2014年8月11日 星期一

2014-08-12 Pakistan Health

  The Express Tribune   
Preventing viral diseases: Scientist warns of lack of quarantine facilities  The Express Tribune
Stressing the need for encouraging clinical research, renowned Pakistani scientist Dr Muhammad Mukhtar has warned the country lacks necessary quarantine facilities and trained doctors to deal with a potential outbreak of a virus such as Ebola. According to ...

Virologist calls for plan to control emerging infections   The News International
Clinical researchers need of the hour   Pakistan Observer

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  NDTV   
Ebola cause of concern for Confederation of African Football  SFGate
Fearful Togo officials have asked the Confederation of African Football to move a game out of Ebola-affected Guinea as the outbreak of the deadly disease threatens to badly disrupt the African Cup's final qualifying round. Games involving Sierra Leone are ...

Death Toll From Ebola Outbreak Tops 1000   Sky News
Ebola virus death toll in West Africa passes 1000   NEWS.com.au
Last Doses of Ebola Drug Headed for Liberia as Death Toll Tops 1000   NBCNews.com
The Nation   
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Public health education curriculum needs overhaul  The News International
The public health educational curriculum at the under-graduate and post-graduate levels in Pakistan needs to be overhauled. The country cannot expect to improve health outcomes in the absence of better trained human resource. This was the crux of the first ...


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  The Express Tribune   
COMSATS to host 3-day S Asian Conference from tomorrow  Pakistan Observer
Sunday, August 10, 2014 - Islamabad—The 6th South Asian International Conference (SAICON) will be held here from August 11-13 which would be hosted by COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. The theme of the conference this year is “Ingenuity, ...

Research and Industry: COMSATS to host South Asian moot   The Express Tribune

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  The Independent   
Polio battle: How Pakistan's refugee problem helped in one of final frontiers  The Independent
It has been called a blessing in disguise. The evacuation of more than one million people fleeing a military operation in north-west Pakistan has provided anti-polio workers with a rare opportunity to vaccinate children normally out of reach to them.
'India under polio threat from Pakistan'   Times of India
Fighting polio in 2014: Pakistan fares worse than most impoverished nations   The Express Tribune

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  Sky News Australia   
Ebola: WHO says vaccine could be ready 2015 •Europe gets ready for Ebola ...  Nigerian Tribune
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a potential vaccine for the Ebola virus is being tested on humans and could be ready for widespread use by early 2015. The hope for a breakthrough, according to MailOnline report, came as experts from ...

Ebola Vaccine Trials Set to Begin in September   U.S. News & World Report
FACTBOX-Developers of potential Ebola vaccines and treatments   Reuters
GSK's Ebola vaccine trial soon   Financial Express

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  The Express Tribune   
Fever pitch: Six new dengue cases in one day sets off alarm bells  The Express Tribune
According to Roshan Ali, the focal person of the STH dengue unit, the six patients admitted to the hospital belong to Skha Cheena, Sethi Mills Mohallah and Faizabad. STOCK IMAGE. MINGORA: As many as six new patients tested positive for the dengue virus ...


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Plight of women and young girls  Daily Times
Sir: While visiting various districts of my home province Sindh during the Eid holidays I happened to see several women and young girls infected with HIV virus due to lack of information. Girls in rural areas are married off at an early age and talking about sex ...


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  New Vision   
Health Q&A: Study finds new gene tied to breast cancer  The Sentinel
Researchers have found that another gene, slightly less common than the BRCA genes those that cause tumors mostly in ovarian and breast cancer, could also raise the risk of breast cancer among women. The New England Journal of Medicine said ...

It's Rare, But Yet Another Breast Cancer Gene Identified   Medscape
Breast cancer risk in families with mutations in PALB2   ABC Online
Invitae Offers PALB2 Testing Providing Clinicians with a Reliable Fast Affordable ...   PharmiWeb.com (press release)
Business Recorder   
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com   
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  Oman Daily Observer   
Workplace stress can raise your diabetes risk  International News Network
Islamabad: Work-related stress can significantly increase the risk of developing diabetes, says a study. Individuals who are under a high level of pressure at work and at the same time perceive little control over the activities they perform face an about 45 ...

Stress at work may up your risk of diabetes   Hindu Business Line
Work-Related Stress May Increase Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes By Up To 45%   Medical Daily
Job stress ups diabetes risk   Khaleej Times

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