By Amber Anjum, Karachi “Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started”. Most of us have this feeling concealed inside haunting the moments of our eventual happiness. But do we know what satisfaction is? Simply the Fulfillment of one's wishes, expectations, or [...]
To provide support and coordination to the provincial activities in the implementation of the Blood Transfusion Program in Sindh, the National Blood Transfusion Programme (NBTP) with the Technical Assistance from GTZ Health Programme organized a working group meeting held recently at department of health, Karachi. Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi, Secretary Health, Government of Sindh chaired [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences organized a 2-day National Conference on Building Bridges for Medical Education Reforms at DIMC Building Ojha Campus. The aim of the conference is to gather the principals and Medical Education Faculty of all medical colleges of Pakistan, both public and private sector so that they share their work, their policies, [...]
Liaquat University of Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro, Sindh held its 9th Annual Convocation on January 15, 2010 to confer degrees upon 500 students of the MBBS, BDS and postgraduates. Higher Education Commission, Chairman, Dr. Javed Leghari was the Chief Guest at the Convocation. Dr. Javed Leghari in his address said that the universities of the [...]
By Usman Waheed, Department of Molecular Biology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Tuberculosis or TB, it seems, has always been with us. Tubercular decay has been found in the spines of Egyptian mummies in British museum (3000–2400 BC) and skeletal remains from a Neolithic Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean also showed TB in pre-historic humans (7000 BC). [...]
To build the capacity of humanitarian team including UN agencies, NGOs and concerned government staff in Sindh on integration of Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) in Crises, SPRINT in collaboration with UNFPA, USAID organized a 2-day program recently in Karachi for Training of team of master trainers to address [...]
A meeting was held recently at Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) to institutionalize the transfusion medicine education in Pakistan. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, DUHS. Also present on the occasion were Dr. Hasan Abbas Zaheer, National Programme Manager, National Blood Transfusion Programme (NBTP), Dr. Rafiq Khanani and [...]
A significant drop in newborn deaths can be achieved through the public health system in Pakistan, says a new study published in the Lancet today, and the interventions could be widely applicable in countries around the world with high newborn mortalities. The research trial was carried out by Aga Khan University’s Division of Women and [...]
The Transplantation Society of Pakistan held an emergency general body meeting at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation on 31 December to take notice of the growing number of unrelated commercial transplantation in Pakistan and also highlighted the government’s inability to implement the transplant legislation in the country. The meeting was presided by Dr. Adib [...]
To mark the World AIDS Day 2010, Sindh AIDS Control Program (SACP) in collaboration with Social Student Forum arranged HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk. A Press Conference was also held at Karachi Press Club. The walk started from Arts Council of Pakistan and calumniated at Karachi Press Club. Representatives of Infection Control Society of Pakistan and other [...]
The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) concluded its 21st Student Volunteer Program on 30th December. In the week long program 128 students from different Karachi schools participated. They had completed 30 hours of training and volunteer work. Students attended informative medical lectures on hepatitis, diabetes, heart trouble and kidney failure, by doctors who [...]
Bozen, Sud-Tirol, Italy – January 3rd, 2011. Health Robotics today announced record-breaking annual results in North America, as reported by our partners McKesson and Health Robotics Canada Inc. (HRCI), including new 4Q2010 North American contracts for 2 CytoCare, 2 i.v.STATION, and 1 I.V. Room of the Future projects, bringing Health Robotics’ total to 31 new [...]
The need to disseminate positive message and hope has become essential especially in the backdrop of current quagmire of despair which has besieged Pakistan, said the speakers at the launch ceremony of "Pyam e Umeed" a CSR initiative of PharmEvo Pakistan. The event was addressed by notable figures from the academia, literature and medicine including [...]
The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), which is an inter-governmental organization based in Pakistan has currently twenty-one countries as its Members. In order to explore the possibility of Turkey joining the organization as a Member State, the Executive Director visited the Headquarter of TÜB?TAK (The Scientific and Technological [...]
