To develop greater collaboration between healthcare experts and the media, The Agha Khan University Hospital organised Health Media Conference in Partnership with the Agha Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications in Kenya and the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Asim Belgaumi spoke about the role of the institution in raising healthcare [...]
Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed drugs used in human medicine, However, up to 50% of the time antibiotics are not optimally prescribed, often done so when not needed or incorrect dosing or duration,’ said health experts in briefing arranged by Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan (MMIDSP), “Antibiotic Resistance: Act Today [...]
TB Control Programme, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa commemorates World TB Day every year in March to create awareness about this disease. An estimated 60,000 new TB cases occur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa every year while Pakistan ranks 5th among high burden TB countries in the world. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has pledged to achieve the objectives set out [...]
To commemorate World TB Day 2014, National TB Control Program Islamabad organized a National Seminar with Stakeholders at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) in Islamabad. TB patients, their families, health care/service providers, volunteers from Pakistan Girls Guide Association & Pakistan Boy Scouts, local community elders/members, representatives of donor agencies, INGOs, NGOs and officials [...]
To celebrate World TB Day 2013, Ojha Institute of Chest Disease, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in collaboration with Stop TB Partnership Pakistan, National TB Control Program, Provincial TB Control Program and Bridge Consultant organized a ‘Stop TB Walk and Awareness Seminar’ at its Ojha Campus. The Walk was led Sardar Yasin Malik, Minister [...]
For the first time, the number of people infected with tuberculosis (TB) each year is declining, according to Mario Raviglione, MD, director of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Stop TB program. He spoke here today during a press conference to release Global Tuberculosis Control 2011, WHO's 16th annual report on TB, which summarizes advances made [...]
National TB Control Program (NTP) Islamabad organized its 2-day Inter-Provincial Meeting (IPM) recently at a hotel in Islamabad. The Meeting was attended by NTP/ PTP Managers, NTP Unit Heads, GF Objective Coordinators, M&E Staff, PRL Focal Persons, Technical and Implementing Partners of NTP. The first day of the Meeting started with the welcome address by [...]
To mark the World TB Day 2011, Pakistan Lions Youth Council (PLYC) in collaboration with National TB Control Program Islamabad, (NTP); Provincial TB Control Program Punjab (PTP) and Nishtar Medical Collage organized a Seminar on “Tuberculosis” on March 22, 2011 at Nishtar Auditorium Multan. The Seminar was mainly focused at raising awareness about the burden [...]
Dr. Ejaz Qadeer is a well-known and dynamic personality in the medical field. Currently he is working as National Program Manager, National TB Control Program (NTP), Islamabad. On the occasion of World TB Day 2011, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, ‘Medical Review’ got the opportunity to interview Dr. Ejaz Qadeer. Following are the excerpts [...]
