Speakers at a Seminar to celebrate World Malaria Day said that increased malaria prevention and control measures were essential to reduce the disease burden in the country. Malaria was a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that were transmitted to people through bites of infected mosquitoes. They said parasites spread to people through the bites of [...]
Trust for Vaccines & Immunization (TVI) in collaboration with Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), Sindh and International Vaccine Institute (IVI) SeoulKorea organized a Typhoid Consultation Meeting at a local hotel in Karachi. The objective of the Meeting was to bring together government stakeholders, policy decision makers, donor agencies and non-governmental institutions to discuss typhoid control [...]
Speakers at a Consultation Meeting on “Poverty and Social impact of Expanded Program for Immunization in Pakistan” has said that Immunization is most cost effective health intervention against preventable diseases affecting the poor sections of society. They called for a comprehensive inquiry in to exploring linkages between health and poverty relationship and also the factors that [...]
Expanded Program for Immunization, (EPI) Sindh in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and Association of Health Journalists Pakistan organized a Consultation in order to revive immunization activities. Dr. Sagheer Ahmed, Health Minister Sindh was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi, Sindh Health Secretary, Dr. Hafizul Haq Memon, DG [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Ishtiaq Ahmed Yaad Gilgit Baltistan (GB) is a newly born province of Pakistan measuring an area of 72,496 Sq. Km, and inhabiting about 1.4 million people (projected) Presently it is divided in seven administrative units (districts) including Gilgit, Hunza/Nagar, Ghizer, Diamer, Astore, Skardu and Ghanche. According to NCHD-GB overall literacy rate of GB is [...]
