Chest Health and Education Society in collaboration with Department of Chest Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), organized a Seminar in eve of World Asthma Day recently at JPMC, Karachi. Dr. Javed A. Khan, Chairman of National Alliance for Tobacco Control and Consultant Chest Physician at Aga Khan University urged the government to enforce anti-smoking [...]
The concept of ‘Equity in Health’ is not only new but the model to implement health equity which raises level of poor, decrease gap between rich and vulnerable is absolutely creative. It is the first of its type in the national history. Even in the regional context this model is unique and gives boost to [...]
Asthma is a serious health problem which affects around 300 million people of all ages around the world. Five per cent of adults and ten per cent of children suffer from the disease in Pakistan. The number is on the rise, most likely due to the industrialisation and urbanisation, said health experts of Aga Khan University [...]
Hundreds of ‘Chest Specialists’ and ‘Young Physicians’ from Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Bahawalpur, Jhelum, Abbottabad, Swat and Faisalabad participated in the VTC conference broadcast from LNH. Prof. Kenneth R. Chapman, Director of the ‘Asthma and Airway Center of the University Health Network’ spoke of ‘Asthma Management Practices and the Role of Seretide.’ He emphasised that ‘Inhaled Corticosteroids [...]
Q1 - Tell us something about yourself. Ans - I wanted to be a doctor but most of my times during my childhood, I spent in sports and painting. Me and my friends at Habib Girls School would be in the playground playing basketball, throwball, baseball and table tennis. As I had a deep interest [...]
National TB Control Program (NTP) Islamabad organized its 2-day Inter-Provincial Meeting (IPM) recently at a hotel in Islamabad. The Meeting was attended by NTP/ PTP Managers, NTP Unit Heads, GF Objective Coordinators, M&E Staff, PRL Focal Persons, Technical and Implementing Partners of NTP. The first day of the Meeting started with the welcome address by [...]
Five per cent of adults and double that number of children suffer from asthma in Pakistan and the last few decades have seen a growing increase in numbers said Dr Nawal Salahuddin, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, AKU on World Asthma Day. The Day is a reminder that this chronic disease is on its way [...]
