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State of healthcare in country grim: PMA
‘Health of the Nation’ report for 2024 discusses drug price hike, prevalence of diabetes, heart diseases, HIV, cancer
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Lightning kills 907 in India as extreme weather surges in 2022
There were nearly eight times as many heatwaves and lightning strikes rose more than 111 times, says ministry
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Beijing's smog casts pall over 'green' Winter Games
WHO says city’s air pollution is far below acceptable with a month left in Olympics
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China develops new vaccine ‘most effective against Covid variants’
Research shows 79% efficacy against Delta variant and overall 67% efficacy against any variant
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WHO backs Olympics to make right calls on Covid
UN health agency says it is down to Tokyo to decide presence of spectators at Games
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WHO lists Pakistan among 7 countries world can learn from to fight future pandemics
Says Pakistan used infrastructure developed in fight against polio to tackle Covid-19
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Timely decisions: WHO supports Pakistan's flattened curve, says official
'Federal authorities, despite being caught off guard like the rest of the world, adapted quickly to contain virus'
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Trump: US 'terminating' World Health Organization ties
US president says global health body has failed to make requested reforms following its handing of the pandemic
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Suffering in silence
The best option for the Bashar al-Assad Regime is to allow the free flow of humanitarian and medical assistance
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Why some corona curbs should stay permanently
The quality of our lives would improve significantly if we brought discipline in our daily routines
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Can influenza surveillance system help Pakistan identify coronavirus clusters? WHO thinks so
Social distancing difficult to implement in slums, says WHO's Mike Ryan while recognising Pakistan's Covid-19...
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Covid-19 and the road to universal healthcare
This pandemic has helped Pakistan see its potential
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WHO slams scientists for Africa vaccine testing notion
Hangover from 'colonial mentality' has to stop, says World Health Organization chief
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'Low testing rate leaves Pakistan, India blindfolded in dealing with COVID-19'
WHO urges South Asian rivals and Indonesia to increase testing ratio to 10 tests for each positive diagnosis
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Social distancing and super-spreaders: Coronavirus lingo goes viral
As novel coronavirus balloons across the globe, new vocabulary associated with the illness is taking hold
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Covid-19: we will come through this together
Even though the situation has been classified as a pandemic, it is one we can control
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Pakistan facing major COVID-19 challenge: WHO
Global health body declares Europe new epicentre of novel coronavirus pandemic
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Italy to quarantine millions around Venice and Milan
Italy heads for lockdown as coronavirus spreads
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South Korea virus cases spike, as Italy and Iran take drastic steps
Nearly 80,000 infections have been reported worldwide
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China sees more newly recovered coronavirus patients than new infections for 1st time
Novel coronavirus death toll surges past 2,000
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Coronavirus emergency 'holds a very grave threat' for world: WHO
To date China has reported 42,708 confirmed cases including 1,017 deaths
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WHO warns overseas coronavirus spread may be 'tip of the iceberg'
WHO advance team on coronavirus on way to Beijing
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Coronavirus scare looms over Karachi
Eight suspected cases of the virus reported in the city
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Leishmaniasis set for return
Preventive measures are always, of course, the best way to deal with any disease
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Curing hepatitis through civil society engagement, prevention
By introducing safe medical practices the spread of not just hepatitis, but also other diseases can be controlled
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Tackling air pollution
As new decade starts, air pollution needs to be immediately mitigated in order to save our population from calamity
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Road accidents claim 27,500 in Pakistan
New traffic violation penalties aim to save lives, cut financial losses
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PIMS marks patient safety day
Health experts said some 134 million patients were affected by unsafe medical system annually
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The dengue scourge
It is also important to disseminate information on dengue control via the media, leaflets and manuals
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The fight against polio
This isn’t just about the 1.4 million that have been left behind
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Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO
Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, including tar and others that can narrow arteries
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Research says illegal cigarette sales less than 9%
Recommends imposition of further tax on tobacco industry
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Thailand bus crash kills 17
Thailand's roads are some of the most lethal in the world, killing around 24,000 people each year
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Experts worry about rising obesity rates
Pakistan was among the top 10 countries facing obesity
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Media briefed on polio virus in Karachi
WHO, EOC host orientation session on virus and its prevention





























