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 [...]
The National Blood Transfusion Programme (NBTP), Ministry of Health, with technical support from GIZ, recently organized a 2-day Training Workshop in Islamabad on ‘Optimal Blood Bank Processes to Enhance Blood Safety’. The workshop was attended by Laboratory Technicians and Technologists from fifteen public and private hospital blood banks of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, six [...]
Kulsum International Hospital (KIH), Islamabad to celebrate World Blood Donor Day 2011 organized a Seminar recently at KIH in Islamabad. The objective was to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to praise voluntary blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. The theme for World Blood Donor [...]
Cancer detected early can be treated more effectively and better still, there are strategies to prevent the disease. Awareness, education, screening programmes and best practise treatment can all reduce the risk of dying from cancer was the message from experts at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Each year, the world over, cancer kills more people [...]
