Pneumonia was one of the biggest causes of childhood mortality world-wide. Globally, pneumonia is responsible for 4,300 children deaths every day or one in every 20 seconds, while in Pakistan over 80,000 children die each year. Around 80,000 to 100,000 children die every year in Pakistan due to pneumonia, a disease that can be prevented [...]
As Global Population Surpasses 7 Billion, Two Clear Strategies for a Sustainable Future Greater reproductive choice and measures to reduce resource consumption and waste are critical to reducing humanity's environmental impact As the global population surpasses 7 billion people sometime around the end of October, addressing the challenges associated with a still-growing world population will [...]
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and Pakistan Youth Forum (PYF) jointly celebrate World Children’s Day at SIUT SIUT and PYF in a joint collaboration organized an event “Spreading Smiles” exclusively for the sick children being treated at the Paediatric wards in SIUT. The event was held to observe ‘World Children’s Day’ as a [...]
Widespread tobacco smoking and the use of fuels such as wood and coal are a major cause of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The disease poses a major health hazard and unfortunately remains largely under-diagnosed and under-treated in Pakistan. This was the consensus opinion of experts gathered at a collaborative seminar organised by Aga Khan [...]
It seems that every day another area of the economy is depressed because of the global financial crisis in the banks and governments around the world. This time it's The Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, which has announced it will make no new grants until 2014; and there is a possibility of [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences-Vice Chancellor Prof. Masood Hameed Khan said that Media can play an effective role in increasing awareness about health issues of public health significance. In order to achieve this goal proper understanding of issues by media personal is very important. He also announced that DUHS would give computer and technical training [...]
Barrett Hodgson Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd launches BariMox Tablet which contains Moxifloxacin - 4th generation flouroquinolone. BariMox offers the effective treatment of Acute Sinusitis, Acute Exacer-bation of Chronic Bronchitis, Community Acquired Pneumonia, MDRSP (Multi-Drug Resistant Strepto-coccus Pneumonia), Compli-cated & Un-complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections & Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections. BariMox is available as tablet in pack [...]
Patients’ Welfare Association (PWA) along with Health Department of Sindh inaugurated Thalassemia Day Care Center at Civil Hospital, Karachi. Provincial Minister of Health, Dr. Sagheer alongwtih renowned industrialist S. M. Muneer performed the Inauguration Ceremony. Secretary Health Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi, Medical Superintendent Civil Hospital Prof. Saeed Qureshi and volunteers of Patients Welfare Association (PWA) [...]
The Rockefeller Foundation has honoured Dr. Sania Nishtar, Founder and President of the think tank NGO ‘Heartfile’ and renowned leader in health policy in Pakistan, with an Innovation Award for her contributions in the realm of global health. Dr. Sania received the Global Innovators Award at the launch of the First Annual ‘Innovation Forum’ organized [...]
Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan alongwith Prof. Dr.Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor-DUHS, Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Pro- Vice Chancellor-DUHS and Prof. Dr. Junaid Ashraf Principal-Dow Medical College and senior professor and faculty members inaugurated DUHS various project including 400-bedded tertiary care teaching University Hospital, Dow College of Pharmacy, Gymnasium and Boy hostel today at [...]
On a special visit to Quetta, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review interviewed Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical College, Quetta. Following are the excerpts of the interview. Q – Tell us something about yourself. Ans – I am Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical [...]
To create awareness about the importance of quality assurance in higher education among the hierarchy of DUHS and to develop an understanding and take feedback about self assessment procedures as defined by Higher Education Commission, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) organized a Seminar on “Quality Assurance in [...]
By Fauzia Saeed, Psychologist, PRCS Punjab Branch, Lahore Some people suffer from symptoms of depression during the winter months, with symptoms subsiding during the spring and summer months. These symptoms may be a sign of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD is a mood disorder associated with depression and related to seasonal variations of light. SAD [...]
Hundreds of ‘Chest Specialists’ and ‘Young Physicians’ from Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Bahawalpur, Jhelum, Abbottabad, Swat and Faisalabad participated in the VTC conference broadcast from LNH. Prof. Kenneth R. Chapman, Director of the ‘Asthma and Airway Center of the University Health Network’ spoke of ‘Asthma Management Practices and the Role of Seretide.’ He emphasised that ‘Inhaled Corticosteroids [...]
For the first time, the number of people infected with tuberculosis (TB) each year is declining, according to Mario Raviglione, MD, director of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Stop TB program. He spoke here today during a press conference to release Global Tuberculosis Control 2011, WHO's 16th annual report on TB, which summarizes advances made [...]
