Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Malik chaired a high-level meeting, marking the official launch of Pakistan’s Integrated OneImpact Community Platform, hosted by the Dopasi Foundation, aimed at strengthening community engagement and improving access to care across tuberculosis (TB), HIV, and malaria services. Addressing representatives from national health […]
Malaria
Sindh launches province-wide anti-dengue, malaria drive
On the directives of Sindh Minister for Health and Population Welfare, Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, a large-scale awareness and prevention campaign has been launched across Sindh to curb the spread of dengue and malaria. According to the Health Department, the Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) Wing of the Directorate General Health Services (DGHS) Sindh has issued urgent […]
Global fund slashes Pakistan’s health aid by $27 million amid rising HIV and TB threats
ISLAMABAD – The Global Fund has cut $27 million from Pakistan’s health funding, significantly affecting national programs aimed at controlling HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. The reduction comes as the country battles a worsening public health crisis. The decision reduces Pakistan’s total allocation under Grant Cycle 7 from $250.8 million to $223.6 million. The biggest cut […]
Cancer drugs could potentially be used to fight Malaria: Research
A cancer treatment presently in clinical testing has the potential to guard against, cure, and prevent malaria transmission. The groundbreaking discovery by a multinational team led by Penn State researchers gives new hope against a disease that kills over 500,000 people each year, disproportionately impacting children under the age of five, pregnant women, and HIV patients. The research team, led by […]
Malaria, Gastro take 10 more lives in flood-hit Sindh
It appears that there will be no end to the epidemic of infectious illness mortality in Sindh’s flood-affected villages like Khairpur Nathan Shah, where three more youngsters succumbed to gastroenteritis and Malaria on Wednesday. Two people passed away from gastroenteritis, two from pyrexia of undetermined origin (PUO), which is characterised by a fever and a […]
China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight
China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease annually in the 1940s but has now gone four consecutive years without an indigenous case. “We congratulate the people of China on ridding the […]
Malaria surges back in crisis-hit Venezuela
The sweltering heat of the Venezuelan forest makes no difference to Jose Gregorio, who trembles with a cold chill. “I have pain everywhere, fever,” he stammers. Gregorio has the classic symptoms of malaria, a disease eradicated years ago among his Yukpa indigenous people, but it’s back with a vengeance all across crisis-struck Venezuela. “He had […]