KARACHI: Educationists, social scientists and parenting experts have warned that the increasing use of mobile phones among children is severely affecting their mental health and academic performance, citing research findings indicating that 77 percent of children who use mobile phones for more
KARACHI: Sharing their clinical observations and data gathered during medical camps organised in four desert-belt districts over the past four years, speakers at a seminar held on 13th August underscored the need to integrate mental health into primary care services and initiate
ISLAMABAD: First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, and parliamentarians from across the political spectrum on 11-August-2025 signed a landmark joint declaration on gender, breastfeeding, and nutrition in Pakistan, pledging coordinated action to protect child health, empower
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 08-August-2025 celebrated the 78th Independence Day of the country with differently-abled children in two heart-warming events held at the Quaid-e-Azam House Museum and the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Both events, marked under
The Sindh government is preparing to deploy its first squad of female motorbike ambulance responders, health authorities said on 06-August-2025. The women will work as part of a gender-inclusive emergency response team, riding specially equipped motorbikes to reach patients in hard-to-access areas.
ISLAMABAD: With less than a month to go before Sindh launches its ambitious HPV vaccination campaign for adolescent girls, a new survey reveals a catastrophic gap in public awareness as only 5 per cent of caregivers in the province have heard of
A 40-year-old woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband during a domestic dispute in Lyari’s Mirza Adam Khan Road area on 05-August-2025. The Chakiwara police said that the victim, identified as Bakhtawar, wife of Nawab, was taken to the Civil Hospital
When Fatima was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at just three years old, her parents were overwhelmed. Like so many families in similar situations, they faced a maze of uncertainty—confusion, societal stigma, and a painful lack of support services. They wondered
At a time when fewer than 2,000 newborn infants in Pakistan genuinely require breast milk substitutes due to maternal death, critical illness or rare metabolic disorders, the country consumes formula milk and baby food worth over Rs110 billion every year, officials and
KARACHI: The Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) has called for urgent reforms in the national immunisation programme, emphasising the need to extend the age limit for childhood vaccinations from two to five years. It also urged the inclusion of advanced vaccines such as