New research on HIV worldwide raises 'significant challenges' to ending the AIDS pandemic, despite progress in lowering AIDS mortality AIDS deaths are falling in most countries worldwide, but the rate of new infections increased in several countries over the past decade, threatening to undermine efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, a new scientific [...]
MESSAGE The heart and soul of the most remarkable achievements of PAEC is the establishment of Atomic Energy Medical Centres primarily aimed to provide tertiary care service to the patient suffering from cancer. The philanthropic culture developed at these institutes is unmatchable. The people who conceived the idea and who caused them to realize that [...]
Safe Blood Transfusion Programme, Islamabad to celebrate World Blood Donor Day 2016 organised Seminar and Awards Ceremony at the Pakistan National Council of Arts, Islamabad. Dr. Tariq Fazal Choudhry, Minister of State, Capital Administration & Development Division was the chief guest at the World Blood Donor Day celebrations whereas representatives from Dr. Kamran Ajaib from [...]
Congo Fever is caused by bite of an infected tick when an infected tick having virus bites an animal usually goat sheep or cattle. The animal gets infected by developing fever having virus in its blood. At that point in time while the virus is circulating in blood of that anima when it is slaughtered [...]
Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan has said that Karachi University of Karachi is the identity and symbol of our mega city as its students have contributed immensely in every field of life whether science, arts or computer science. This he said while addressing at the inauguration ceremony of Centre for Digital Forensic Science [...]
On the directives of Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar , an agreement was signed between Sindh Health Department and German Development Bank here in Islamabad. Secretary Health Ahmed Bux Narejo and Masooma Zaidi from German Development Bank signed on the agreement. On this occasion Secretary Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority dr. Zahid Ansari [...]
One in three individuals over the age of 80 suffers from at least one neurological disease – Raising awareness for an underestimated problem – More prevention can mitigate human suffering and economic consequences – “Viewing advanced age as more than just a burden” For this reason, the World Federation of Neurology has decided to devote [...]
The application of safety precautions to reduce the risk of a laboratory worker to a potentially infectious microorganism is called Biosafety. It also involves limiting the contamination of the laboratory environment and the community. Biosafety can be achieved by various methods and there are four levels. Each level has specific controls for limiting the microorganism [...]
