A seminar held in Karachi on World Labour Day highlighted ongoing disputes over the death toll from the 2015 heatwave, with speakers arguing that official figures significantly understate the human impact, particularly on low-income and working-class communities. Read More: 64 die due to heatstroke in Karachi The event, organised by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education […]
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, UNICEF discuss child health and risks of lead exposure
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met a delegation from UNICEF to discuss child health, lead exposure risks and Pakistan’s ongoing public health priorities, including polio eradication. Read More: Pakistan to work with int’l partners to improve child health services: PM The delegation was led by UNICEF Representative Pernille Ironside and included Abdullah Fadil, Director […]
Pakistan prepares new preventive health strategy, says Mustafa Kamal
Federal Minister for Health Mustafa Kamal has announced that Pakistan has developed a new national health strategy with the assistance of international experts, aimed at shifting the country’s healthcare system from treatment-focused care to preventive healthcare. Read More: WHO to support Pakistan to achieve health goals Addressing a health and nutrition conference in Islamabad, the minister said Pakistan’s current […]
Punjab approves disease prevention programme
The Punjab government has approved a comprehensive “Disease Prevention Programme” aimed at reducing the spread of major illnesses across the province. The initiative received formal approval from Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz during a high-level meeting held in Lahore. Read More: Punjab launches historic health screening drive for special children According to an official statement, the programme […]
Sindh launches week-long anti-polio campaign targeting millions of children
The Government of Sindh has launched a province-wide anti-polio campaign, aiming to vaccinate millions of children as part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the disease. Read More: Sindh CM launches anti–polio drive to target over 10.6m children Inaugurating the drive, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah highlighted the importance of collective action and dismissed misinformation surrounding the vaccine. […]
Study links marital status with cancer risk differences
Cancer is a dangerous disease affecting all ages in modern era. A new study suggests marital status may be linked with risk. Researchers from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine analyzed data from more than 4 million cancer cases in the United States. Published in Cancer Research Communications, the study found unmarried individuals had […]
Measles outbreak in Bangladesh claims 98 children in three weeks
Bangladesh is grappling with a severe measles outbreak that has claimed the lives of at least 98 children over the past three weeks, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Read More: Bangladesh says suspected measles outbreak kills about 100 children The ministry reported that between six months and five years of age, a total of 6,476 children […]
Pakistan prioritizes TB elimination on World Tuberculosis Day
ISLAMABAD — Shehbaz Sharif highlighted Pakistan commitment to eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a national public health priority, stressing that comprehensive measures are being implemented to combat the disease effectively. His remarks came on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, observed on March 24. Read More: KP marks World TB Day with renewed pledge to eliminate tuberculosis The […]
Sindh approves Rs50bn plan to upgrade Civil Hospital Karachi
The Sindh government has given in-principle approval to a Rs100 billion master plan aimed at transforming Civil Hospital Karachi into a modern healthcare facility, marking a significant step toward improving medical infrastructure in the provincial capital. Read More: Sindh to set up centre of excellence to counter violent extremism Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah chaired […]
Tylenol use drops among pregnant women after Trump comments
Use of the common pain relief medicine Tylenol among pregnant women in the United States fell noticeably after President Donald Trump publicly linked the drug to autism, according to a new analysis published in the medical journal The Lancet. Researchers examined emergency room prescribing patterns and found that Tylenol prescriptions for pregnant patients declined after […]