Survey Report. Dr. Rasheed Jooma, Director General Health, Ministry of Health, Islamabad speaking as the Chief Guest [...]
