Medical experts from the field of paediatric urology have stressed the need for setting up more dedicated and specialized paediatric urology units in the country in order to tackle the ever growing issue of congenital paediatric urological problems which are confronted in the society. This was a consensus of internationally renowned paediatric urology experts at [...]
The role of WHO to establish Stabilization Centre in Children Hospital, to control severe malnutrition situation, is appreciable said Prof Dr. Faisal Tahir, Dean Children Hospital. He was addressing at a concluding session of a 4-Day training workshop on “Impatient Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition with Medical Complications”. The training was jointly arranged with WHO, [...]
Stillbirth refers to all pregnancy losses after 22 weeks of gestation. WHO defines stillbirth as birth weight of at least 1000 grams or a gestational age of at least 28 weeks (third-trimester stillbirth). Pakistan ranks second amongst countries that account for 66 per cent of the world’s stillbirths with 46 stillbirths per 1000 births. Speaking [...]
Pediatricians at a Conference emphasized on improving nutritional health of children under the age of 5 to prevent them from infections disease leading to morbidity and mortality. The two-day 4th Annual Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference organized by Infectious Diseases Group, Pakistan Pediatric Association (IDG-PPA) in collaboration with PPA Sindh Branch held recently from January 7 [...]
Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS Report on the global HIV/AIDS response indicates that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade and [...]
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and Pakistan Youth Forum (PYF) jointly celebrate World Children’s Day at SIUT SIUT and PYF in a joint collaboration organized an event “Spreading Smiles” exclusively for the sick children being treated at the Paediatric wards in SIUT. The event was held to observe ‘World Children’s Day’ as a [...]
On a special visit to Quetta, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review interviewed Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical College, Quetta. Following are the excerpts of the interview. Q – Tell us something about yourself. Ans – I am Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical [...]
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 [...]
