Monthly Archives: June 2017

The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean convened a meeting for delegates of countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region as a side event at the Seventieth World Health Assembly. The meeting discussed various health issue including Sustainable Development Goals, Polio eradication and emergencies. Sustainable Development Goals Superseding the Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development [...]

IBA Karachi and Bargad Organization for Youth Development co-organized a session on ‘safe charity’ at the G&T auditorium, IBA Main Campus. An initiative of the IBA Community Welfare Society, the session had representatives fromBargad, Alamgir Welfare Trust and Alfajr Academy. The seminar provided a thought-provoking forum on the merits of ‘safe charity’ and a stimulating [...]

Directorate of Malaria Control (DoMC) Islamabad to commemorate World Malaria Day 2017 organized an Awareness Seminar at a hotel in Islamabad. The theme of this year World Malaria Day was “End Malaria for Good”. It was attended by Representative of World Health Organization, vertical programs managers, academic institutions and public and private sector organizations. Speaking [...]

Health experts urged the Sindh government to establish state-of-the-art Vector Control Research Centre in the province to control outbreak of Dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya and other vector-borne diseases in future. This demand was made at Sensitization Workshop for media personnel organized by Prevention and Control Program for Dengue in Sindh at meeting room of Dengue Program. [...]

“We see humanity in professions like nursing, and today is the day to celebrate it, so we all are celebrating humanity, Dear nurses go out and serve society, it’s your day,” said Mehtab Akbar Rashidi, Member Standing Committee on Primary Health, Government of Sindh. She was speaking at Ziauddin University to mark the International Nurses [...]

The International Monitoring Board (IMB) for Global Polio Eradicationthat met at College of Physicians in London on Tuesday and commended Pakistan Polio Eradication Progarmme for its continued progress towards the interruption of Polio in the country. Appreciating the commitment of the political and administrative leadership, the Board assessed all time low virus transmission intensity as [...]

School Education Department(SED), Government of Sindh has taken a lead in launching Province’s first Early Childhood Care & Education Policy (ECCE) today at a local Hotel in, Karachi. Chief Guest of the ceremony Dr.Azra Fazal Pechuho, Member of National Assembly and Chancellor SZABIST congratulated SED for achieving this milestone. She said that ECCE Policy would [...]

Sindh Governor, Muhammad Zubair under the Prime Minister’s Laptop Scheme Phase II, handed over laptops to 40 outstanding students of Karachi University and 153 laptops among male and female students at the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) Larkana campus in Areeja village at the Ceremonies held at the respective institutes. Addressing the Sindh [...]

The threat of polio in conflict-hit areas of Pakistan can be reduced through a package of community-based strategies integrating maternal child health services and routine immunizations, according to a new study published in The Lancet Global Health. The research conducted by health experts from the Aga Khan University in partnership with the Peshawar Medical College, [...]

Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) organized an Interactive Session for their student and faculty members with Pakistan Ranger (Sindh). In this Session Maj. General Mohammad Saeed, DG Rangers Pakistan (Sindh) gave an exclusive talk on ‘Matters of National Interests’. The Session was held at Muin Auditorium of Dow Medical College. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Saeed [...]

“As nurses and midwives are on the frontline of healthcare service delivery, they are in a strong position to help the world achieve Sustainable Development Goals in various ways,” said Professor Sharon Brownie, dean of the Aga Khan University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery in East Africa. She was talking as the keynote speaker at [...]

Novo Nordisk Pharma (Pvt) Ltd in collaboration with Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry Standing Committee on Blood Banks and Thalassemia Centers, Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority along with Pakistan Haemophilia Welfare Society organised World Haemophilia Day Seminar at the Federation House. The seminar gathered eminent personalities from business community, healthcare sector and patient [...]

Six patients including two children aged 3 and 13 years with liver failure received a new lease of life when they were successfully operated upon by a joint team of surgeon from Shiraz and SIUT. All the donors were close blood relatives of the recipients. A team of Iranian surgeons from Ibne Sina center of [...]

At the emergency meeting, heath professionals belonging to National Alliance for Tobacco Control (NATC) Pakistan Chest Society (PCS), Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) and Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) raised serious concern on the recent news that Federal government is considering decrease in the taxation on cigarettes in the upcoming budget. The health experts pressed the [...]

Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for Social Welfare Ms. Shamim Mumtaz has said that role of police was crucial in providing protection to children in case of need; however, police gives no importance to such cases and added that she has sent letter to Inspector General Police Sindh to depute six SSP rank focal person [...]