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Dengue continues to haunt K-P
People complain about ineffectiveness of anti-dengue fog sprays
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Growth only possible with healthy employees
Fitness promotes productivity, reduces healthcare costs
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Rawalpindi Health Authority’s ranking elevated
Its CEO makes it to second position in terms of performance
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11,656 TB cases reported in Balochistan last year
TB patients provided free of charge treatment and medicines
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Leprosy stages a comeback in mountainous districts
Over 30,000 people have been reported infected with the disease in the last two years
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1.63m children get polio jabs
Week-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 districts
Authorities aim to vaccinate 4.4m children under five years of age
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Sindh IG orders safety of polio teams
Says security should be provided to polio teams in sensitive union councils
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CM inaugurates week-long anti-polio drive
Urges parents to cooperate with vaccinators and save their children's future
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Experts warn against use of sugary products
Say 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 cases
Experts say most incidents are reported by young men, especially motorcyclists
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No case of Ebola virus in Pakistan, clarifies NIH
NIH dismisses news of Ebola cases circulating on social media
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Workshop held to create awareness about diseases
Unicef, Balochistan Health Education Cell cohost event for public awareness
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Dengue claims two more lives in Rawalpindi
Over 180 new cases of vector-borne disease surface in twin cities
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890,000 children to be vaccinated against typhoid
Experts say vaccine is effective and safe
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No respite from dengue despite change in weather
107 more fall prey to vector-borne disease in Rawalpindi
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‘Cancer rate among women alarming’
Although breast cancer treatable disease, delay in diagnosis poses risk to women's lives
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Cancer patients rue governmental inattention
Patients have not received treatment, medication for the past three months
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Funds provided to contain dengue spread
Majority of K-P dengue cases reported in Peshawar
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K-P targets rehab of 5,000 drug addicts
CM approves extension of drive across all districts; orders action against drug peddlers
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Minister launches campaign against cholera
Vaccination to be undertaken in seven hardest-hit districts
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Anti-polio drive targets children at flood relief camps
Seven-day Special Anti-Polio campaign to take place Oct 24-30 in Tehsil Sakrand
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Zardari recovered from illness, shifted from hospital to Bilawal House
Former president was admitted to a hospital in Karachi nearly two week ago
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Kharan DC visits Nursing College, distributes books
Says all resources being utilized to provide education and medical facilities
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Govt prepares national program for children with autism, intellectual disability
Centres providing treatment and education to be established across Pakistan
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US delivers 8m Pfizer Covid-19 pediatric vaccine doses
US donations total to 78m vaccines and over $80m for Covid-19 support
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Alvi for early diagnosis of breast cancer
Stresses to raise awareness to break social taboos about disease
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Global healthcare firm enters Pakistan
Healthx is a 24/7 primary care delivery model with both digital and physical touch points
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Anti-polio drive on cards
The five-day anti-polio campaign will be launched in the district from October 24 to 28
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94% population fully vaccinated against Covid
There were 39 new Covid cases reported in the past 24 hours
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7 types of chocolates and their uses
How can you really know your favourite unless you've tried them all?
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84 more dengue virus cases surface
Officials say increased influx of patients in govt and private hospitals now using up 50% of bed capacity
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Twin cities see uptick in dengue cases
Over 200 more cases of vector-borne disease surface in 24 hours
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81 more dengue cases reported in capital
Meanwhile, Rawalpindi hospitals admit 62 more dengue-positive patients
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Doctors call for mass hepatitis E vaccination
Flood victims at increased risk of water-borne diseases such as hepatitis E, malaria, dengue and cholera
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‘Health expo to open new opportunities’
Punjab Health Secretary expressed these views while chairing a meeting
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Dengue outbreak likely to intensify in Oct
Fears of outbreak leads officials to declare next month particularly dangerous
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Call for awareness on cervical cancer
German expert underlined the importance of awareness programmes for the education of Pakistani people
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Ayub Teaching Hospital gets digital X-ray machine
It will be useful for patients from Hazara, Gilgit and Azad Kashmir
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Crackdown on illegal nursing schools likely
Pakistan Nursing Council head says plan afoot for online registration of nurses
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Millions of fish released in Punjab lakes, ponds to counter dengue
Dengue patients rise to 1,388; Punjab fisheries dept release 2.3m tilapia fish to eliminate dengue mosquito larvae
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LGH sets up dengue counters
MS says 56 beds reserved for patients
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Dengue test fee fixed at Rs1,500
Laboratories directed to mention machine being used for test, reagents and kits
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Tepid response from parents for Covid shots
57% of parents refuse to allow vaccination of children aged 5-12 years
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Dengue claims one more life
Over 130 new cases surface in twin cities during the last 24 hours
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PIMS faces shortage of doctors, nurses
Patient-load doubles amidst flood of dengue virus patients
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Children between 5 to 12 years eligible for Covid-19 vaccine
Vaccine available at all centres free of cost; guidelines mandate both doses of vaccine necessary
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Project launched to train female medics
Initiative aims to provide better maternal, child health facilities