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15 03, 2019

Increasing drug resistance is limiting the options to treat infections- Moving back towards pre-antibiotic era?

2019-04-03T20:22:43+00:00

Professor Dr.  Saeed Khan, Department of Pathology, Dow International Medical College,  Dow University of Health Sciences, saeedkhn@gmail.com, saeed.khan@duhs.edu.pk When the most groundbreaking discoveries of the 20th century are discussed, it is unanimously agreed upon to consider antibiotics as being one of them. A Scottish scientist named Alexander Fleming introduced us to this miracle at St. [...]

15 09, 2014

High time for health planners to institute comprehensive strategy to provide healthcare to the participants of protest rallies to safeguard them from the risk of communicable and other diseases

2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00

By Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani, Epidemiologist, Islamabad Attention of Health Authorities is needed to make interventions for basic health needs/ threats for the participants of the two protest rallies. Their stay is prolonged for an indefinite period hence they can be declared Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of war and strife. The participants include women and [...]

15 09, 2014

The Bloody Assassin – EBOLA VIRUS

2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00

By Muneeba Azmat, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Ebola virus disease or Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a lethal infectious disease that has become the topic of many tabloids and papers after the March 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The outbreak that was first reported from Guinea, has now spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria and [...]

15 04, 2014

WHO issues its first hepatitis C treatment guidelines

2017-04-26T12:35:01+00:00

WHO has issued its first guidance for the treatment of hepatitis C, a chronic infection that affects an estimated 130 million to 150 million people and results in 350 000 to 500 000 deaths a year. The publication of the "WHO Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection" coincides [...]

15 10, 2013

Women’s Rights in the Fight against HIV and AIDS

2017-04-26T12:35:07+00:00

By Muhammad Fareed The global HIV and AIDS pandemic is taking a catastrophic toll on women and girls. The number of HIV infections among women and girls has risen in every region in recent years, and in sub-Saharan Africa, women and girls constitute nearly 60 percent of those living with HIV. In some countries, the [...]

15 02, 2013

AKU Teams up with Measles Affected Districts of Sindh

2013-05-14T15:33:59+00:00

In the wake of deadly measles outbreak, Sindh being the hardest hit province, a four-member team from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University (AKU), rushed to the measles affected areas in Sukkur, Ghotki and Khairpur districts, and assisted the local administration. The team led by the paediatrician, Dr Ali Faisal Saleem, [...]

15 01, 2013

AKU Teams up with Measles Affected Districts of Sindh

2013-05-05T19:20:24+00:00

In the wake of deadly measles outbreak, Sindh being the hardest hit province, a four-member team from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University (AKU), rushed to the measles affected areas in Sukkur, Ghotki and Khairpur districts, and assisted the local administration. The team led by the paediatrician, Dr Ali Faisal Saleem, [...]

15 06, 2012

Willpower most vital to break free from addiction

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

Tobacco use is one of the world’s most leading preventable causes of death – yet every year nearly six million people die of tobacco-induced diseases. Alarmingly over 600,000 of these individuals are victims of passive smoking, inhaling the smoke exhaled by a smoker. “All tobacco users, including cigarette and shisha smokers, are far more likely to suffer [...]

15 05, 2012

Stem Cell Therapy could be new weapon in fight against HIV – Study

2012-06-09T18:02:30+00:00

U.S.researchers are preparing to begin human clinical trials of a novel therapy that uses genetically modified stem cells to fight HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.  The therapy would populate a patient’s diseased immune system with healthy new cells resistant to HIV infection. Scientists believe the new therapy could mean a functional cure for patients [...]

15 08, 2011

Health Education at individual and collective level creates awareness for prevention of diseases – Dr. Khalid Mahmood

2017-04-26T12:35:24+00:00

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 [...]