Is it wise to announce ‘Early Victory’ against COVID-19? on July 17, 2020“History never repeats itself. Man always does,” rightly said, Voltaire. Man is always condemned to repeat it by forgetting the lessons taught through previous experiences be it in the case of waging deadly wars or more recently not learning from the perilous history of pandemics. The same is the case with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), which […]
From Outbreak to Pandemic: is Pakistan capable enough to contain CoVID-19? on March 15, 2020On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organisation was informed about the detection of a group of pneumonia cases of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei province of China. A series of laboratory investigations were triggered to know the cause. Resultantly, a novel pathogen belonging to the coronaviruses family was identified by Chinese authorities on […]
China’s novel Coronavirus (nCoV-2019) — preparedness for Pakistan on February 1, 2020Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases have been a significant challenge to public health all over the globe and have rendered the health of people in many countries at stake. Be it, the mortalities due to Ebola virus in Africa, the HIV epidemic in the world or the popping up of new deadly pathogens like Zika, […]
Fight climate change: let mother earth breathe on September 23, 2019Today UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has convened Climate Action Summit 2019 with a theme of A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win1. But unfortunately, major stakeholders seem to walk with a snail’s pace, and it doesn’t seem to be won soon. Keeping in view the recent deterioration of the environment by Brazilian […]
Vaccines are shots of hope: World Immunization Week April 24-30) on April 27, 2019Life 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 […]
Polio eradication — is it a distant dream? on March 13, 2019The more real you get, the more unreal everything else is. The same has been the case for polio eradication in Pakistan — which remains a distant dream. In 2017, we had eight polio cases in the country, which increased to nine positives cases in 2018. Early 2019 has been even worse with four positive […]
2019 — Are we able to ameliorate our healthcare system? (Part-II) on January 14, 2019Having said that, the healthcare system of any country is based on four main stakeholders; individuals, health professionals, private markets and state. If anyone falls behind or doesn’t participate in its betterment, the system will cease to exist. So, it’s the joint responsibility of all stakeholders to commit themselves to the betterment of the healthcare […]
2019- Are we able to ameliorate our healthcare system? (Part-I) on January 6, 20192018 finally ended but it did not farewell to theimprovement ofhealthcare system of Pakistan. It has remained unhealthy throughout the year. Like any other third world state, Pakistan’s healthcare system demonstrated a sorry picture of negligence and dilapidation. The rampant cases of infectious diseases like Dengue Fever, Congo Virus, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Poliomyelitis and TB were […]