The Co-Chairs of the World Health Organization Commission (WHO) on Ending Childhood Obesity, Sir Peter Gluckman, Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand and Dr. Sania Nishtar, President, Heartfile presented the Commission’s final report to the Director General of the World Health Organization in Geneva. The two of them led a two-year process, which [...]
Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro holds its 15th Annual Convocation to confer degrees and gold medals to the graduates of MBBS, BDS, Nursing and Postgraduates of various disciplines at its Campus. More than 358 students of Bachelors of Medicine (MBBS), 93 of Bachelors of Dental Surgery (BDS), 405 of Nursing and 56 [...]
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that under the 18th amendment the Sindh government was competent to fix the prices of medicines despite the fact the federal government is still exercising these powers by setting aside the ground reality, plight of the poor people. This he said while addressing the media after [...]
Governor of Sindh, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan has said that for better and sustainable result during polio campaigns female workers from local communities have been hired to ensure that each and every children specially in vulnerable communities gets polio vaccine. He said this while inaugurating a three- day polio vaccination campaign in the province [...]
Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan, Governor of Sindh and Chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University has said that Sindh Madressatul Islam University, which is the Alma Mater of founder of Pakistan and its first governor general Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is successfully moving forward with its new character and mission following the ideology of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad [...]
Foot deformities are very common in newborn children. Globally, 2,50,000 children are affected from congenital deformities. The large number of congenital deformities occurs in Africa followed by Asia. This deformity is more in boys as compare to girls. The majority of foot deformity can be treated without operation i.e. Ponseti method which is cost effective [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) started Vitreo Retinal Surgery at its Department of Ophthal-mology, Dow University Ojha Campus. The Inauguration of the Surgery was carried out today by Prof. Saleh Memon, Former Professor of JPMC and Director, Al Ibrahim Eye Hospital, Karachi. The Ceremony was attended by senior ophthalmologists including Prof. Rasheed Khokhar, Prof. [...]
Inamullah Khan, Director, Field Operations & LMIS; Dr. Khurram Shahzad, Director IT System, M&E and Training; and Ms. Ambreen Khan, vLMIS Officer of John Snow Inc.; USAID | DELIVER PROJECT The Second Governance Forum 2015 was held on Thursday, December 31, 2015, at the Quaid-i-Azam Auditorium, Faisal Mosque Campus of the International Islamic University, Islamabad. [...]
Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani, Assistant DHO, Epidemiologist, Member Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network Recent emergence of Zika virus has caused uproar amongst media and public. Outbreaks of Zika have been reported in tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and most recently in the Americas. Because the mosquitoes that spread Zika virus are found [...]
By Rizwan Ahmed Kiani, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad Thalassemia is an inherited genetic disorder associated with low hemoglobin due to defective production of hemoglobin and too much destruction of red blood cells. These are caused by mutation in ? or ? globin genes of haemoglobin. Haemoglobin production is affected in red blood cells, [...]
Prof. Wolfgang Voelter Laboratories Complex, setup at a cost of Rs.85 millions, was inaugurated at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi (UoK) on Thursday. German Ambassador Her Excellency Ms. Ina Lepel opened the laboratories complex by uncovering the curtains of plaque of the new building. The newly setup laboratories complex, which is named [...]
The Nuclear Institute of Medicine & Radiotherapy (NIMRA) Jamshoro in collaboration with Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences arranged a "Cancer Awareness Walk" followed by a Seminar, to observe the World Cancer day on Thursday. Addressing the participants, Director NIMRA Dr Naeem Ahmad Laghari said that the latest cancer statistics from the World Health [...]
Unhealthy lifestyle, poor nutrition, rapid and unplanned urbanization are some key factors responsible for increased burden of cancers among the poor and disadvantaged people. If no action is taken, deaths from cancer in the developing world are forecast to grow to nine million in 2030. Cancer causes around eight million deaths worldwide each year. Of [...]
Currently no Zika virus case has been reported from the World Health Organisation (WHO) region in which Pakistan is located. These views were express by health experts informed a Meeting held to review preparedness to deal with any emerging situation in Pakistan. In the wake of spread of Zika Virus in Latin America and the [...]
The Muslim world is behind in science and technology and it needs to invest in upgrading its human resource and capacity building. Social indicators are quite meagre in the OIC member countries whereas some countries are forced to import even drinking water from developed countries. There is an urgent need for some OIC countries to catch [...]
