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15 03, 2013

Management of depression in Hepatitis C patients to improve quality of life discussed

2013-04-21T07:33:25+00:00

A Symposium on "Depression in Hepatitis C patients" was held during the 29th Annual Congress Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy on 24th February 2013. It was the first time that this important topic was addressed during this Congress which proved to be the biggest medical Congress of Pakistan having high attendance of gastroenterologists, hepatologists and internal medicine doctors from [...]

15 03, 2013

WHO and Global Fund cite tuberculosis threat

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

World Health Organisation (WHO) and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said that strains of Tuberculosis with resistance to multiple drugs could spread widely and highlight an annual need of  at least US$ 1.6 billion in international funding for treatment and prevention of the disease. Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, and Dr. [...]

15 03, 2013

Academicians of Medical Colleges, Universities and WHO visits LUMHS

2013-04-21T08:07:49+00:00

A team of 30 academicians from the different Medical Universities and Colleges of Punjab, Baluchistan and KPK along with representatives of World Health Organization visited Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro on 19-20 March, 2013. The visit was arranged by the World Health Organization in collaboration with MNCH (Maternal Neonate and Child Health) [...]

15 03, 2013

Siemens information session at NED University

2013-04-21T08:05:37+00:00

Siemens held an information session at N.E.D.UniversityKarachi as part of a series of university visits across Pakistan to challenge the region’s brightest young minds to develop real-world solutions to real-world challenges as part of its Student Award 2013 competition. The event was attended by a large number of students and faculty member. Mr. Guenter Zwickl [...]

15 03, 2013

29th Int. Congress on Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy held

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

Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology and G.I. Endoscopy organized a 3-day 29th International Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy Congress at a local hotel in Lahore. Senior Gastroenterologist and family physicians from across the country and abroad were present on the occasion. Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique was the chief guest on the [...]

15 03, 2013

AKUH Introduces New Test for Newborns

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

The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi has become the first and only hospital in Pakistan to offer a comprehensive diagnostic testing service for inherited errors of metabolism in newborns. Inborn errors of metabolism are a broad group of rare genetic disorders where the body cannot properly turn food into energy. The culprits are defective proteins [...]

15 03, 2013

Role of Leviteracetam Discussed at Dow University

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

A combined session of faculties of DOW University of Health Sciences, Department of Neurology and Baqai Medical University relating to the role of Leviteracetam was held at the DOW University of Health Sciences. Prof. SaleemIlyas was instrumental in organizing the session while Prof. Arif Herekar, Chairman Department of Neurology at Baqai Medical University was the [...]

15 03, 2013

SIUT celebrates World Kidney Day

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

Public health is an important aspect of healthcare services that is often ignored in the developing countries and highly emphasized in the developed world. The need has been felt to have capacity building as we lack in skilled human resource in the field of community health sciences said Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor Dow [...]

15 03, 2013

Orientation Session of School of Public Health, Dow University

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

Public health is an important aspect of healthcare services that is often ignored in the developing countries and highly emphasized in the developed world. The need has been felt to have capacity building as we lack in skilled human resource in the field of community health sciences said Prof. Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor Dow [...]

15 03, 2013

The need to establish reference ranges

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

Some clinical laboratory tests need only Yes and No or Positive and Negative to interpret but there are a vast variety of pathological tests that are interpreted based on their reference ranges (normal values).  These ranges are defines as the set of values in which 95% of the normal healthy populations falls. The evolution of [...]

15 03, 2013

World TB Day 2013 – Provincial TB Control Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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

Pakistan ranks 5th among high burden TB countries in the world. An estimated 50,000 new TB cases occur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa every year. The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has pledged to achieve the objectives set out in the Global Plan to Stop TB. For this purpose, the Government has allocated adequate resources to provide good [...]