More than 400 graduates celebrated their success at the Aga Khan University’s Convocation Ceremony held recently at AKUH, Karachi. This year’s ceremony was especially significant as it marked graduation of the university’s 15,000th student and 10,000th woman student. In his convocation message on the 35th anniversary of the University’s founding, AKU Chancellor His Highness the [...]
In his address to Aga Khan University’s 2017 Convocation, Governor Sindh, Muhammad Zubair extended his personal congratulations to the 360-strong graduating class. He praised parents and faculty for their contribution in the graduates achievements calling them ‘great players’ in building the character and future prospects of today’s students. Convocation 2017 saw the School of Nursing and [...]
UNFPA - the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), WHO and partners reveals that major deficits in the midwifery workforce occur in 73 countries where these services are most desperately needed. The report recommends new strategies to address these deficits and save millions of lives of women and newborns. [...]
The objective of this paper is to focus the issue of unsafe deliveries conducted by novice midwives in Pakistan. In Pakistani society, safe delivery plays a vital role in country’s maternal and neonatal mortality rate. It has been found that novice midwives lack competency because of limited time period of practical training and unavailability of [...]
The Aga Khan University (AKU) on Monday announced admissions to its various academic programmes, including the recently added Bachelor of Science in Midwifery (BScM) – the country´s first higher education midwifery programme. The midwifery programme will prepare its graduates to provide mothers with care through pregnancy, childbirth and post-delivery, besides sharing advice on newborn and [...]
Prince Karim Aga Khan, Founder and Chancellor of Aga Khan University (AKU) outlined an ambitious global vision for the University’s expansion into liberal arts and also announced the creation of seven new-graduate schools across two continents that will work in areas of particular relevance to developing societies. He announced this while addressing AKU Convocation Ceremony [...]
