By Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani Epidemiologist, Assistant District Health Officer District TB Coordinator (DTC), Member Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) A Meeting was held in the office of the Chief Commissioner ICT Islamabad, on 7th April 2015 to plan the holding of the forth coming annual Allergy Relief Camp in Islamabad. The camp is [...]
For the first time, the number of people infected with tuberculosis (TB) each year is declining, according to Mario Raviglione, MD, director of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Stop TB program. He spoke here today during a press conference to release Global Tuberculosis Control 2011, WHO's 16th annual report on TB, which summarizes advances made [...]
By Fauzia Saeed, Psychologist/Counselor, VCCTC PRCS Punjab Branch, Lahore Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics, with a geographical spread similar to malaria. Caused by one of four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, each serotype is sufficiently different that there is no cross-protection [...]
Dr. Khalid Mahmood A. Khan is a well known Paediatrician working as an Associate Professor of Paediatrics, National Institute of Child Health (NICH) Karachi. He was recently interviewed by Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review. Following are the excerpts of the Interview. Q – Please tell us something about yourself? Ans [...]
