Tag: Hepatitis
Over 60,000 suffering from Hepatitis C in Punjab
Punjab Health Department has issued instructions to all the Health EDOs to launch a special campaign for creating awareness against Hepatitis. According to an...
Hepatitis patients left high and dry
The government has endangered the lives of thousands of people in the city by depriving them of treatment for Hepatitis-C at the Pakistan Institute...
Hepatitis test, vaccine made compulsory for bakeries, restaurants employees in Cantt
Rawalpindi Cantonment Board has made hepatitis A, B and C tests and vaccine injections compulsory for employees working in bakeries, restaurants and other shops...
Shaikh Zayed raises awareness on World Hepatitis Day
To raise awareness on World Hepatitis Day on Saturday, the department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Shaikh Zayed Hospital, organised a Hepatitis Awareness walk, free...
Health minister for efforts to check spread of Hepatitis
Sindh Minister for Health Dr Sagheer Ahmed on Friday called for making concerted efforts to help check the spread of Hepatitis.
He said this in...
Beware! Hepatitis to kill 5m during next decade
Over 5 million people could die of viral hepatitis in the next decade in South-East Asia region, according World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates.
The hepatitis...
3rd phase of hepatitis screening for workers initiated
The third phase of the Hepatitis screening and prevention programme for workers was initiated on Thursday.
The Sindh Minister for Labour, Amir Nawab Khan, has...
Sindh, Balochistan budget 2012-13 today
Sindh Budget 2012-13: Key highlights
Pakistan Peoples’ Party led Sindh government would present budget 2012-13 with a totally oulay of Rs 577 billion today in...
‘770,405 children vaccinated against hepatitis B since Feb...
A total of 770,405 children have been vaccinated against hepatitis B during a campaign launched between February 13 and 25, Sindh Hepatitis Prevention and...
SC to look into cases of polio, hepatitis
The Supreme Court (SC) Lahore Registry on Monday heard suo moto case regarding the strike by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) and also took...
Hepatitis Control Programme’s fate hangs in the balance
Though the Ministry of Health was devolved to the provinces several months ago, the fate of National Hepatitis Control Programme is still hanging in...
Booklets on hepatitis
The National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS) launched Thursday a program, under which a small booklet entitled “Hepatitis B and C, Aahm Malomaat”, will...
SZH organises free screening camp on World Hepatitis Day
On occasion of the World Hepatitis Day, 2011 the Department of Gastroenterology & Herpetology Sheikh Zayed Hospital (SZH), Lahore organised a free screening camp,...
Punjab govt fails to deliver on Hepatitis Control Programme
Diagnostic and treatment facilities for hepatitis still remain out of reach for a majority of infected population as the Punjab government fails to deliver...
Hepatitis – killer on the loose
May 19th was recently celebrated worldwide as World Hepatitis Day – although from next year the day has been shifted to July 28th. The...
Punjab govt to restore free hepatitis treatment facility
The Punjab government has decided to restore the free treatment facility for hepatitis-C positive patients, Pakistan Today has learnt. The facility was on hold...
Punjab govt to restore free hepatitis treatment facility
The Punjab government has decided to restore the free treatment facility for hepatitis-C positive patients, Pakistan Today has learnt. The facility was on hold...
