Asthma is a serious health problem which affects around 300 million people of all ages around the world. Five per cent of adults and ten per cent of children suffer from the disease in Pakistan. The number is on the rise, most likely due to the industrialisation and urbanisation, said health experts of Aga Khan University [...]
Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) is very much delighted over the Sindh Health Commission Bill ordinance, Thalesemia Prevention Bill ordinance, The Mental Health Bill ordinance being promulgated in the Province of Sindh by Honorable Governor Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan. This Health Commission Bill was a dream of PMA which has finally come true as an ordinance. [...]
A meeting was held between Professor Mashoro Alam Shah, Vice Chancellor, Liaquat university of Medical & Health Sciences, LUMHS, Jamshoro and Mr. Raseed Ahmed Memon, General Manager ( South Sindh) , National Highway Authority. Vice Chancellor, LUMHS Officials proposed a public Awareness Campaign in which sign board and pan flex, banners, containing awareness messages regarding [...]
The Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS, an extensive, ground-breaking study in the developing world, has come up with the clearest picture yet of the most common causes and impact of diarrheal diseases — the second leading killer of young children globally after pneumonia. The study reveals that while the germs, rotavirus, Shigella and E. Coli are notorious for causing the majority of moderate-to-severe [...]
The United Nations in Pakistan commemorates the 20th anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in 2013. The WPFD was commemorated at two events, held separately in Islamabad and Karachi. Freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is essential for empowering individuals and building free and democratic [...]
Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) arrange a media delegation visit to its project ‘School Wash Improvement Project’ aims to show and share the activities done for the school children. A 10-member media delegation started their journey from Karachi press Club and went to its hands-office situated in Ghulshan-e-Iqbal. On the occasion Lal Din Balal, [...]
Spurious and counterfeit medicines in Pakistan are a big problem and many deaths occur due to use of spurious drugs. Civil society, media, consumers and medicine manufacturers should join hands to stop the unchecked use of fake medicines in Pakistan. This was stated by caretaker Sindh Health Minister Dr. Junaid Ali Shah at a seminar [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences organized a Seminar on Transfusion Medicine Update at its Arag auditorium of Dow Medical College. The aim of the Seminar was to discussed blood transfusion and its related problems in Pakistan and to mobilize the voluntary blood donation. It was attended by professors, senior faculty members, doctors, para-medical staff as [...]
The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, according to the World Health Statistics 2013. The WHO annual statistics report highlights how efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have reduced health [...]
By Muhammad Fareed The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, a program of the Global Health Council, is among the world’s oldest movements by civil society for HIV/AIDS remembrance, awareness and community action. Started in 1983, the historic Candlelight Memorial takes place every year on third Sunday in May. It is led by some 1,200 volunteer Candlelight [...]
