Health

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.…

In his message on World Hepatitis Day being observed today, he said the risk factors for disease need to be addressed on an urgent basis by ensuring safe blood transfusions, use of auto-disable syringes and strict infection control practices in all healthcare settings. In his message, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…

A nationwide study in China has found that long-term exposure to ozone gas is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality risks. According to the results published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health, the cohort study comprises about 100,000 Chinese adults aged 18 years and above. The participants were followed up for…

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed the resolve to defeat polio and make the anti-polio campaign a success. In a tweet today [Monday], the Prime Minister said this five day campaign began today [Monday], aims at targeting 25 districts which are most vulnerable to the virus. He regretted that…

COVID-19 vaccines have saved almost 20 million lives worldwide. It was stated by a latest study published in “The Lancet Infectious Diseases’. It analysed the data on vaccination rates, coronavirus fatalities and excess death records from 185 countries. Vaccines prevented 1.9 million in US, 1 million in Brazil and 507,000…

Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have expressed the desire to promote bilateral cooperation in the health sector. The desire was expressed during meeting of Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel who is on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates with member of the Royal Family Sheikh Hamad…

World No-Tobacco Day is being observed on Tuesday to create awareness among the masses about hazardous effects of tobacco on health and the environment. Theme of the day is “Tobacco’s threat to our environment”. The governmental, non-governmental and community-based organizations have arranged meetings, seminars, webinars, rallies and display posters and…