“Disaster risk reduction is about choices.” – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction It is often thought that the damage caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes can neither be predicted nor managed. While earthquakes and floods occur without warning, the damage caused to vital infrastructure such as schools and healthcare facilities can be [...]
Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, during his visit to the Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) inaugurated the Senate Hall of the institution. He also presided over a meeting of vice chancellors of various universities of Sindh. Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, members of his cabinet, members of statuary [...]
Research scholars and academicians have emphasized on research work in the country and suggested to the government that it must give priority to research work to make the country economical vibrant, socially progressed and educationally rich. They said this while addressing the inaugural session of the 1st National Research Conference on Management, Leadership and Entrepreneurship, [...]
Blood transfusion is an essential component of health care that contributes to saving lives and improving the quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Blood transfusion is most commonly used in caring for women suffering from bleeding associated with pregnancy and childbirth, children suffering from severe anaemia due to malaria and malnutrition, and victims [...]
The Centre for Communication Programme Pakistan (CCPP), in collaboration with the Rural Support Programme Network (RSPN), organised a one-day training event on health journalism at Shikarpur Press Club. Speaking on the occasion, Zain-ul-Abideen, representative of the CCPP, and Humera Soomro, RSPN representative, said that CCPP was the only specialised development communication organisation in the country. [...]
USAID Deputy Mission Director, Denise A. Herbol, Secretary Health Dr. Fazlullah Pechuho and Secretary Education Abdul Aziz Uqaili witnessed the signing of a partnership agreement between the USAID Sindh Community Mobilization Program (CMP) and the Health Department of the Government of Sindh. The effort will support nutrition-related activities for children aged 5-9 in CMP schools [...]
By Muhammad Fareed Stop TB Pakistan (STP) in collaboration with Mercy Corps, Islamabad organized One-day Consultative Workshop titled “Partnering with Media to End TB in Pakistan” with key journalists and media personnel titled at a local hotel in Islamabad. The aim of the Workshop was to motivate media in the fight against TB. The Workshop [...]
Immediate and sustained action urged as diarrhea remains among leading causes of child mortality despite improved access to clean water and sanitation Half a million children under the age of five died from diarrhea-related illnesses in 2015, despite a significant reduction in the number of child deaths from such diseases over the past decade. The [...]
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 [...]
