KARACHI: President of Pakistan Pediatric Association Sindh Dr Waseem Jamalvi on Thursday said that the number of patients with diarrhoea has significantly increased in Karachi due to the port city’s rising temperatures. Dr Jamalvi told Geo News that every day, dozens of people with
KARACHI: Experts representing the Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) and the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) have expressed grave concern over recent reports indicating a potential significant tax relief for the import and supply of breast milk substitutes in the upcoming federal budget. In
Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said on 20-May-2025 the remarkable efforts of the Sindh government for flood victims have set an example not only for Pakistan but for the entire world. The goal of building 2.1 million homes for millions of
Unidentified assailants believed to be local drug dealers launched a violent attack on a police-supervised rehabilitation centre in Orangi Town’s Mominabad area on the night between 17 & 18 May-2025, causing extensive damage to the building and freeing scores of recovering addicts.
In a significant breakthrough for Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts, the number of refusal cases in Karachi has dropped significantly in the latest campaign — one of the lowest figures in recent years. This marked decline reflects intensified efforts by the Sindh Health
SHRC team finds patients sitting on floor outside OPDs HYDERABAD: Unavailability of clean drinking water, absence of cleanliness and sanitation, power outages with no backup systems, poor infrastructure, and shortage of staff, is all a team of the Sindh Human Rights Commission
Poor law enforcement, wide circulation of drugs has disturbed the psychological wellbeing of young adults. KARACHI: For most young people, minor quarrels with parents over study routines, sleep schedules and even friend hangouts are a normal part of growing up, however, when
A deadly wave of obesity is sweeping across Pakistan, killing men at younger ages, causing infertility among women, and fueling chronic illnesses in children, health experts warned on 12-May-2025. Terming obesity the “mother of all non-communicable diseases”, they said the crisis is
KARACHI: The Sindh government, in collaboration with Unicef, has decided to develop a five-year multi-sectoral roadmap aimed at addressing the education needs of out-of-school children and adolescents. Under this initiative, a strategy will be formulated to identify and eliminate barriers hindering access
KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly on 6th May directed the provincial government to establish population welfare centres in all 1,600 union councils (UCs) across the province to control rising birth rate. The PAC meeting, presided over by