BREASTFEEDING KEY TO SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES Ten steps to successful breastfeeding highlighted during World Breastfeeding Week During World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) reiterates its call on health facilities and health workers to implement ten steps to help mothers breastfeed successfully and [...]
Professional Development Centre (PDC), Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) as a part of its CME Series in collaboration with Pakistan Orthopaedic Association (South) organized a Seminar on “Role of MRI & CT Scan in Musculo Skeletal disorders” on Friday 09, 2010 at Professional Development Centre of Dow Medical College, Karachi. This workshop brings together [...]
On the special visit to Lahore, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review interviewed a well-known Professor of Clinical Oncology in Pakistan, Prof. Dr. Shaharyar, who is the Chairman, Department of Clinical Oncology, King Edward Medical University, Lahore. Following are the excerpts of the Interview. Q - Please tell us something about yourself. Ans [...]
The Launching and Dissemination Ceremony of “Protection of Breast Feeding and Child Nutrition Rules” was held recently at Islamabad. Federal Minister for Health, Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Director General Health was the chief guest where as Begum Shehnaz Wazir Ali, Prime minister's special assistant on social sector; Dr. Zil-e-Huma, Member National Assembly, Parliamentary Secretary Women Development; Ms. [...]
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Professional Development Centre (PDC) of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Karachi in collaboration with Health Department, Govt. of Sindh to educate the general practitioners and public on the outbreak of Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Karachi organized a Seminar on “Congo Haemorrhagic Fever” today at Arag Auditorium of Dow Medical College, Karachi. Dr. Capt. Mansoor [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences in collaboration with Ministry of Population Welfare (MoPW), Population Welfare Department Sindh, UNFPA, Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) and Pakistan German Business Forum organized a ‘Seminar on Population & Development for Population Partners’ today at Arag Auditorium of Dow Medical College, Karachi. Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, [...]
Hussaini Blood Bank – A division of Hussaini Haematology Oncology Trust organized a National Seminar to mark the World Blood Donor Day recently at a local hotel in Karachi. Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi, Secretary Health, Government of Sindh speaking as Chief Guest on the occasion said that Government of Sindh would soon establish four centralized [...]
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) organized at two-day 2nd International Paediatric Nephrology Workshop recently at SIUT Karachi. Prof. Adibul Hasan Rizvi, Director, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Prof. Bassam Saeed of Syria, Prof. Mathias Brandis of Germany, Prof. Frank Delmonico of USA and Prof. Chula Goonasekra of Sri Lanka jointly inaugurated the [...]
By Ms. Madiha Khalid, Islamabad Hookah is a water pipe used to smoke tobacco through cold water. Tobacco is heated in the bowl at the top of hookah and smoke is filtered through the water in the base of hookah. Sheesha is the tobacco smoked in a hookah. Its tobacco is very moist and sticky [...]
Efforts worldwide on access to treatment for children with HIV have reached a new milestone, with 355 000 children receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009, compared to 276 000 at the end of 2008; but many more lives could be saved if more infants started on medication earlier according to new recommendations [...]
By Abdul Sattar Sohrani Islamabad Following are the important elements for observance of good regulatory practices in any regulatory authority. Effectiveness Transparency Clarity Equity Efficiency Adopt and maintain only regulations for which the costs on society are justified by the benefits to society, and that achieve objectives at lowest cost, taking into account alternative approaches [...]
National TB Control Program (NTP) organized a 2-day Inter-Provincial Quarterly Meeting for Quarter-1 and Grant Signing Ceremony of Global Fund Round-6 (Phase-2) between NTP and its partner NGOs recently at a local hotel in Islamabad. Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Federal Minister for Health speaking as the chief guest on the occasion said that the government is committed [...]
Tobacco kills 274 Pakistanis every day. 5,000 smokers Pakistani are admitted to hospital every day. This was stated in a Symposium held in Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad on the eve of World No Tobacco Day 2010. The theme of symposium was “Hazards of tobacco”. Mohmmad Yousuf, Director General, FCTC was the chief guest of the [...]
On the visit to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review interviewed Prof. Naeem Naqi, Clinical Oncologists, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore. Following are the excerpts of the Interview. Q1 - Please tell us something about yourself. Ans - I did my graduation from Army Medical College in 1983. In [...]
