Health

Vaccination to be undertaken in seven hardest-hit districts

Seven-day Special Anti-Polio campaign to take place Oct 24-30 in Tehsil Sakrand

Former president was admitted to a hospital in Karachi nearly two week ago

Says all resources being utilized to provide education and medical facilities

Centres providing treatment and education to be established across Pakistan

US donations total to 78m vaccines and over $80m for Covid-19 support

Stresses to raise awareness to break social taboos about disease

Healthx is a 24/7 primary care delivery model with both digital and physical touch points

The five-day anti-polio campaign will be launched in the district from October 24 to 28

There were 39 new Covid cases reported in the past 24 hours

How can you really know your favourite unless you've tried them all?

Officials say increased influx of patients in govt and private hospitals now using up 50% of bed capacity

Over 200 more cases of vector-borne disease surface in 24 hours

Meanwhile, Rawalpindi hospitals admit 62 more dengue-positive patients

Flood victims at increased risk of water-borne diseases such as hepatitis E, malaria, dengue and cholera

Punjab Health Secretary expressed these views while chairing a meeting

Fears of outbreak leads officials to declare next month particularly dangerous

German expert underlined the importance of awareness programmes for the education of Pakistani people

It will be useful for patients from Hazara, Gilgit and Azad Kashmir

Pakistan Nursing Council head says plan afoot for online registration of nurses

Dengue patients rise to 1,388; Punjab fisheries dept release 2.3m tilapia fish to eliminate dengue mosquito larvae

MS says 56 beds reserved for patients

Laboratories directed to mention machine being used for test, reagents and kits

57% of parents refuse to allow vaccination of children aged 5-12 years

Over 130 new cases surface in twin cities during the last 24 hours

Patient-load doubles amidst flood of dengue virus patients

Vaccine available at all centres free of cost; guidelines mandate both doses of vaccine necessary

Initiative aims to provide better maternal, child health facilities

Say situation can further deteriorate if weather remains hot, humid

Raises awareness about prevention, risk reduction, omission and commission of errors and harm to patients

About 39 new cases, 1 death reported on Wednesday

Another concern is the health of pregnant women

CM approves surgical treatment through CyberKnife technology

Need for improving micro-plans quality for next campaign stressed

As many as 11 positive cases of polio reported in August alone

Officials directed to inoculate children in flood-hit areas

World's oldest monarch has been suffering from what Buckingham Palace has called ‘episodic mobility problems’

Facility aims at tending to road accidents

Police investigation is under way

Urge awareness about cancer in children

Risk of waterborne diseases like dengue and malaria grows exponentially

Covid cases, deaths decreasing

CM says surplus medicines available to prevent infection diseases

Respiratory diseases, skin infection, diarrhea, malaria, etc. spread among flood victims

Inspection teams visited 535 clinics across the province

With Pakistan witnessing a spike in dengue cases, avoiding getting bitten by mosquitos is the need of the hour

Along with lack of food and shelter, women have no feminine hygiene products or covered toilets

Sindh health minister reviews relief efforts in district

Dengue cases increase rapidly; call to regulate price of testing

CS warns of action against housing societies ignoring guidelines