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15 05, 2015

Thalassaemia and Blood Transfusion System – Development of a National Thalassaemia Policy

2017-04-26T12:34:54+00:00

Prof. Hasan Abbas Zaheer, National Coordinator, Safe Blood Transfusion Programme,  M/o National Health Services, Regulation & Coordination, Government of Pakistan The international thalassaemia community has designated May 8th as the World Thalassemia Day. The Day is celebrated all over the world to raise awareness about this disease, commemorate the thalassaemia patients who are no longer with us [...]

15 04, 2015

Building a family of support

2017-04-26T12:34:55+00:00

By Masood Fareed Malik, Community Activist, Pakistan Hemophilia Patients Welfare Society® [PHPWS]  People who have a bleeding disorder can bleed longer than normal as their blood does not clot properly. They can also experience spontaneous bleeding into joints, muscles or other parts of their bodies. There are various types of bleeding disorders and some are [...]

15 04, 2015

Focus Group Discussions – Possible designs for VNRBD Public Awareness Campaigns

2017-04-26T12:34:55+00:00

Safe Blood Transfusion Program, Islamabad in collaboration with Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) and Punjab Blood Transfusion Authority (PBTA) organized formal ‘Focus Group Discussions’ aimed to share experience and recommendations for the design of public awareness campaigns especially their views of donor policies, communication and donor mobilization strategies and their perception of existing and required [...]

15 03, 2015

National Blood Policy and Strategic Framework launched

2017-04-26T12:34:55+00:00

The Safe Blood Transfusion Programme (SBTP), Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, in collaboration with German partners organized a Dissemination Seminar in Islamabad for the dissemination of National Blood Policy and Strategic Framework (2014-20). The seminar was chaired by Minister of Health, Mrs. Saira Afzal Tarar. It was well attended by senior officials [...]

15 09, 2014

Blood test could identify when cancer treatment has become detrimental

2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00

Some treatments for prostate cancer, while initially effective at controlling the disease, not only stop working over time but actually start driving tumour growth, a major new study shows. Researchers identified the emergence of drug-resistant cancer cells by testing repeated blood samples from patients with advanced prostate cancer.They set out a new 'treatment paradigm' - [...]

15 08, 2014

How to Heal Mouth Sores Caused by Chemotherapy

2017-04-26T12:35:00+00:00

Chemotherapy can have many unpleasant side effects, one of which is oral Mucositis: mouth sores or ulcers that develop on the soft tissues of your lips, mouth, gums, and tongue, and, in some cases, extend into the esophagus. Not every patient will develop mouth sores from chemotherapy, but if you do, there are steps you [...]

15 08, 2014

New HIV Guidelines Released by WHO

2017-04-26T12:35:00+00:00

Five groups of people are driving the global HIV epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in its new guidelines. Men who have sex with men, sex workers, injection-drug users, transgender people, and people in prisons are among the groups targeted for prevention and treatment efforts. HIV rates are "going down all over the world, with the [...]

15 04, 2014

Speak Out – Create Change

2017-04-26T12:35:01+00:00

Dr. Masood Fareed Malik, President-NMO, Pakistan Hemophilia Patients Welfare Society An estimated 1 in 1000 people have a bleeding disorder; close to seven million men, women and children around the world, but 75 per cent of them don’t know it and receive little or no treatment. The Pakistan Hemophilia Patients Welfare Society has been working [...]

15 02, 2014

Minimal Invasive Surgery moot at SIUT

2014-02-23T15:15:18+00:00

Leading surgeons from within the country and abroad have stressed the importance of adopting the minimal invasive surgical procedure called “laparoscopy” as it is cost effective, scar free and above all shortest hospital stay in major surgeries. The surgeons expressed their opinion on the opening day of 3-day “Minimal Invasive Surgery Conference" in the field [...]

15 02, 2014

Countries seek improvements in Malaria tests

2017-04-26T12:35:02+00:00

At a meeting jointly organized by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, manufacturers and implementers of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), used to diagnose malaria at the point of care, agreed on a set of required features for RDTs in an effort to improve use and boost the scale [...]

1 01, 2014

Need for enhancement of quality in blood transfusion services in the country – Experts

2017-04-26T12:35:02+00:00

Standard of blood transfusion services in region varies from country to country. Reasons for differential quality standard is the lack of development programs to obtain advanced training to improve quality standards in day to day operations. There is need for enhancement of quality in blood transfusion services in the Asian region. These views were expressed [...]

15 11, 2013

Re-Emergence of Avian influenza A(H7N9) virus: Another Pandemic Threat

2017-04-26T12:35:06+00:00

Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani, Epidemiologist, District Surveillance Coordinator, District TB Coordinator (DTC), In-charge Dengue Fever Surveillance Cell, Member Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Health Department ICT, Islamabad After 2004 when Influenza appeared at global horizon it was initially localized in the migratory birds and appeared as H5N1 called the Avian Influenza later it [...]

15 11, 2013

Training Workshop on Transfusion Transmitted Infections Screening Strategies

2017-04-26T12:35:06+00:00

Lack of appropriate manpower is one of the major constraints in the development and strengthening of blood transfusion services in Pakistan. Appropriate trainings require planning of training programmes and refresher courses for the staff working in the blood banks. To fulfill this gap, the World Health Organization and Safe Blood Transfusion Programme recently organized a [...]

15 11, 2013

Pre-diabetes screening – an essential early warning tool

2017-04-26T12:35:07+00:00

Education and prevention are key to fighting diabetes. Four out five diabetics worldwide are living in middle or low income countries, half of them unaware of their condition. Screening for pre-diabetes is one essential step in combating diabetes as more than 10 per cent of the people with pre-diabetes become diabetic within three years. Experts [...]

15 10, 2013

NUST Community Services Club organized a Seminar on Voluntary Blood Donation

2017-04-26T12:35:07+00:00

The Community Services Club (NCSC) at the National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, organized a seminar on Voluntary Blood Donation. NUST Community Services Club offers a 2-credit hour course which is compulsory for all the UG students and involves social activities and awareness seminars. The Seminar was conducted with the principal objective of raising [...]