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15 02, 2016

Workshop on ‘Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) for countries with emergencies’

2017-04-26T12:34:51+00:00

World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) in collaboration with the Nutrition program of Federal Health Ministry conducted Training Workshop on ‘Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) for countries with emergencies’ at a local hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. The training includes participants from 9 regional countries. Participants from all provinces and areas [...]

15 02, 2016

Seminar on Influenza Awareness held at NIH

2017-04-26T12:34:51+00:00

An Awareness Seminar for healthcare professionals on Influenza was organized by National Institute of Health (NIH) at a local hotel in NIH, Islamabad. The aim of the Seminar was to increase awareness amongst the doctors and healthcare professionals. Dr. Farnaz Malik, Executive Director NIH said that Influenza viruses are a common cause of acute respiratory [...]

15 02, 2016

PSN organises epilepsy awareness walk

2016-03-04T19:49:46+00:00

Epilepsy is a curable neurological disorder, majority of children suffering from it in Pakistan has no access to treatment facilities and education, while a large number of people consider the disease as some kind of supernatural phenomenon, these view were expressed by experts at walk organised by Pakistan Society of Neurology (PSN) to mark the [...]

15 02, 2016

Collective efforts to counter climate change effects stressed

2017-04-26T12:34:53+00:00

Speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter urged the government and the people to take counter steps to reverse the Climate Change affects as Pakistan ranked among most vulnerable countries of the world. The meeting was held yesterday on the theme: “Climate Change – a serious threat to human life” with Haziqul Khairi, [...]