Commissioner Muhammad Sualeh Ahmad Faruqui said that government was committed to eradicate the polio virus and administration making all coordinated efforts on priority basis with aimed polio free Pakistan and protect our children from this crippled disease. He said while talking to the delegation of Independent Monitory Board of the Global Polio Initiative Mission, an [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) installed Sysmex XN-3000 Automatic Haematology Analyzer at its Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan Institute of Blood Diseases (DIEKIBD), Ojha Campus. The Inauguration Ceremony of the DIMC which was attended by Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Masoood Hameed Khan, Pro-Vc Prof. Dr. Masroor, Prof. Dr. Rana Qamar, Director QEC, Prof. Dr. Shaheen Sharafat, [...]
The Child Rights Movement (CRM) - a coalition of 150 NGOs in Pakistan- hold a protest in front of Islamabad Press Club and demanded the federal and provincial governments to take notice of the increasing numbers of deaths of child domestic workers in the country and ban the slavery type occupation immediately. Other coalitions like [...]
Progress in TB control can be substantially accelerated by addressing these challenges Tuberculosis (TB) treatment has saved the lives of more than 22 million people, according to the WHO "Global tuberculosis report 2013" published today. The report also reveals that the number of people ill with TB fell in 2012 to 8.6 million, with global [...]
A National Seminar on Tuberculosis was held Bara Kahu to commemorate World TB Day. Honorable Sectary of IPC, Fareed Ullah graced the occasion as a chief guest. Dr. Najeeb Durrani, DTC , Dr. Muhammad Azhar, DHO ICT, Dr. G.N Qazi, Representative WHO, Dr. Ejaz Qadeer, National Manager, National TB Control Program were also present on [...]
If contraceptive prevalence can rise by 9% in districts such as Rajanpur, Charsadda, Sanghar and Mardan, the uptake of family planning use can also happen throughout the country, said Dr. Ali Mir, Chairperson FALAH, a project of the Population Council at a Seminar titled ‘Family Planning Revitalised - The Falah Experience’ held recently in Islamabad. [...]
Sindh AIDS Control Program (SACP) celebrates World AIDS Day 2011 to mark World AIDS Day 2011 arranged a dialogue between Print and Electronic Media with HIV Positives a recently at a local hotel in Karachi with the theme of the Getting to Zero. The aim of the dialogue is to reduce stigma and discrimination against [...]
