Health

Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel says curbing the spread of poliovirus is our resolution for this year and Pakistan is well ahead on the path of complete elimination of the disease. Talking to media in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said due to strenuous efforts of the government…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed to provide uninterrupted modern medical facilities to poor patients on priority basis. Chairing a meeting at Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute in Lahore on Saturday, he urged doctors of Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute to serve patients sincerely with available resources. He said…

Health activists have urged government to impose ban on innovative products such as nicotine pouches, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices in order to save Pakistan’s future. This demand was raised at the launch ceremony of “Big Tobacco – Tiny Targets” – a survey conducted by Society for Protection of the…

Under the National Immunisation Programme, a week-long anti-polio campaign will kick off on Monday in various districts of the four provinces in the country. In Punjab, five-day-long campaign will be held from tomorrow to 19th of this month to immunize more than two million children under 5 years of age.…

Dengue fever kills many people every year in Pakistan and there is a greater need to create maximum awareness to save people from this endemic. The dengue cases normally increase in September/October and it is our responsibility to work with the local health authorities to control the spread of dengue…

High blood pressure in early adulthood is associated with worse brain health in late life. According to a new study, men, compared to women, may be more vulnerable to the detrimental effects of high blood pressure on the brain for some brain regions. The research, published in JAMA Network Open,…

A five-day anti-polio campaign will begin in Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan divisions and Peshawar, Nowshera and Swat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Friday. According to Emergency Operation Center Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, more than 3.1 million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops. About fifteen thousand…

President Dr Arif Alvi has called for a greater focus on promoting preventive healthcare in the country to help reduce the disease burden. He gave the remarks while chairing the fourth meeting of the Senate of the Health Services Academy in Islamabad today. Dr Arif Alvi said that Pakistan, being…

First Lady Begum Samina Alvi has stressed upon greater awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder to create greater understanding and ensure greater integration of persons with autism in society. Addressing a seminar on the occasion of World Autism Day in Islamabad today, she said despite the prevalence of disabilities in our…

Worst inflation, dollar crisis, material shortage, pharmaceutical companies are near to closure, medicine crisis in Pakistan and fear of the unemployment of millions of people, an increase in the prices is inevitable. Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association (PPMA) sounded the alarm If the government does not pay attention, not only industries…

Australia’s national science agency has warned urgent action is needed to prevent the spread of drug-resistant superbugs. In a report published on Tuesday, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) declared antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a “looming global health crisis.” AMR…

There’s a dire need to adopt a sustainable National Tobacco Control Policy which ensures that no anti-child move is made now or in future. These views by shared in a dialogue organized by Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) with policy makers to stress upon the need…

Minister for National Health Services and Regulations Abdul Qadir Patel has said Pakistan is fully protected from Covid and is fully prepared to meet possible outbreak of any variant of the pandemic. Talking to media in Islamabad on Thursday, he said strict surveillance has been activated on the borders to…

From our correspondent The two-day 14th Pak Pharma and Healthcare Expo began today at the Pak-China Friendship Centre. An international conference on “Pharma Export Way Forward – Opportunities and Challenges” was also organized. The two-day Pak Pharma and Healthcare Exhibition and Conference organized by Prime Event Management was inaugurated by…

Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) organized an interactive session with social media influencers to address the need to ban the online sale and advertisement of emerging tobacco products. The speakers emphasized that tobacco industry has been manipulating our children and youth into buying novel tobacco…

Pakistan’s leading paediatricians say probiotics are useful in the treatment of rotavirus and in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. The medical professionals were speaking at Sanofi Probiotics Summit 2022. Probiotics are healthy bacteria that help relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and alleviate digestive discomfort and other related complications. The…

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere. This week in mBio, a multinational team of researchers in Europe report the discovery of a new antifungal antibiotic named solanimycin. The compound, initially isolated from a pathogenic bacterium that infects potatoes, appears to be produced…

A constant influx of bad news — pandemic, shootings, inflation, natural disasters, political turmoil — can feel, at best, soul-crushing. Now, a new study from Spain confirms the negative toll constantly being plugged into the news cycle can take. The researchers looked at how people were best able to manage…

Obesity afflicts approximately 42 percent of the U.S. adult population and contributes to the onset of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and other conditions. While popular healthy diet mantras advise against midnight snacking, few studies have comprehensively investigated the simultaneous effects of late eating on the three main players in…

The Embassy of the Republic of Philippines in Pakistan on Saturday celebrated the ‘Kadayawan Festival’ at Chancery of the Embassy for the diplomatic corps and other guests. In her welcome remarks, Ms. Khan-Bagaporo, the host of the program, likened the Kadayawan festival to a celebration of a mother providing food…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says government is implementing a special emergency plan to improve anti-polio response.                        He said this in a tweet on Saturday, while expressing concern over the increase in number of confirmed polio cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.…