• Health dept spent Rs1.7bn on vaccine project between 2012 and 2023, meeting told • 54,000 cases of snakebite reported in province every year: livestock DG • Says only NIH Islamabad produces anti-venom vaccine KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the
KARACHI: With around 3.6 million abortions occurring annually in Pakistan, the Sindh Population Welfare Department has launched an online application designed to offer free and confidential guidance on contraceptive methods and reproductive health. The initiative seeks to address the challenges faced by
• Research puts India and the US in second and third place for workplace discrimination against diabetics • Finds people with Type 1 diabetes face greater prejudice • Says many denied time off needed for medical care KARACHI: More than two-thirds of
KARACHI: Over 1,000 patients tested positive for dengue fever on Monday across the province that saw another death from the mosquito-borne viral infection, raising the official tally to 27 since October this year. According to the provincial health department’s data, the latest
KARACHI: Despite the Sindh Healthcare Commission’s (SHCC) recent announcement of slashing fees of dengue, malaria and complete blood count (CBC) tests to make healthcare affordable for citizens, many private diagnostic laboratories are still charging patients their “own rates”. Keeping in view the
PMA alleges lack of political will to ensure sanitation, waste management and fumigation turned cities into breeding sites of mosquitoes • Over 400 patients currently under treatment in public and private hospitals: health dept • Officials say over 11,700 cases reported from
More than 60 million Pakistanis are living with mental health conditions while fewer than 500 psychiatrists are available to serve a population of over 240 million, experts said at the Global Conference on Brain and Mental Health hosted by the Aga Khan
KARACHI: The health department declared on November 6 four more deaths — three of them children under 12 years — from dengue fever, raising the official tally to 25 in the province. According to the department’s data, two victims — a 30-year-old
HYDERABAD: Counsel for a petitioner informed a division bench of the Sindh High Court Sukkur that the incumbent Sindh health secretary was holding the post of BS-21 in violation of Supreme Court’s directive for being a BS-20 officer. Comprising Justice Zulfiqar Ali
KARACHI: The dengue fever situation is getting worse day by day as the health department declared on November 4 the death of four more patients. According to the latest data released by the department, 20 people have so far died of dengue