The Pakistan Medical Association in collaboration with the Women’s Action Forum, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Reproductive Health Network, Aurat Foundation, People’s Health Movement and Shirkat Gah organised a dialogue on “Health of People: Political Parties & Sindh Elections 2013” at a local hotel in Karachi. The main purpose behind the dialogue was [...]
Tuberculosis (TB) often goes undiagnosed in children from birth to 15 years old because they lack access to health services - or because the health workers who care for them are unprepared to recognize the signs and symptoms of TB in this age group. With better training and harmonization of the different programmes that provide [...]
The role of WHO to establish Stabilization Centre in Children Hospital, to control severe malnutrition situation, is appreciable said Prof Dr. Faisal Tahir, Dean Children Hospital. He was addressing at a concluding session of a 4-Day training workshop on “Impatient Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition with Medical Complications”. The training was jointly arranged with WHO, [...]
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 [...]
A year after devastating monsoon floods hit Pakistan, many of the more than 18 million affected people — almost half of them children — are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives against a background of dwindling humanitarian funding and fear of new floods. The floods, which at their worst covered up to one-fifth of the [...]
One year after Pakistan’s worst flooding in decades, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, continues to deliver comprehensive reproductive health care services as part of its humanitarian response. In August 2010, the Fund’s immediate response after the floods struck was to support basic reproductive health services for the displaced. Now, during the recovery phase, the [...]
Pakistan is not on track to achieve most Millennium development goals (MDGS) related to health, nutrition and population. Given its current rate of progress, in 2015 Pakistan’s infant mortality rate (IMR) will be 65 deaths per 1,000 live births and the under-five mortality rate U5MR will be 78,considerably above the MDG4 targets of 33 and [...]
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 [...]
Sindh Health Minister Dr. Sagheer Ahmad launched a strategic plan to counter the high prevalence of acute malnutrition among children and pregnant women in 19 districts. Addressing the launching ceremony of the Sindh Strategic Nutrition Response Plan (SSNRP), Dr. Sagheer Ahmad said that it would cost Rs3.8 billion and would be implemented from July onwards [...]
