Aga Khan University (AKU) and Kenya’s United States International University Africa (USIU-A) are set to collaborate on a range of projects that will enhance the research and training opportunities open to students and faculty from both universities. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the two universities under which AKU will provide attachment placements for USIU-A [...]
Medication errors kill 0.5 million people each year in Pakistan
DUHS 8th Convocation – Over 1500 degrees conferred to undergraduate and postgraduate students
Prof. Dr. Sumbul Shamim, Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Principal, Dow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi “If we believe men have any personal rights at all as human beings, they have an absolute right to such a measure of good health as society, and society alone is able to [...]
World Health Day is celebrated on April 7th, every year to mark the Anniversary of the establishment of the World Health Organization (WHO). World Health Day aims to highlight urgent areas of public health concern worldwide. Additionally, each year a theme is chosen to raise awareness of the world’s major health issues. This year the [...]
A reception was hosted in the honor of new federal minister on National Regularization and Services Ferdous Aashiq Awan and Senator Abdul Haseeb by Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) inKarachi. A large number of high profile persons from pharmaceutical industry, DRAP head Qazi Abdul Saboor and prominent personalities of the metropolis attended the event. Chief [...]
Pharmacists are an integral part of health delivery system and without them the goal of health for all cannot be achieved said Senator Haseeb Khan while speaking as the Chief Guest at the 1st National Conference on Pharmacy Profession and Scientific Research Poster Competition. The 2-day 1st National Conference on Pharmacy Profession and Scientific [...]
Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan alongwith Prof. Dr.Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor-DUHS, Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Pro- Vice Chancellor-DUHS and Prof. Dr. Junaid Ashraf Principal-Dow Medical College and senior professor and faculty members inaugurated DUHS various project including 400-bedded tertiary care teaching University Hospital, Dow College of Pharmacy, Gymnasium and Boy hostel today at [...]
Health Robotics today announced the official opening and live operation of the largest Sterile Compounding Center for Oncology patients in the world. Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya (Turkey) compounds 90% of its 80.000 annual chemotherapy intravenous doses with 4 CytoCare robots and related Health Robotics’ technology, or an average of 325 patient doses per 6-hour [...]
