The Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University,Islamabadorganized a seminar in collaboration with National Blood Transfusion Programme to mark the start of weeklong celebrations of the World Blood Donor Day 2012. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Hasan Abbas Zaheer, Project Director, National Blood Transfusion Programme gave an overview of the World Blood Donor Day and [...]
New book illustrates how food insecurity, malnutrition, obesity, and cultural disconnection plague the global agricultural system and demand solutions from around the world Worldwide, 30 percent of food is wasted, 1 billion people go to bed hungry each night while another 1 billion suffer from health problems related to obesity, and agriculture contributes to [...]
Department of Environmental Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad organized a Seminar on “Blood Safety and KAP Surveys on Blood Donation” in collaboration with National Blood Transfusion Programme (NBTP) and GIZ Safe Blood Project. The Seminar was attended by senior faculty members from IIU including Dr. Arshad Malik, Dr. Bashir Ahmed, Dr. Jabir Khan, Mohsin Ali, [...]
As Global Population Surpasses 7 Billion, Two Clear Strategies for a Sustainable Future Greater reproductive choice and measures to reduce resource consumption and waste are critical to reducing humanity's environmental impact As the global population surpasses 7 billion people sometime around the end of October, addressing the challenges associated with a still-growing world population will [...]
Aga Khan University (AKU) in collaboration with Trust for Vaccines & Immunizations (TVI) organised the Two-day National Vaccination Seminar recently at AKU, Karachi. The two-day Seminar aimed to unite all health professionals and civil society representatives besides other stakeholders such as policy makers, international health organisations including, USAID, WHO, UNICEF, health officials at federal and [...]
