KARACHI: Many of the same microbes (e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites) affect both animals and humans via the environment they share and 60 per cent of all human diseases originate in animals,…
GENEVA: Air pollution kills an estimated 600,000 children every year and causing symptoms ranging from loss of intelligence to obesity and ear infections but there is a limited amount parents can do, a…
ISLAMABAD: Air pollution is the “new tobacco”, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned, saying that the simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming…
LAHORE: World Health Organisation (WHO) has offered technical support to Punjab Health Department for development of Human Resources for Health (HRH) and an expert of international repute Dr Mario Roberto Dal Paz…
Liu Zhenmin says new UN IGME report shows remarkable progress in reducing mortality among children, young adolescents An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died, or one every five…
RAWALPINDI: The Health Department on Saturday said that the polio virus may be rearing its head again in the Nullah Lai area. Health Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Khalid Mehmood said that the…
GENEVA: Yemen may be on the brink of a new cholera epidemic, with a heightened death rate due to widespread malnutrition, and the United Nations is hoping for a ceasefire in the…
ISLAMABAD: National Health Services (NHS) Federal Minister Mohammad Yusuf Shaikh expressed his resolve to expand his ministry’s collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The minister expressed his resolve in a meeting with WHO Representative in…
ISLAMABAD: A special event was organised by Pakistan during the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Thursday to chart out a way to improve countries’ access to assistive technology, a local media…
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday advised to take a healthy diet with the right amount of calories from foods and drinks to maintain energy balance in the holy month of Ramzan.…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Saira Afzal Tarar chaired a special session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean region countries in Geneva to elect the new regional head of the organization.…
LAHORE: A World Health Organization (WHO) team said on Monday that immunity of Pakistan’s population against Polio has increased a great deal since 2016. While addressing a seminar at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Poliomyelitis…
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for National Health Services (NHS) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have decided to survey disabled persons to prepare an assessment pertaining to the need for assistive technology in Pakistan,…
KARACHI: A nationwide polio eradication drive was launched on Monday to try to reach 38.7 million children and eradicate the paralysing and potentially deadly virus in one of the last countries where…
–Sale is rampant near government departments including courts, excise, NADRA and passport offices –Shopkeepers say no government official apprised them regarding the ban LAHORE: The sale of loose cigarettes remains unnoticed and unchecked…
SANAA: The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that the diphtheria outbreak has killed at least 84 people in war-torn Yemen since late October. WHO media coordinator Sadiq al-Wosabi told Xinhua by…
ISLAMABAD: Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) planned to launch campaign against measles in October, targeting around 30 million children of less than five years of age in order to boost the immunity…
