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Aids fight in Pakistan suffers from bureaucratic inefficiency
As numbers rise, the federal Aids programme finds itself out of money.
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Skewed priorities: Medical varsity may be set up in EPI building
The two-storey building spread over five acres currently houses vaccines worth Rs13 billion.
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Disorganised: In PIMS, patients suffer due to confusion over holiday
No notification was issued by the hospital administration to inform staff whether Thursday was a public holiday.
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Health policy: PPP failed ANP in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa says Adeel
Post-election, some healthcare services will be provided on the basis of public-private partnerships.
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Universal Children’s Day: Ensuring basic rights for the most vulnerable
Inadequate laws, poor enforcement cited as major factors.
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No garbage collection: In rural areas, garbage just keeps on piling
Waste contaminating underground water, adding to contagious diseases.
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Back online: PIMS kidney transplant centre to reopen
Facility has been merged with new liver centre; first surgery scheduled for Nov 21.
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At PIMS, expectant mothers unable to deliver on due date
Doctors’ unavailability causing pregnant women to suffer.
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World Diabetes Day: ‘Change lifestyle to prevent against the debilitating disease’
Incidence of type-two diabetes on the rise in children, say doctors.
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World Pneumonia Day: Prevention and cure ‘must go hand-in-hand’
Health experts insist root causes of the spread of pneumonia, like malnutrition and poverty, must be addressed.









