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15 09, 2013

Consul General Dodman Awards Certificates to New Nurse Aids

2013-09-30T14:33:34+00:00

Consul General Michael Dodman awarded certificates of completion to 30 graduates of a U.S.-funded nurse assistant training program associated with Koohi Goth Hospital.  The graduates, women from the rural areas near the hospital, completed 9 months of intensive training in basic nursing skills and are now qualified for jobs as nurse assistants, an area of [...]

15 09, 2013

Health research is essential for progress towards universal health coverage

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

At the launch of the "World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage", WHO today called on countries to continue investing in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage tailored to each individual country’s situation. With universal health coverage, countries can help ensure that citizens obtain the health services [...]

15 09, 2013

Global child deaths down by almost half since 1990

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

In 2012, approximately 6.6 million children worldwide – 18 000 children per day – died before reaching their fifth birthday, according to a new report released today by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. This is roughly half the number of under-fives who died [...]

15 08, 2013

AKU maintains its position as the best medical university in HEC ranking

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Aga Khan University has maintained its position as the top medical university in Pakistan in the Higher Education Commission’s latest ranking of public and private universities in the country. Following the QS World University Ranking criteria, HEC has ranked Pakistani universities on two parameters, quality and research, to get a reasonable reflection of higher education [...]

15 08, 2013

Journalists given first aid training by PRCS

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Sindh Branch celebrating 150 years of World Red Cross Movement organised First Aid Training for Journalists at Karachi Press Club (KPC). The training was attended by more than 100 journalists including cameramen, health and crime reporters and office bearers of Karachi Press Club, where they were taught how to save [...]

15 08, 2013

Speakers stressed the need for focusing on education, provision of basic needs in improvement of mother-child health

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Population Welfare Department in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to commemorate World Population Day organized a Seminar titled ‘Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy’ at a local hotel in Islamabad. Speakers on the occasion stressed the need for focusing on education, provision of basic needs and create awareness about the role of family planning in improvement [...]

15 08, 2013

Integration of health-related human rights in the public health response of Pakistan launched

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Pakistan is among 115 countries which recognise the right to public healthcare yet it discriminates against women, especially the rural population, and fares poorly with South Asian neighbours, reveals an assessment report. The report, “Integration of Health-Related Human Rights in the Public Health Response of Pakistan” was launched during a consultation workshop organised by the [...]

15 08, 2013

Contracts awarded for construction of 10 Regional Blood Centres

2013-08-22T10:27:49+00:00

The Department of Health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK had signed contracts worth Rupees 481 million for construction of 10 Regional Blood Centres (RBCs) with the support of EPOS. The state of the art new 10 Regional Blood Centres will be constructed at Peshawar, Multan, Bahawalpur, Karachi, Jamshoro, Nawabshah, Sukkur, Quetta, Muzaffarabad [...]

15 08, 2013

Pakistani students are talented but need fair opportunities

2013-08-22T10:23:02+00:00

Institute of Health Management (IHM) organized a Prize and Certificate Distribution Ceremony on ‘All Pakistan Essay Competition – Are we Civilized?’ recently at its IHM Campus. It was attended by large number contestants’ participants, parents and other dignitaries of different walk of life had attended ceremony. Different institution student besides IHM students also participated and [...]

15 08, 2013

PMDC to ensure high standards in medical education – Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

 After his election as President PMDC in 134th Council Meeting amid warm welcome by medical fraternity, Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan has called on a press conference to share PMDC future plans for ensuring high standards of medical education in Pakistan. Earlier, members of the PMDC Council have elected unanimously the Vice Chancellor, Dow University of [...]

15 08, 2013

Standing orders – The perils of sitting down

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Winston Churchill knew it. Ernest Hemingway knew it. Leonardo da Vinci knew it. Every trendy office from Silicon Valley to Scandinavia now knows it too: there is virtue in working standing up. And not merely standing. The trendiest offices of all have treadmill desks, which encourage people to walk while working. It sounds like a [...]

15 08, 2013

Sindh government to support students to enter nursing

2013-08-22T10:13:14+00:00

One hundred and twenty-seven prospective nursing students, from Hyderabad, Matiari and Tando Muhammad Khan districts, were awarded certificates today, for completing a course that would improve their chances of entering a university programme. This opportunity was through Youth Development Programme - An Opportunity for Entering the Nursing Profession, a public-private initiative between the Aga Khan [...]

15 08, 2013

Universities undertake projects to address food security

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Pakistani universities are collaborating with leading American universities to address food security in joint research projects throughout the country. Pakistani higher education institutions are playing a pivotal role in resolving food security and agricultural issues in the country under the facilitation of Higher Education Commission (HEC). Food security refers to the availability of food and [...]

15 08, 2013

Over 13 million suffer from hepatitis in Pakistan

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Every 30 seconds, one person dies from hepatitis in the Asia Pacific region. “This death rate is three times as high as HIV/AIDS,” revealed Dr Saeed Hamid at a public awareness session held to mark World Hepatitis Day at the Aga Khan University Hospital. He was basing his statements on figures released in the Global [...]