World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years. The "Health in 2015: from MDGs to SDGs" identifies the key drivers of progress in health under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It lays out actions that [...]
Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Sindh Chief Minister and David Hale US Ambassador inaugurated the Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) recently. The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided $18 million to build the 133-bed hospital complex and supply it with medical equipment and a solar energy system. Dr. Jam [...]
By Muhammad Fareed Since 2009, the Government of Sindh has benefited from U.S. Government (USG) support through John Snow Incorporated (JSI) – DELIVER PROJECT (component 4 of the USAID | Maternal and Child Health Program). The project improves essential health commodity supply chains by strengthening logistics management information systems (LMIS), streamlining warehousing and distribution systems, [...]
The oral mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor everolimus combined with the steroidal aromatase inhibitor exemestane significantly improves the overall response rate in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer, according to data released at the 37th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). Howard Burris, MD, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues elsewhere evaluated [...]
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women, causing a significant mortality worldwide. Different endocrine strategies are available for the treatment of hormone-sensitive breast cancer, including anti estrogen tamoxifen and fulvestrant, as well as third-generation aromatase inhibitors (AIs), such as letrozole, anastrozole, and exemestane. In this review, we will focus on exemestane, its clinical [...]
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission established LINAR as its fifth nuclear medical center at Larkana in year 1978. This Institute is spread over an area of 9.5 acres of land and provides diagnostic and treatment facilities to cancer patients with latest sophisticated medical equipments. LINAR caters for about 25000 (twenty five thousand) patients per year now. [...]
Siemens Healthcare Pakistan showcased latest developments in the field of radiology imaging at the 30th Annual Radiology Conference organized by the Radiology Society of Pakistan (RSP). Siemens is committed to improving the quality of patient care by introducing improved radiology services in Pakistan. At the same time, it is cognizant of the importance of investing [...]
Governor Sindh & Chancellor, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan along with Vice Chancellor, DUHS Prof. Masood Hameed Khan and senior faculty members of the University today inaugurated Dow Institute of Cardiology (DIOC) and Installation of Gas Power Plant at a Ceremony to mark (12) Twelve Years Anniversary of Dow [...]
National TB Control Program (NTP) organized its 51st Quarterly Inter-Provincial Meeting (IPM) Q-3rd 2015 at a local hotel in Islamabad. The Meeting held to review the progress of TB care activities and future plans of the Program. The Meeting was attended by NTP Manager, all PTP/RTP Managers, Global Fund Coordinators, Program and Technical Officers, M [...]
The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa envisions a progressive movement towards a universal healthcare coverage model for all citizens, in which the needs of the poorest are specifically protected by the government, and the availability and quality of essential services is ensured. The ''SEHAT SAHULAT PROGRAMME'' is being launched in the province with the financial support [...]
By Dr. Haider Zaman, President, Pakistan National Centre for Aging The World Health Organization (WHO), realizing the situation of older persons facing a variety of problems with growing age released a Policy Framework on Active Aging in 2002. Accordingly, active aging was defined as the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security, in [...]
By Saman J. Ansari, Islamabad We have all heard of various diseases associated with thyroid like goiter, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism etcetera. Cancer of thyroid gland or thyroid carcinoma is uncommon yet it comprises of 1-2% of all human cancers and is the most frequent endocrine malignancy. The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland and is the [...]
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (IBA) has the pleasure of announcing its core university membership of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Virtual Institute (Vi). IBA is the first institute in Pakistan to become a member of Vi. The Vi will cooperate with the Faculty of Business Administration, in particular its Department of Economics and Finance, [...]
Addressing at the WHO Executive Board meeting being held in Geneva from 25th to 30th January, Pakistan’s representative Director General Health Dr. Assad Hafeez called for urgent measures globally to address the issue of antimicrobial; resistance. “The issue of antimicrobial resistance is of grave concern particularly in developing countries and unless addressed proactively can have devastating results”, [...]
The Aga Khan University’s Department of Community Health Sciences and international collaborators have received an award to study ways to lower hypertension in adults living in rural South Asia. The study will test low-cost strategies by health workers and doctors to lower blood pressure among adults and reduce their risk of heart disease in three [...]
