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15 07, 2018

Importance of family planning reiterated on World Population Day

2018-07-31T20:41:55+00:00

Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world with 208 million people and a population growth rate of 2.4% per year. The rising population numbers are likely to outstrip developmental gains, and continue to adversely affect the economy, environment, health, education and quality of the lives of all citizens. The theme for this [...]

15 07, 2018

HEC urges universities to follow academic guidelines

2018-07-31T20:22:43+00:00

Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan has directed the higher education institutions of the country to uphold academic standards in order to ensure quality education and fulfillment of all requisite criteria in quantitative and qualitative terms. In a letter issued to vice Chancellors, rectors and directors of all public and private universities recently, the HEC has [...]

15 06, 2018

Are Standard Therapeutic Guidelines (STGs) needed in Pakistan?

2018-06-30T20:22:20+00:00

The use of Standard Therapeutic Guidelines (STGs) is a time-tested evidence-based system that works well and improves patients’ therapeutic outcome. Non-compliance with the STGs results in high morbidity and inflated cost. In the USA, non-compliance with STGs costs $100 billion every year. STGs are also called as clinical arrangements, treatment conventions, best-rehearse rules, and organized [...]

15 06, 2018

80% of world’s smokers live in low and middle-income countries – HDF

2018-06-30T20:15:03+00:00

According to Human Development Foundation (HDF), more than 80 percent of the world’s smokers live in low and middle-income countries, where diseases caused by tobacco use are further exacerbated by a lack of access to health care. On World No Tobacco Day 2018, HDF joined hands with World Health Organization (WHO) and has asked the [...]

15 06, 2018

Pakistani mothers-to-be missing out on health benefits of exercise – Study

2018-06-30T20:09:37+00:00

Pregnant women in Pakistan are missing out on the significant health benefits that come from regular exercise during pregnancy, according to new research by Aga Khan University. A study of the lifestyles of over 450 pregnant women found that just over one in three women (36 per cent) were physically active during pregnancy with just [...]

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 05, 2018

Workshop held on Facebook Blood Donation Feature

2018-05-27T02:26:27+00:00

The Safe Blood Transfusion Programme (SBTP) organized a joint workshop, on May 05, 2018, with the global social media giant ‘Facebook’ to introduce a new Pakistan specific Feature to promote voluntary blood donations in the country. The Facebook Feature will be launched in Pakistan and globally. The workshop participants included the representatives of the Blood [...]

15 05, 2018

International seminar on Halal Food at ICCBS-UoK

2018-05-27T02:24:43+00:00

A one-day International Seminar-cum-Training Workshop on ‘Halal Food and Non-Food Science, Management’ was organized by Industrial Analytical Center of International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi in association with SANHA Halaal Associates, Pakistan recently at LEJ Campus, Karachi. The Seminar was attended by representatives of Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority [...]

15 05, 2018

Centre sincere to resolve water scarcity issue: Governor Sindh

2018-05-27T02:21:07+00:00

Governor Sindh Mohammad Zubair has said that announcement of water policy in the presence of all Chief Ministers shows the sincerity of the Federal Government towards dealing with the important issue of scarcity of water in the country. He said this while addressing at the ground breaking ceremony of Panjwani Hisaar Water Institute (PHWI) at [...]

15 05, 2018

P&G announces a new initiative for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Pakistan

2018-05-27T02:10:50+00:00

Around 10,000 women and girls to receive vocational training and quality education over the next 3 years Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced the launch of its latest Gender Equality initiative under the P&G program at a formal ceremony held in Karachi, reinforcing its commitment to contribute towards the economic empowerment of women in the country. Through [...]

15 05, 2018

New study to explore Pakistan’s smokeless tobacco blind spot

2018-05-27T02:09:17+00:00

Smokeless tobacco products are unregulated and untaxed despite being a leading cause of mouth, head and neck cancer in Pakistan Researchers from Aga Khan University have launched a comprehensive study aimed at understanding and addressing the public health risks posed by smokeless tobacco products, which have largely been ignored by policymakers. Unlike cigarettes, smokeless or [...]

15 04, 2018

Over 100 people daily fall prey to Parkinson’s in Pakistan

2018-05-10T11:54:18+00:00

Everyday more than 100 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in Pakistan and an estimated 6 million people worldwide are suffering from this disease. These views were expressed by leading Neurologists at a press briefing held recently in Karachi to mark World Parkinson’s Awareness Week. The Awareness week was supported by GSK Pakistan. Dr. Shahid [...]

15 03, 2018

17-point Action Plan for achieving SDGs presented

2018-03-20T21:26:21+00:00

Senator Farhatullah Babar presented 17-point Action Plan for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while addressing Task Forces on SDGs in the Provincial parliaments at the Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS) held recently in Islamabad. Addresing the Parliament, he informed that the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted unanimously by the UN [...]