Pakistan has called for stronger international action against viral hepatitis using a high-level diplomatic gathering at the United Nations to seek wider support for moving the disease higher on the global health agenda as fresh World Health Organisation findings place the country at the centre of the world’s hepatitis C crisis. The appeal was made […]
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Curing Hepatitis
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation have launched a Rs 67 billion Prime Minister’s Hepatitis C Elimination Programme, whose first phase will screen 1.6 million people and treat those who test positive. On paper, the ambition is historic. Pakistan carries the heaviest hepatitis C burden in the world, with roughly 10 million […]
Where did all our water go?
Water pollution is causing a major threat to public health. Pakistan is included among the most dangerous countries where people don’t have access to safe water. It ranks at #80 among 122 countries of the world. Most of the people still don’t even have water to drink. People are compelled to buy toxic water from […]