Tag: Vaccine
Vaccine for dengue fever shows a glimmer of hope
Dengue is one of the most widespread mosquito-borne viral diseases in the world, with WHO estimating that around half of the world’s population are...
UVAS produces low-cost FMD vaccine
The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) has indigenously developed low-cost vaccine for foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle. Talking to reporters,...
Tribes close door to polio vaccine in North Waziristan
Tribesmen endorsed a Taliban ban on polio vaccinations on Wednesday, closing the door to the prospect of any child being vaccinated in North Waziristan...
Oral polio vaccine case: LHC seeks report by July 2
The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought a report by July 2 from the Punjab government and Health department on the methods adopted to...
Over 100,000 tribal children miss polio vaccine
Around 1,981 parents have refused vaccination to their children in the tribal belt, whereas authorities said that over 100,000 children missed out in the...
‘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...
New vaccine for pneumonia to be introduced soon
In a bid to cure the fatal disease of pneumonia in children under five, a new vaccine will be introduced in the country within...
Fake vaccine project used to hunt Osama
US intelligence launched a fake vaccination drive in the Pakistani town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an effort to gather...
US ran fake vaccine project in hunt for bin Laden: report
US intelligence launched a fake vaccination drive in the Pakistan town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an effort to gather...
522,025 children to be administered polio vaccine
SIALKOT - As many as 522,025 children below five years would be administered anti-polio vaccine during a three-day national anti-polio campaign to be started in Sialkot district from March 7. Sialkot District Coordination Officer (DCO) Mujahid Sher Dil said this while presiding over a meeting. The DCO said 1,037 mobile teams, 130 stationed teams and 49 transit teams of Sialkot health department would cover all the four tehsils, Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur, to administer
Hospitals get hepatitis vaccine
LAHORE -
Interferon injections and medicines for hepatitis C treatment were provided to government hospitals last week according to their treatment load, Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said on Thursday.
He said that since treatment of hepatitis C was very expensive and time-consuming, hospital administrations have been directed to ensure completion of a six-month treatment course of patients who were already under treatment.
Fawad said that approval has
Interferon injections and medicines for hepatitis C treatment were provided to government hospitals last week according to their treatment load, Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said on Thursday.
He said that since treatment of hepatitis C was very expensive and time-consuming, hospital administrations have been directed to ensure completion of a six-month treatment course of patients who were already under treatment.
Fawad said that approval has
