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 [...]
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 [...]
Dr. Afreen Agha is a Graduate of Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi. After doing House Job, she joined Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences (DIKIOHS) of Dow University of Health Sciences as Lecturer. She was recently interviewed by Muhammad Fareed, Editor Medical Review. Following are the excerpt of her interview. [...]
Minister, National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar has assured that there will be zero tolerance against any hurdle in way to fulfil the obligations under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which Pakistan ratified in 2004. This commitment was made during a meeting with WHO FCTC Needs Assessment Mission who called on the [...]
