EOC Sindh determined to continue fight against polio
medrev 2017-11-09T19:54:35+00:00EOC Sindh determined to continue fight against polio
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10, 2017
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08, 2016
Meeting of provincial task force on Polio
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:49+00:00Meeting of provincial task force on Polio Chaired by Chief Secretary Sindh Siddiq Memon. Also present in the meeting are Prime Ministers Focal Person on Polio Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, Chairperson Monitoring and Oversight Committee Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, National Technical Consultant Dr. Altaf Bosan, Coordinator EOC Sindh Fayaz Jatoi, Technical Focal Person Sindh Dr. [...]
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03, 2016
Japan renews commitment to bring Pakistan closer to becoming polio-free
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:50+00:00The Government of Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed an agreement of 360,000,000 Japanese Yen (US$ 2,981,554) worth grant to support interruption of the wild polio virus in Pakistan. The grant will help procurement of 16,078,990 doses of the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV); sufficient to vaccinate 14,356,241 children under the age of five in ten mop-up [...]
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02, 2016
Governor Sindh inaugurates Polio Vaccine Campaign
medrev 2016-03-04T22:51:29+00:00Governor 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 [...]
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01, 2016
WHO Executive Board calls for urgent measures to address antimicrobial resistance
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:53+00:00Addressing at the WHO Executive Board meeting being held in Geneva from 25th to 30th January, Pakistan’s representative Director General Health Dr. Assad Hafeez called for urgent measures globally to address the issue of antimicrobial; resistance. “The issue of antimicrobial resistance is of grave concern particularly in developing countries and unless addressed proactively can have devastating results”, [...]
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01, 2016
Time for peak performance in Polio eradication, reiterates Ayesha Raza
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:53+00:00Appreciating the progress achieved so far, the Prime Minister’s Focus Group for Polio Eradication urged all stakeholders to gear up efforts for the final push against crippling virus. The group comprising of the federal Secretary Health, provincial Chief Secretaries, Additional Chief Secretary FATA, Director General National Crisis Management Cell, Representative from the GHQ, Director General [...]
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07, 2015
Iran offers to train Pak Health Workers, help in vaccine Production
medrev 2015-08-06T11:35:21+00:00An Iranian delegation comprising senior officials from Ministry of Health and Medical Education called on the Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar here today to discuss Pak-Iran cooperation in the field of health. The delegation was led by Dr. Mohsin Asadi Lari, Special Assistant for International Affairs to the Health Minister. Other delegates [...]
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05, 2015
EOC/EPI world immunization day activities
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:54+00:00Patients Helping Hands in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and EPI launched a 2-days awareness campaign in lieu of World Immunization Week recently at National Institute of Child Health, Karachi. A Conference was also arranged with multiple eminent paediatricians discussing various aspects of immunization, its significance, the current statistics of the country and the future eradication [...]
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05, 2015
Member IMB visited EOC/Sindh to discuss polio situation in Sindh
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:54+00:00The (IMB) is an oversight mechanism of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). The meeting was chaired by Madam Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Technical Provincial Coordinator and Mr. Paul Rutter Member IMB. Attendees included Dr. Muahmmad Usman Chachar Coordinator EOC Sindh, Team leaders and members of WHO and UNICEF Sindh, Rotary Pakistan, N Stop as well [...]
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09, 2014
High time for health planners to institute comprehensive strategy to provide healthcare to the participants of protest rallies to safeguard them from the risk of communicable and other diseases
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00By Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani, Epidemiologist, Islamabad Attention of Health Authorities is needed to make interventions for basic health needs/ threats for the participants of the two protest rallies. Their stay is prolonged for an indefinite period hence they can be declared Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of war and strife. The participants include women and [...]
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09, 2014
The Bloody Assassin – EBOLA VIRUS
medrev 2017-04-26T12:34:59+00:00By Muneeba Azmat, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Ebola virus disease or Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a lethal infectious disease that has become the topic of many tabloids and papers after the March 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The outbreak that was first reported from Guinea, has now spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria and [...]
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07, 2014
Improving child health in Pakistan can eradicate polio worldwide – Dr Bhutta
medrev 2014-07-28T06:00:10+00:00Providing basic medical services, including polio vaccinations, to children in Pakistan’s poorest and most conflict-ridden areas is the key to ending polio worldwide, argues Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta in a comment piece in this week’s Nature. Dr Bhutta, who is the Founding Director of the Centre for Excellence in Women and Child Health at Aga Khan University and [...]
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11, 2013
Promotional Seminar for the Use of Information & Communication Technologies for Health
medrev 2017-04-26T12:35:06+00:00eHealth could play a crucial role in controlling epidemics such as polio and dengue fever, through an effective surveillance system. Every day, across the world, countries are making improvements in their health systems as a direct benefit of eHealth technologies. e-Health has evolved as an important innovative subject for enhancing the proficiency of health sector, [...]
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04, 2013
Better supply systems key to reach all children with life-saving vaccines
medrev 2017-04-26T12:35:10+00:00In advance of World Immunization Week, global experts are highlighting strategies to further advance progress on the Global Vaccine Action Plan that was endorsed by the World Health Assembly, 2012. Better supply and logistics systems are essential to reach the estimated 22 million children in developing countries who are still not protected from dangerous diseases [...]
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04, 2013
Global leaders support six-year plan for a polio-free world
medrev 2017-04-26T12:35:10+00:00Global eradication program will move simultaneously on multiple fronts expanding focus to improve childhood immunization and protect gains made to date At the Global Vaccine Summit, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan to eradicate all types of polio disease – both wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases – [...]
