Health

Martin Dow and the Government of Sindh have entered into a partnership to strengthen access to quality primary healthcare services for the community of Baba Island, Keamari Town. Under the agreement, the Health Department has entrusted Martin Dow with the management, operation, and maintenance of the DMC Dispensary at Baba…

Hardly 20 percent of newborns in Pakistan are breastfed within their first hour of life, while inadequate support from families, health facilities, workplaces and the wider society deprives many infants of mother’s milk, raising their risk of death by up to 15 times, health experts said on Tuesday. An estimated…

The government has handed over the management of Islamabad’s Isolation Hospital and Infections Treatment Centre (IHITC) and the Regional Blood Centre to Indus Hospital. An agreement to this effect was signed in Islamabad today. Speaking on the occasion, Minister for National Health Services Mustafa Kamal expressed confidence that both facilities…

First Lady Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari has expressed full support for the establishment of Sindh’s first public-sector Comprehensive Stroke Centre at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) to strengthen specialized stroke car. She expressed this while attending a briefing in Karachi today on the vision and implementation roadmap for the…

Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal says the government is providing free screening and medicines for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis. Addressing a ceremony held in Islamabad today to mark World Hepatitis Day, he said hepatitis is a curable disease and stressed the importance of its early…

Researchers, government officials and UNICEF representatives on Monday warned that millions of Pakistani children remain vulnerable to lead poisoning and urged journalists to highlight the largely overlooked public health threat and its preventable sources. The call came at a day-long media workshop organised by the Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)…

The Pak-China Business-to-Business Investment Conference on Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare concluded in Islamabad today with the successful finalization of commercial partnerships worth 850 million dollars. Giving details of the agreements in his address at the conference, Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Dr Malik Mukhtar Ahmed, said…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the federal government will provide 100 percent funding for the development of an indigenous vaccine against Foot and Mouth disease to promote the livestock sector. He was addressing a national seminar on ‘Harnessing Pakistan’s Livestock Potential’ in Islamabad today. The Prime Minister said…

Pakistan has achieved another historic milestone in modern medical science by successfully performing its first-ever CAR T-cell therapy procedure, marking a major breakthrough in advanced cancer treatment. The achievement highlights the country’s growing medical expertise and its ability to deliver one of the world’s most sophisticated therapies for complex diseases.…

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has reviewed progress on three major healthcare projects scheduled for inauguration within the next two months in the province. She was presiding over a meeting of the Specialized Healthcare Department in Lahore today. The Chief Minister was informed that the Nawaz Sharif Institute of…

Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today. Matters related to the Ministry of Health were discussed during the meeting. Mustafa Kamal briefed the Prime Minister on ongoing and upcoming projects in the health sector. The Prime Minister appreciated the ongoing…

In light of the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda as a global emergency, Pakistan has intensified screening measures at airports across the country. Minister for Health Services Mustafa Kamal has directed the authorities to implement strict precautionary screening protocols at all airports to…

A week-long special anti-polio drive will commence in seventy-nine selected districts across the country from tomorrow. According to National Emergency Operations Centre, approximately nineteen million children below the age of five years will be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign which will culminate on 24th of this month. In Punjab,…

Around 52 percent of Pakistani adults and nearly 38 percent of adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years are now believed to be suffering from fatty liver disease due to obesity, junk food consumption, sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity, senior gastroenterologists warned on Sunday. The said the disease now called…

Pakistan’s leading digital microfinance Bank, Mobilink Bank, has launched the “Bibi App,” a breast cancer awareness mobile application designed to support Pakistani women through accessible and localized health information. The application has been developed by Aangan, a startup focused on women’s reproductive health and an incubatee of Mobilink Bank’s Women…

A delegation of the National Women Journalists Forum (NAWJF) attended a special ceremony organized in connection with World Thalassemia Day at Riaz Mansoor Trust Hospital. President of NAWJF, Farzana Chaudhry, participated in the event as the chief guest. The NAWJF delegation included Kanwal Naseem, Rabia Azmat, Nabeela Akbar, Zahida Parveen…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed government’s commitment to completely eliminate polio from the country. He expressed the commitment while chairing a review meeting on polio eradication in Islamabad today. The Prime Minister appreciated the tireless efforts of polio teams and emphasized sustained action to achieve a polio-free Pakistan.…

In a major move to protect public health, the Government of Pakistan has officially banned the manufacturing, sale, and stocking of six popular beauty cream brands. The crackdown comes after rigorous laboratory testing revealed that these products contain “outrageous” levels of toxic substances, including mercury and arsenic, which pose severe…

Pakistan has formally launched the National Medical Tourism Initiative. The announcement of this initiative was made at the recently held Annual International Conference of Pakistan Association of Plastic Surgeons (PAPS). The aim of the initiative is to establish Pakistan as a regional hub for affordable and high-quality medical facilities. According…

The Aga Khan University Hospital brought together developmental paediatricians, speech and language therapists, and child psychiatrist to address a growing concern: children with autism spectrum disorder in Pakistan are being identified late, and families are navigating the journey largely without adequate guidance or support. The media roundtable, held under the…

World Tuberculosis Day is being observed on Tuesday. The day is aimed at raising public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis and stepping up efforts to end the global epidemic. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif says the government has made the elimination of tuberculosis one…