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15 10, 2011

Govt. should provide clean drinking water to minimize burden of water borne diseases – Dr. Amir Jogezai

2011-10-31T18:01:41+00:00

On a special visit to Quetta, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review interviewed Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical College, Quetta. Following are the excerpts of the interview. Q – Tell us something about yourself. Ans – I am Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical [...]

15 09, 2011

Oxford Study: Vitamin A supplements could save the lives of 600,000 infants a year

2011-10-11T18:49:45+00:00

An international study suggests that giving vitamin A supplements to children in low and middle income countries could significantly cut rates of mortality, illnesses and blindness amongst those below the age of five. Researchers from the University of Oxford and Pakistan’s Aga Khan University have shown that vitamin A supplements reduce mortality amongst children from [...]

15 08, 2011

Floods impact will be felt for years, says UNICEF report

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

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 [...]