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15 08, 2016

Latest radiology methods to treat, diagnosis patients suffering from various diseases started at Dow University

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is the first in public sector to start latest radiology methods to treat and daignosis patients without surgery suffering from various diseases including Liver and Kidney Cancers. The Interventional Radiology is the method to treat wide range of diseases including their palliation by inserting small tubes, needles and stunts [...]

15 08, 2016

Progress of TB care activities and future plans discussed in NTP’s Inter-Provincial Meeting

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

National TB Control Program (NTP) Islamabad organized its two-day 53rd Inter-Provincial Meeting (IPM) to review the progress of TB care activities and future plans of the program recently at a hotel in Islamabad. It was attended by national and provincial program managers, unit heads, GF objective coordinators, M&E staff, PRL focal persons, technical and implementing [...]

15 08, 2016

USAID to expand its educational program in Sindh

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

Provincial Minister for Education, Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar visited Program Management and Implementation Unit of USAID funded Sindh Basic Education Program at Clifton Karachi and presided over a review meeting. The meeting was attended by the representative Rendy of USAID Karachi. The minister was briefed by the Program Director Rafique Burro over the goals and [...]

15 08, 2016

Steps Being taken for the improvement of Healthcare delivery system In Islamabad Rural

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

Dr. M. Najeeb Durrani, Epidemiologist, Member Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Add District Health Officer, Islamabad To execute the Health Services in the rural area there has been a dire need to fulfill the gap created by the deficient human resource (HR) component in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). As in the absence of [...]

15 08, 2016

World Hepatitis day observed with free Hepatitis screening camp at Dow University

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) organised an Awareness Program and Walk alongwith Free Hepatitis B & C Screening Camp for the general public on World Hepatitis Day 2016 at Dow University Ojha Campus. The Walk was led by Fouding Vice Chancellor DUHS, Prof. Masood Hammed Khan, Director Liver Centre, Prof. Rana Qamar Masood, Faculty [...]

15 08, 2016

Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy (INOR)

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

MESSAGE Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy (INOR) is the 13th Nuclear Medicine & Oncology (NM&O) Hospital of the chain of NM&O centers of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in Pakistan. It was formally inaugurated on 17th May, 2004. INOR, since its inception INOR is doing its best to provide quality nuclear medicine and oncology [...]

15 08, 2016

Joint Strategy Needed To Combat Various Blood Disorders – Governor Sindh

2016-09-04T19:57:34+00:00

Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan has said that a comprehensive strategy is needed to create awareness about all blood disorders so as to prevent the children from the same. These disorders include Thalassemia, hemophilia, leukemia, Bone Marrow complications and other diseases. This he said while talking to a delegation of Afzal Memorial Thalasseamia [...]

15 08, 2016

President of Pakistan confers awards on two AKU faculty

2016-09-04T19:55:41+00:00

Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain has conferred prestigious awards on two senior professors at the Aga Khan University. Prof. Syed Ather Enam, Chair of the Department of Surgery at AKU, has been awarded Pakistan’s third highest civilian award, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, for his work in the field of medicine. Prof. Zulfiqar Bhutta?, Founding Director of the Centre of [...]

15 08, 2016

Pak Pharma & Health Care Expo : Pharmaceuticals stresses to link prices with inflation

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

Pharmaceuticals have demanded government to link drug prices with inflation and allow at least 50 percent of inflation rates to be increased. They also urged Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP) to help domestic pharmaceutical industry to tap big international markets for exports. This was said by former Chairman Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) and Chairman [...]

15 08, 2016

Meeting of provincial task force on Polio

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

Meeting of provincial task force on Polio Chaired by Chief Secretary Sindh Siddiq Memon. Also present in the meeting are Prime Ministers Focal Person on Polio Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, Chairperson Monitoring and Oversight Committee Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, National Technical Consultant Dr. Altaf Bosan, Coordinator EOC Sindh Fayaz Jatoi, Technical Focal Person Sindh Dr. [...]

15 08, 2016

Health Minister pays surprise visit to Civil Hospital

2016-09-04T19:48:11+00:00

Sindh Minister for Health, Dr Sikandar Mandhero paid a surprise visit to Civil Hospital Khairpur, Cardiac Emergency Center and inspected the affairs of the hospital on Wednesday night. The minister also visited each and every bed in the emergency, surgical wards, Operation Theater, Labour room etc and expressed dissatisfaction over the cleanliness said that poor [...]

15 08, 2016

Introducing innovation into the Emergency Room

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

AKU’s first-ever Hackathon brings together a variety of experts to solve pressing problems in the city’s emergency room facilities. A hospital’s Emergency Room (ER) is often the first point of call for citizens when a terrorist attack, disaster or public health outbreak hits Karachi. Hence the challenges arising from the city and even the country’s [...]

15 08, 2016

Awareness Walk against water, health hazards held

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

An awareness walk was held at village Dheri Mian Ishaq in Nowshera district to create awareness among people against water and health hazards. The walk was organized by IDEA NGO with collaboration of Provincial Disasters Management Authority (PDMA) KP and European Commission for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO). Besides others, the walk was attended [...]

15 08, 2016

Health Experts for Raising Awareness on Human Organs’ Donation

2016-09-04T19:43:20+00:00

Health experts urged to create awareness in public on important matter of human organs donation to help needy people and avoid illegal transplant in the country. They said that availability of sufficient organs for transplant may stop the heinous crime of illegal transplantation of kidneys and other organs. They however said that the trend of [...]

16 07, 2016

Rate of new HIV infections increased over past decade

2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00

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 [...]