ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and the newly-appointed Executive Director of United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell Monday discussed UNICEF’s country programme in Pakistan as well as the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. She called on the prime minister during her first visit to Pakistan since assuming position of the UNICEF executive director, […]
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EPI receives 23 vaccination vans from UNICEF
ISLAMABAD: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday handed over 23 vans to the Federal Expanded Programme for Immunization (EPI) to be used for expanding essential immunization coverage in high-risk five megacities and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services, Dr. Faisal Sultan received the vans from UNICEF […]
PM’s aide says Himalayas become ‘hottest region’ on earth
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Friday said that Pakistan, which was undergoing a heatwave phenomenon at the moment, was recorded as the hottest region in the world. He was addressing a webinar on “Children and Ecosystem Restoration” jointly organized by UNICEF and the Ministry of Climate […]
Pak to hold a high-level meeting over HIV outbreak in Larkana
Federal government, on Saturday, decided to seek help from international health organizations over the HIV/AIDS outbreak in Ratodero in Sindh. According to sources, a meeting with international partners was summoned as the government decided to consult the world health bodies over the crisis Ratodero. A meeting is said to be convened on May 20 in […]
Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Is The Role Model Fashion Needs
Halima Aden has had a whirlwind couple of years. Following her history-making turn as the first Miss Minnesota contestant to compete in a burkini and hijab, the 21-year-old has gone on to grace the pages of magazines and walk runways, shattering stereotypes and serving as an inspiration to people who had previously not seen themselves […]
Defending child marriage
Its the year 2019, and Pakistan continues to grapple with the concept of child marriage. In fact, according to UNICEF Pakistan has the sixth highest number of absolute child brides in the world at 1,909,000. 21% of the girls in this country are married before the age of 18. Three percent are married before the […]
Vaccines are shots of hope: World Immunization Week April 24-30)
Life or death for a child too often depends on whether he is born in a country where vaccines are available or not, said Nelson Mandela. Thanks to the UNICEF, the Rotary and some other international organizations vaccines are now available for every single child around the globe. To grasp the importance of vaccines, let […]
Dozens quarantined in California after measles exposure
Dozens of people at two California universities have been quarantined as US health officials battle to stop the spread of a nationwide measles outbreak, authorities said Thursday. The Department of Public Health said hundreds of students and staff at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University (Cal State) had been exposed […]
US measles cases highest since 2000 as global anti-vax movement surges
The US recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century, officials said Wednesday, ahead of a campaign to reinforce the message that vaccines are safe. The surge comes amid a growing global movement against inoculation, with an estimated 169 […]
Millions of children miss measles shots, creating outbreaks — UNICEF
More than 20 million children a year missed out on measles vaccines across the world in the past eight years, laying a path of exposure to a virus that is now causing disease outbreaks globally, a United Nations report said on Thursday. “The measles virus will always find unvaccinated children,” said Henrietta Fore, executive director […]