A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals an association between the human papillomavirus (betaPV) infection and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in organ transplant recipients. HPV is known to cause cervical cancer and SCC in the anogenital area and also plays a role in some forms of head and neck cancer. [...]
Health Robotics today announced the immediate general availability of preferred rental program options for the company’s world-leading solutions i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT, CytoCare, and i.v.STATION ONCO, backed by Americorp Financial. Under these innovative and flexible plans, United States’ healthcare institutions may opt to rent Health Robotics’ solutions with an all-inclusive monthly fee instead of the more traditional [...]
USAID Deliver Project organized a 2-day Training Workshop of Logistics Management Information System for the healthcare providers of Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Islamabad. At a Certificate Distribution Ceremony held at Islamabad, Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, Chairman CDA lauded the efforts of USAID Pakistan and Deliver Project for training staff related with contraceptive and [...]
The National Blood Transfusion Programme (NBTP), Ministry of Health, with technical support from GIZ, recently organized a 2-day Training Workshop in Islamabad on ‘Optimal Blood Bank Processes to Enhance Blood Safety’. The workshop was attended by Laboratory Technicians and Technologists from fifteen public and private hospital blood banks of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, six [...]
Kulsum International Hospital (KIH), Islamabad to celebrate World Blood Donor Day 2011 organized a Seminar recently at KIH in Islamabad. The objective was to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to praise voluntary blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. The theme for World Blood Donor [...]
In keeping with its practice of sharing key statistics and results of clinical studies with Physicians, Sanofi-aventis Pakistan limited organized a Cardio-Thrombosis Poster Session titled “Heart-to-Heart” recently at its Head office in Karachi. It was attended by a large gathering of leading Physicians, Cardiologists, Diabetologists and Family Physicians from across the country. The event saw [...]
Q1 - Tell us something about yourself. Ans - I wanted to be a doctor but most of my times during my childhood, I spent in sports and painting. Me and my friends at Habib Girls School would be in the playground playing basketball, throwball, baseball and table tennis. As I had a deep interest [...]
Director Communication Siemens Pakistan Mr.Zia-ul Islam Zuberi has left for Lisbon Portugal to join the world jury of PR professionals for judging the 2011 Golden World Awards organized by International Public Relations Association. This is the fifth year in a row that Mr.Zuberi has been invited to join this international jury which determines winners for [...]
Aga Khan University (AKU) in collaboration with Trust for Vaccines & Immunizations (TVI) organised the Two-day National Vaccination Seminar recently at AKU, Karachi. The two-day Seminar aimed to unite all health professionals and civil society representatives besides other stakeholders such as policy makers, international health organisations including, USAID, WHO, UNICEF, health officials at federal and [...]
More 'climate-friendly' investments in transport, energy and housing could help prevent significant noncommunicable disease, WHO review finds Greener investments in transport, housing and household energy policies can help prevent significant cardiovascular and chronic respiratory disease, obesity-related conditions and cancers. These are among the findings of a new global World Health Organization series that looks systematically, [...]
On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates the successes of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in the fight against the epidemic of tobacco use. At the same time, WHO recognizes that challenges remain for the public health treaty to reach its full potential as the [...]
Cloud Offering Provides Health Sciences Organizations with New Options for Accelerating Time to Value Oracle Health Sciences today announced the availability of Oracle® Argus Safety On Demand, a cloud-based version of Oracle’s industry-leading integrated global adverse events management and regulatory reporting solution. Oracle Argus Safety On Demand provides an advanced and comprehensive adverse events management [...]
A meeting was held recently in Islamabad to discuss the system reforms and the implementation of an action plan for standardized blood bank processes. Participants of the meeting included Dr. Masuma Zaidi from KfW – German Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Zahid Mahmood from EPOS Health Consultants, Lundy Keo from GIZ – German Agency for [...]
National TB Control Program (NTP) Islamabad organized its 2-day Inter-Provincial Meeting (IPM) recently at a hotel in Islamabad. The Meeting was attended by NTP/ PTP Managers, NTP Unit Heads, GF Objective Coordinators, M&E Staff, PRL Focal Persons, Technical and Implementing Partners of NTP. The first day of the Meeting started with the welcome address by [...]
Representatives of World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) have shown concern over growing cases of polio in the country. Addressing a Press Conference held recently at a local hotel in Karachi, Dr. Hussein A Gezairy, WHO Regional Director for Eastern Mediterranean Region along with Dan Rohrmann, UNICEF representative said Pakistan was [...]
