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15 08, 2011

Health Education at individual and collective level creates awareness for prevention of diseases – Dr. Khalid Mahmood

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Dr. Khalid Mahmood A. Khan is a well known Paediatrician working as an Associate Professor of Paediatrics, National Institute of Child Health (NICH) Karachi. He was recently interviewed by Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review. Following are the excerpts of the Interview. Q – Please tell us something about yourself? Ans [...]

15 08, 2011

Awareness key to controlling various types of Hepatitis

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The number of people suffering from various types of hepatitis is on the rise in the country. This is the first time that World Hepatitis Day is being sponsored globally by the World Health Organization (WHO) following the passing of the resolution on Viral Hepatitis at the 63rd World Health Assembly in May [...]

15 08, 2011

Need for reorienting medical curricula to suit modern requirements

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A two-day Medical Education Conference, focusing on Capacity Building in Medical Education was organized by Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) at its DMC Campus. Deans and Principals from more than 60 public and private sector medical colleges and universities shared their experiences in medical education, from under-graduate to post-graduate to continuing professional development levels. [...]

15 08, 2011

Major HIV/AIDS stakeholders call for HIV cure research to be accelerated

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Members of the Advisory Board for a global scientific strategy “Towards an HIV Cure” today launched the Rome Statement for an HIV Cure calling for an acceleration of HIV cure research. The announcement was made at the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) held in Rome. Recent scientific [...]

15 08, 2011

WHO issues guidelines to control diarrhea

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The World Health Organisation has issued guidelines to health department to prevent spread of diarrhoea among people in the seven affected districts of the province. “The cases of diarrhoea are being reported from some districts but situation is under control. The people in the affected areas should be educated to use boiled water to stay [...]

15 08, 2011

Floods impact will be felt for years, says UNICEF report

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A year after devastating monsoon floods hit Pakistan, many of the more than 18 million affected people — almost half of them children — are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives against a background of dwindling humanitarian funding and fear of new floods. The floods, which at their worst covered up to one-fifth of the [...]

15 08, 2011

UNFPA to continue health facilities in flood-hit areas

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One year after Pakistan’s worst flooding in decades, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, continues to deliver comprehensive reproductive health care services as part of its humanitarian response. In August 2010, the Fund’s immediate response after the floods struck was to support basic reproductive health services for the displaced. Now, during the recovery phase, the [...]

15 08, 2011

IAS celebrates ten years of accelerating scientifically promising, ethical HIV research in resource-limited countries

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The International AIDS Society (IAS) - Industry Liaison Forum (ILF) celebrates its ten year anniversary, adding another important milestone to this already historic year in the global response to HIV/AIDS. This year marks 30 years since the first reported AIDS cases, ten years since the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was adopted, and ten [...]

15 08, 2011

Heartfile participate in IAS Conference

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Heartfile participate International AIDS Society Conference Pre – Meeting held on August 9, 2011 in Rome. It was hosted by Wafaa El-Sadr, Rifat Atun and Jean Paul Moatti. The meeting was chaired and moderated by President Heartfile, Dr. Sania Nishtar.  The panelists included Ambassador Eric Goosby (United States Global AIDS Coordinator), Bart Janssen [...]