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                                                            PIC employs new treatment methodIt is single operator smart device which can help in shaving off the calcium within coronary arteries 
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                                                            Clinic for autistic children opens in PeshawarParaplegic Centre to provide free of cost treatment 
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                                                            Food fortification to tackle malnutritionEdible oil, wheat flour to be fortified with essential nutrients 
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                                                            K-P reactivates dengue action planAzam directs health dept to take steps to contain leishmaniasis 
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                                                            Diagnostic dilemma: Public hospital patients await MRI availabilityMany forced to bear additional costs for private diagnostic tests 
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                                                            Paediatric critical care limited in K-POf 34 districts, only four have hospitals with paediatric ICUs 
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                                                            Measures outlined to combat denguePeshawar DC emphasizes cleanliness, public awareness to eradicate disease 
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                                                            Nine Balochistan districts start anti-polio drivesHealth secretary wants province internationally declared polio-free 
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                                                            Keamari deaths: medical board formedMedical board to conduct autopsy of the remains of victims who allegedly died of poisonous gas emissions 
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                                                            Polio vaccination drive begins in BajaurDC directed staff to work with dedication and achieve set targets 
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                                                            Over 42% children stunted in Pakistan12.6% young boys, 12.1% girls suffer from diabetes, UNICEF officials tell parliamentary force on SDGs 
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                                                            91,000 children miss anti-polio shotsMost refusal cases reported from Peshawar during January drive 
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                                                            Tropical disease on the rise in QuettaThere has been a significant increase in cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases 
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                                                            Seminar on women’s health heldProblems of antenatal care, racism, gender-based violence, sexual harassment, and women's mental health discussed 
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                                                            Post-Covid gaps in health system reviewedAll partners assured their technical and financial support to the upcoming mission 
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                                                            Inefficient planning: K-P hit by shortage of anti-rabies vaccineThere has been a consistent uptick in dog bite cases across the province 
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                                                            Minister for universal health coverageSays maintaining progress toward UHC was challenging and was first and foremost a political choice 
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                                                            Biden worries over China's COVID response after WHO questions dataWHO says China under-reporting virus deaths as govt plays down the severity of the situation 
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                                                            China state media plays down COVID wave severity before WHO meetFuneral parlours report a spike in demand, international health experts predict at least one million deaths 
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                                                            Reproductive health physicians get trainingPakistan ranks second after South African country of Lesotho in terms of infant deaths 
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                                                            India to randomly test 2% of international travellers for COVIDHealth minister says 'the virus is changing its face from time to time' 
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                                                            Steer your child toward success with these six empowering tipsIs your child getting adequate nutrition, physical exercise and emotional support? 
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                                                            Shanghai hospital warns of 'tragic battle' as COVID spreadsExpects half of Shanghai's 25 million population to get infected by the end of the year 
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                                                            Sehat Card project given legal protectionTreatment of more diseases to be included: CM 
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                                                            Govt to recruit more LHWs to combat polioAround 3,500 workers to be recruited in eight high-risk districts 
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                                                            Malaria rises as dengue ebbs in K-PLakki Marwat carries greatest burden of disease with 1,117 cases 
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                                                            Misplaced priorities: Surge in out-of-school kids raises questionsSexual abuse, poor health plague the lives of minors who call the streets their home 
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                                                            K-P faces insulin shortageMedical stores create artificial shortage amid reports of 40% hike in rates 
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                                                            Pak-China sign MoU for medical innovationTo promote cooperation on medical equipment products, innovative devices 
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                                                            Polio virus found in Peshawar, Faisalabad sewagePolio has been confirmed in 34 environmental samples during this year 
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                                                            Regularisation of PHFMC staff discussed'Technical complications in way of regularisation of company's 9,616 employees in 14 districts would be removed' 
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                                                            100 children die of pneumonia every hourAwareness session and walk organised; medical students and specialist doctors participated 
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                                                            Burdening the exchequer: Ghost doctors plague health systemSupport staff, LHWs also missing for months yet drawing monthly salaries 
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                                                            US reports vaccinated people made up majority of Covid-19 deaths in August'We can no longer say this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated' 
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                                                            Red tape delays cancer screening centresProject was submitted two months ago but its approval has been delayed 
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                                                            Health facilities reviewed ahead of long marchOfficial says lives of march participants and Pindi residents are equally important 
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                                                            Dengue continues to haunt K-PPeople complain about ineffectiveness of anti-dengue fog sprays 
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                                                            Growth only possible with healthy employeesFitness promotes productivity, reduces healthcare costs 
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                                                            Rawalpindi Health Authority’s ranking elevatedIts CEO makes it to second position in terms of performance 
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                                                            11,656 TB cases reported in Balochistan last yearTB patients provided free of charge treatment and medicines 
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                                                            Leprosy stages a comeback in mountainous districtsOver 30,000 people have been reported infected with the disease in the last two years 
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                                                            1.63m children get polio jabsWeek-long drive aimed to immunise two million children under the age of five in the provincial capital 
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                                                            Anti-polio campaign launched in 28 K-P districtsAuthorities aim to vaccinate 4.4m children under five years of age 
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                                                            Sindh IG orders safety of polio teamsSays security should be provided to polio teams in sensitive union councils 
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                                                            CM inaugurates week-long anti-polio driveUrges parents to cooperate with vaccinators and save their children's future 
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                                                            Experts warn against use of sugary productsSay consumption of beverages increase risk of diseases 
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                                                            ‘Visually impaired people need assistive technology’Event held to raise awareness of the use of white canes, its significance for people with visual impairment 
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                                                            ‘2 million Pakistanis living with eye-related diseases’Experts say 80% of them can be cured through intervention 
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                                                            Dilapidated roads main cause of rising backache, joint pain casesExperts say most incidents are reported by young men, especially motorcyclists 
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                                                            No case of Ebola virus in Pakistan, clarifies NIHNIH dismisses news of Ebola cases circulating on social media 
 
    










































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