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15 02, 2013

Need for introduction of Typhoid vaccination program in Sindh stressed

2017-04-26T12:35:10+00:00

Trust for Vaccines & Immunization (TVI) in collaboration with Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), Sindh and International Vaccine Institute (IVI) SeoulKorea organized a Typhoid Consultation Meeting at a local hotel in Karachi. The objective of the Meeting was to bring together government stakeholders, policy decision makers, donor agencies and non-governmental institutions to discuss typhoid control [...]

15 02, 2013

Dow University organized 4th Faculty Research Day

2013-05-13T16:18:13+00:00

The Department of Research, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) organized Fourth Faculty Research Day today at Dow Medical College, Karachi. Prof. Dr. Irshad Waheed, Principal, Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi was the chief guest whereas Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor and Prof. Dr. M. Umer Farooq, Pro-Vice Chancellor, DUHS was the guest [...]

15 02, 2013

AKU Teams up with Measles Affected Districts of Sindh

2013-05-14T15:33:59+00:00

In the wake of deadly measles outbreak, Sindh being the hardest hit province, a four-member team from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University (AKU), rushed to the measles affected areas in Sukkur, Ghotki and Khairpur districts, and assisted the local administration. The team led by the paediatrician, Dr Ali Faisal Saleem, [...]

15 02, 2013

Immediate strengthening of routine immunisation services stressed

2017-04-26T12:35:14+00:00

Prominent consultant paediatricians have blamed internal politics in the provincial immunisation programme, mismanagement at district level, devolution of health department, neglect of routine immunisation and lack of awareness among parents regarding routine immunisation as basic causes behind the outbreak of measles in Sindh and the resulting deaths. They called for immediate strengthening of routine immunisation [...]

15 02, 2013

Symposium on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research in Pakistan

2013-05-14T15:26:53+00:00

Speakers at a Symposium expressed great concern over the deaths of over 200 children suffering from measles in Sindh and termed it a matter of apprehension for health experts and scientists working in the area of molecular medicine and stressed on to conduct extensive research on diseases like measles and polio at the molecular level. [...]

15 02, 2013

Experts urge making MNCH national priority

2017-04-26T12:35:14+00:00

Health Experts, politicians, policy makers and donors have unanimously agreed that maternal, newborn, child health (MNCH) and nutrition should be a national priority. The group strongly agreed that political parties should include it in their manifestoes and also advocate at their respective regional and national forums. They were speaking at a seminar on reproductive, maternal, [...]

15 02, 2013

Thalassaemia Care Centre established at Dow University

2017-04-26T12:35:14+00:00

Dow University of Health Sciences established Thalassaemia Care Centre at its Ojha Campus. His Excellency, Governor Sindh & Chancellor, DUHS Dr. Ishrat Ul Ibad Khan inaugurated the Centre at a Ceremony held recently at Governor House, Karachi. Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor, Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dr. Zeenat Ayoob, Registrar, Prof. [...]

15 02, 2013

Measles deaths decline, but elimination progress stalls in some regions – WHO

2017-04-26T12:35:14+00:00

The number of measles deaths globally decreased by 71% between 2000 and 2011, from 542 000 to 158 000. Over the same period, new cases dropped 58% from 853 500 in 2000 to 355 000 in 2011, according to new data released Thursday by WHO, a leading member of the Measles and Rubella Initiative. Although [...]