Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has asked the students of Sindh Madressatul Islam University to come forward and play the leadership role, in conformity with the ideals of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He said this while visiting Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU), where he addressed the faculty, students and staff members of [...]
Clubfoot is a congenital or a birth defect in which one foot or both feet of a newly born child are rotated inwards from the ankle. It is a painful condition that makes movement of the foot very painful. It can be cured completely and that too without surgery, if the child receives treatment early. These [...]
Governor of Sindh, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan has said that for better and sustainable result during polio campaigns female workers from local communities have been hired to ensure that each and every children specially in vulnerable communities gets polio vaccine. He said this while inaugurating a three- day polio vaccination campaign in the province [...]
Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani, Assistant DHO, Epidemiologist, Member Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network Recent emergence of Zika virus has caused uproar amongst media and public. Outbreaks of Zika have been reported in tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and most recently in the Americas. Because the mosquitoes that spread Zika virus are found [...]
Epilepsy is a curable neurological disorder, majority of children suffering from it in Pakistan has no access to treatment facilities and education, while a large number of people consider the disease as some kind of supernatural phenomenon, these view were expressed by experts at walk organised by Pakistan Society of Neurology (PSN) to mark the [...]
Speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter urged the government and the people to take counter steps to reverse the Climate Change affects as Pakistan ranked among most vulnerable countries of the world. The meeting was held yesterday on the theme: “Climate Change – a serious threat to human life” with Haziqul Khairi, [...]
National TB Control Program (NTP) organized its 51st Quarterly Inter-Provincial Meeting (IPM) Q-3rd 2015 at a local hotel in Islamabad. The Meeting held to review the progress of TB care activities and future plans of the Program. The Meeting was attended by NTP Manager, all PTP/RTP Managers, Global Fund Coordinators, Program and Technical Officers, M [...]
By Saman J. Ansari, Islamabad We have all heard of various diseases associated with thyroid like goiter, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism etcetera. Cancer of thyroid gland or thyroid carcinoma is uncommon yet it comprises of 1-2% of all human cancers and is the most frequent endocrine malignancy. The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland and is the [...]
The Aga Khan University’s Department of Community Health Sciences and international collaborators have received an award to study ways to lower hypertension in adults living in rural South Asia. The study will test low-cost strategies by health workers and doctors to lower blood pressure among adults and reduce their risk of heart disease in three [...]
Ten countries account for two-thirds of stillbirths with India having the highest number, and Pakistan and Nigeria with the highest rates. More than 2.6 million stillbirths continue to occur globally every year with very slow progress made to tackle this ‘silent problem’. Despite significant reductions in the number of maternal and child deaths, there has [...]
The Expanded Program on Immunization, Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination has achieved another major milestone in form of warehouse compliance certification that reflects that it operates under the Quality Management System which complies with ISO 9001:2008 standards. Vaccines are sensitive biological products which may become less effective, or even destroyed, when exposed [...]
Med Rev Report Members of Vaccine Expert Panel: Dr. Ejaz A. Khan (General Secretary) - Islamabad, Prof. Iqbal Memon – Karachi, Prof. Ashraf Sultan – Lahore, Prof. Sajid Maqbool – Lahore, Dr. Naseer Uddin Mahmood – Karachi, Prof. Nadeem Khawar – Peshawar, Prof. Haider Sherazi – Islamabad, Prof. Gen. Salman Ali – Islamabad & Dr. [...]
The World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) is celebrated every year on June 14 to thank voluntary blood donors for their gift of life. The designation of this special day has the support of all major stakeholders in blood transfusion medicine and blood transfusion services, including the WHO, ISBT, FIODS and the IFRC. The theme of [...]
The use of tobacco products increases the incidence of heart disease, stroke and lungs, mouth and stomach caners, this was stated by renowned Psychiatrist Dr. Syed Mubeen Akhtar while addressing a press briefing on the eve of World Anti-Tobacco Day held recently at Karachi Press Club (KPC). Dr. S. Mubeen Akhter said out of a total [...]
Ejaz A Khan, Rownak Khan*, Muhammad Tariq Iqbal*, Quamrul Hasan**, Saadia Farrukh*, Muhammad Safdar Rana, Wasiq Mehmood Khan** Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination, *UNICEF, **World Health Organization, Islamabad-Pakistan Background: Pakistan is one of the remaining 24 countries which have not yet achieved Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE). The country adopted high-risk [...]
