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15 09, 2013

9th Health Asia 2013 Int’l Exhibition & Conferences

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

9th Health Asia 2013 Int’l Exhibition & Conferences was inaugurated by Zahid Saeed, Former Chairman and Kaiser Waheer, Former Chairman PPMA and MD Indus Pharma, Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) and President & CEO, Medisure Laboratories Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd, Dr. Khursheed Nizam, President, Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan and Foreign delegates were also present in this occasion. There are approximately 100 international [...]

15 09, 2013

Health research is essential for progress towards universal health coverage

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

At the launch of the "World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage", WHO today called on countries to continue investing in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage tailored to each individual country’s situation. With universal health coverage, countries can help ensure that citizens obtain the health services [...]

15 09, 2013

Global child deaths down by almost half since 1990

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

In 2012, approximately 6.6 million children worldwide – 18 000 children per day – died before reaching their fifth birthday, according to a new report released today by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. This is roughly half the number of under-fives who died [...]

15 08, 2013

Replenish the global fund to make the end of AIDS a reality

2013-08-22T10:04:34+00:00

The Alliance calls on international donors to seize the chance to save more lives prevent more infections and ultinmately defeat AIDS, TB and Malaria by recommitting to Global Fund in its 2014-2016 replenishment conference in Autum 2013. Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) has [...]

15 08, 2013

10 interventions equals a million children saved

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

?Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are among the 34 countries around the globe most affected by childhood malnutrition. If just 10 key nutrition interventions are scaled up to 90 per cent coverage in these countries, nearly 15 per cent of all deaths in children under five can be prevented, and at least a fifth [...]

15 08, 2013

Health research is essential for progress towards universal health coverage

2017-04-26T12:35:09+00:00

At the launch of the "World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage", WHO today called on countries to continue investing in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage tailored to each individual country’s situation. With universal health coverage, countries can help ensure that citizens obtain the health services [...]

15 02, 2013

Symposium on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research in Pakistan

2013-05-14T15:26:53+00:00

Speakers at a Symposium expressed great concern over the deaths of over 200 children suffering from measles in Sindh and termed it a matter of apprehension for health experts and scientists working in the area of molecular medicine and stressed on to conduct extensive research on diseases like measles and polio at the molecular level. [...]

15 02, 2013

Measles deaths decline, but elimination progress stalls in some regions – WHO

2017-04-26T12:35:14+00:00

The number of measles deaths globally decreased by 71% between 2000 and 2011, from 542 000 to 158 000. Over the same period, new cases dropped 58% from 853 500 in 2000 to 355 000 in 2011, according to new data released Thursday by WHO, a leading member of the Measles and Rubella Initiative. Although [...]

15 01, 2013

Symposium on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research in Pakistan

2013-05-05T19:16:44+00:00

Speakers at a Symposium expressed great concern over the deaths of over 200 children suffering from measles in Sindh and termed it a matter of apprehension for health experts and scientists working in the area of molecular medicine and stressed on to conduct extensive research on diseases like measles and polio at the molecular level. [...]

15 01, 2013

Measles deaths decline, but elimination progress stalls in some regions – WHO

2017-04-26T12:35:14+00:00

The number of measles deaths globally decreased by 71% between 2000 and 2011, from 542 000 to 158 000. Over the same period, new cases dropped 58% from 853 500 in 2000 to 355 000 in 2011, according to new data released Thursday by WHO, a leading member of the Measles and Rubella Initiative. Although [...]

15 06, 2012

AFP Surveillance: Review of Mohmand Agency FATA

2017-04-26T12:35:15+00:00

Dr Hamzullah khan, Dr Sarfaraz Khan Afridi, Dr Obaid ul Islam, World Health Organization Pakistan Abstract: Objectives: To determine the status of the AFP surveillance system at Mohmand agency FATA in a sense to improve the sensitivity of the system in 2012. Methodology: This is a retrospective analysis of the cases reported in 2011. The [...]

15 06, 2012

Shifa formally opens first liver transplant centre

2017-04-26T12:35:15+00:00

After performing four successful living donor liver transplants in last six weeks, Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Saturday formally opened its liver transplant center for the people of Pakistan. Shifa’s liver transplant center is the first liver transplant centre of Pakistan. Muhammad Yaseen, 12, who was the first living donor liver transplant patient successfully operated [...]

15 06, 2012

Global leaders, health experts promote new plan to reduce child mortality

2017-04-26T12:35:16+00:00

Top Officials from 80 Nations and a broad coalition of Public and Private Health Groups are calling for intensified global efforts to curb the number of children under five dying from preventable diseases. Public Health Officials say that the ambitious new strategy aims to reduce child mortality from 7.6 million to one million annually within [...]

15 04, 2012

Pakistan offers diverse experiences and opportunities – Ali Hamdani CEO Siemens

2012-04-29T11:58:10+00:00

Ali Hamdani Managing Director and CEO Siemens Pakistan pointed out that Pakistan offers diverse experiences and opportunities for Engineers as the country has a range of industrial activity from oil and gas to textiles, sugar, infrastructure etc which not many countries can offer. He said Pakistani human resources are held in high regard in foreign [...]

15 01, 2012

Call for efforts to improve Mother and Child Health

2017-04-26T12:35:18+00:00

Population Welfare Department, Punjab in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Mir Khalil ur Rahman Memorial Society organized  a Round-table Conference on “Population Welfare: Mother and Child Health” at a local hotel in Islamabad. The purpose of the Conference was to emphasize the role of religious leaders and stakeholders in creating and promoting [...]