Tag: World Health Organisation
Polio vaccine camps to be set up at Pakistan’s international airports
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Pakistan will set up mandatory polio immunisation points at its international airports in response to recommendations by the World Health Organisation, the health ministry...
Measles claimed 306 lives in Pakistan: WHO
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said 306 children died in Pakistan due to measles in 2012. Although the WHO spokesperson, Maryam Yunus, did...
IDPs escape conflict, not memories
For the first few months, Anayata Bibi, a 35-year-old widow who fled fighting in the north-western tribal region of Pakistan to live in the...
Are we losing the battle with Tuberculosis?
The international effort to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) is “in real danger”, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Its latest figures showed there were...
Diesel exhaust fumes cause lung cancer
Diesel engine fumes can cause lung cancer and belong to the same deadly category as asbestos, arsenic and mustard gas, the World Health Organisation...
Around 460,000 under 5 die annually in Pakistan
The under-five mortality rate stands at 89 deaths per 1,000 live births in Pakistan and an estimated 460,000 under five die each year in...
Mass hysteria blamed for Afghan schoolgirl ‘poisoning,’ not the Taliban
The Taliban have been poisoning scores of Afghan schoolgirls for attending school, right? Wrong – at least that’s the position of the World Health...
WHO to declare global polio emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO)is expected this week to declare polio a global health emergency asit battles complacency in an attempt to eradicate the...
Steps to alleviate leprosy patients’ sufferings urged
The health experts have urged to create awareness among public on treatment and prevention of leprosy disease to alleviate the sufferings of patients. According...
Pakistan ranks 6th among high-TB risk countries
Pakistan ranks sixth among the 22 high tuberculosis risk countries, contributing 43 percent of the disease towards the eastern-Mediterranean region of World Health Organisation...
Adding life to years1
The World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 to commemorate the establishment of the World Health Organisation in 1948. Each year a different...
A cigarette by any name would be as lethal
A new kind of drug addiction, known as Electronic Cigarettes (e-cigs), is being advertised by different brands as ‘harmless’ and many unsuspecting consumers, especially...
Doctors discuss dengue dilemma
On the second day of international conference on dengue and its control organised by World Health Organisation and Government of Pakistan and Government of...
Beware! Multi-drug-resistant strains on the loose ■ WHO identifies AMR as...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a major global public health problem.
In its recent publication, the international body has...
WHO health experts arrive for drug management support
Health experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) arrived in Lahore on Wednesday to provide drug management support to the Punjab Health Department. Experts...
Profitable blood transfusion business becomes deadly
After the devolution of Health Ministry, the Federal Blood Transfusion Authority (FBTA) working for blood safety in Islamabad is virtually ineffective while the National...
