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15 06, 2019

No link between vaccination efforts, spread of HIV

2019-06-30T20:51:07+00:00

The Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan (MMIDSP) representing Infectious Diseases and immunization experts, has categorically and unequivocally denied any connection between vaccination efforts and the spread of HIV in Pakistan. Prof. Bushra Jamil, the MMIDSP President and Dean, Infectious Diseases, College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) took strong exception to a [...]

15 05, 2018

Approx. 3,000,000 deaths are prevented every year due to vaccines – Experts

2018-05-27T02:28:54+00:00

Approximately 3,000,000 deaths are prevented every year due to vaccines. Immunization is estimated to save 2-3 million lives every year. An estimated 19.5 million infants worldwide are still missing out on basic vaccines. These views were expressed by experts of Pakistan Pediatric Association while addressing a press briefing to observe World Immunization Week held recently [...]

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 11, 2013

Pneumonia still responsible for one fifth of child deaths

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

On World Pneumonia Day, global health bodies highlight essential interventions that will help reduce burden of disease Pneumonia remains the single biggest killer of children under 5 globally, claiming the lives of more than 1 million girls and boys every year. But pneumonia deaths are preventable. As countries mark World Pneumonia Day on 12 November, [...]

15 04, 2013

Timely vaccination could save 100,000 children yearly

2017-04-26T12:35:10+00:00

Nearly 100,000 children under the age of five die every year due to preventable diseases like pneumonia, tetanus and measles in Pakistan. This makes up to a whopping 20 percent of the total 435,000 deaths of children in Pakistan. These diseases can easily be ward off with the timely vaccination of children. These views were [...]

15 04, 2013

PM calls for immediate inter-provincial meeting to combat measles

2017-04-26T12:35:10+00:00

Caretaker Prime Minister, Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has directed for an urgent inter-Provincial Meeting to combat steady increase in the number of measles cases in the country. Expressing his deep concern over the rising incidence of Measles in the country, during a Meeting at Sindh Governor House, he directed the Caretaker Federal Health [...]

15 04, 2013

Better supply systems key to reach all children with life-saving vaccines

2017-04-26T12:35:10+00:00

In advance of World Immunization Week, global experts are highlighting strategies to further advance progress on the Global Vaccine Action Plan that was endorsed by the World Health Assembly, 2012. Better supply and logistics systems are essential to reach the estimated 22 million children in developing countries who are still not protected from dangerous diseases [...]

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 02, 2013

Immediate strengthening of routine immunisation services stressed

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

Prominent consultant paediatricians have blamed internal politics in the provincial immunisation programme, mismanagement at district level, devolution of health department, neglect of routine immunisation and lack of awareness among parents regarding routine immunisation as basic causes behind the outbreak of measles in Sindh and the resulting deaths. They called for immediate strengthening of routine immunisation [...]

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

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 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 01, 2012

Protection of Children from Diseases Stressed

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

Pediatricians at a Conference emphasized on improving nutritional health of children under the age of 5 to prevent them from infections disease leading to morbidity and mortality. The two-day 4th Annual Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference organized by Infectious Diseases Group, Pakistan Pediatric Association (IDG-PPA) in collaboration with PPA Sindh Branch held recently from January 7 [...]