At the launch of the "World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage", WHO today called on countries to continue investing in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage tailored to each individual country’s situation. With universal health coverage, countries can help ensure that citizens obtain the health services [...]
The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, according to the World Health Statistics 2013. The WHO annual statistics report highlights how efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have reduced health [...]
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 [...]
Nearly 100,000 children under the age of five die every year due to preventable diseases like pneumonia, tetanus and measles in Pakistan. This makes up to a whopping 20 percent of the total 435,000 deaths of children in Pakistan. These diseases can easily be ward off with the timely vaccination of children. These views were [...]
World Health Organisation (WHO) and Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria said that strains of Tuberculosis with resistance to multiple drugs could spread widely and highlight an annual need of at least US$ 1.6 billion in international funding for treatment and prevention of the disease. Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, and Dr. [...]
Tuberculosis (TB) often goes undiagnosed in children from birth to 15 years old because they lack access to health services - or because the health workers who care for them are unprepared to recognize the signs and symptoms of TB in this age group. With better training and harmonization of the different programmes that provide [...]
World Tuberculosis Day falling on Saturday the 24th March is being commemorated all over the world including Pakistan with commitment and renewed enthusiasm to save lives from a preventable and curable disease. Elaborate programs have been organized on this occasion. The WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Guido Sabatinelli has called for all out efforts to [...]
In order to strengthen the capacity of National TB Control Program (NTP) staff in the area of electronic surveillance at BMU/district level, the program has embarked on an initiative to launch web-based TB surveillance system (WEB TBS) in collaboration with WHO. The framework would cover all the components of the stop TB strategy including drug [...]
Pediatricians at a Conference emphasized on improving nutritional health of children under the age of 5 to prevent them from infections disease leading to morbidity and mortality. The two-day 4th Annual Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference organized by Infectious Diseases Group, Pakistan Pediatric Association (IDG-PPA) in collaboration with PPA Sindh Branch held recently from January 7 [...]
Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000, and by 33% in the WHO African Region, according to the World malaria report 2011, issued today by WHO. This is the result of a significant scaling-up of malaria prevention and control measures in the last decade, including the widespread use of bed [...]
WHO releases list of drugs that need to be available everywhere The World Health Organization's (WHO) first ever list of priority medicines for maternal and child health recommends to countries which medicines are most important for saving lives. Access to appropriate medicines is vital to achieving global health goals[i]. More than eight million children under [...]
To mark the World TB Day 2011, Pakistan Lions Youth Council (PLYC) in collaboration with National TB Control Program Islamabad, (NTP); Provincial TB Control Program Punjab (PTP) and Nishtar Medical Collage organized a Seminar on “Tuberculosis” on March 22, 2011 at Nishtar Auditorium Multan. The Seminar was mainly focused at raising awareness about the burden [...]
Maryam Yousaf 1, Usman Waheed 2 1 Department of Biochemistry, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 2 Department of Molecular Biology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad From its discovery in 1981, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has killed more than 25 million people and infects 0.6% world’s population [1]. The HIV infection is commonly complicated by other infections; [...]
Cancer detected early can be treated more effectively and better still, there are strategies to prevent the disease. Awareness, education, screening programmes and best practise treatment can all reduce the risk of dying from cancer was the message from experts at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Each year, the world over, cancer kills more people [...]
