A mission of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) which met various stakeholders in the city recently has stressed the need for high-level advocacy and timely actions including release of adequate funds by the government to get rid of the AIDS epidemic in Karachi and other big cities of Sindh and Pakistan. The prevalence [...]
Safe Blood Transfusion Program (SBTP) arranged a Seminar on importance of Voluntary Non-Remunerated Blood Donations (VNRBD) at the Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI). The seminar highlighted the need for safe blood through regular voluntary blood donations. The Chairman, Department of Biotechnology, IIU, Dr. M. Arshad Malik presented the social and [...]
Bridge Consultants Foundation in collaboration with Stop TB Pakistan launched “TB Reach Wave 5 Project” at a Ceremony held recently at its office in Karachi. The main objective of TB REACH is to increase case detection of TB, detect the disease as early as possible, and ensure timely and complete treatment while maintaining high TB [...]
In order to review and to discuss the overall situation of HIV/AIDS in Sindh, UNAIDS - Pakistan delegation headed by Country Director for Pakistan & Afghanistan, Dr. Mamadou L. Sakho; Country Community Mobilization and Networking Advisor, Ms. Dr. Fahmida Iqbal Khan visit Bridge Consultants Foundation at its office in Karachi. Sindh AIDS Control Program, Program [...]
The Sindh Provincial Tuberculosis Control Program (PTP), today, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) to establish it as a Treatment and Referral centre for patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB). TB is a contagious disease and an untreated patient can infect up to 15 people over the course of [...]
