2014年8月31日 星期日

2014-09-01 Pakistan Health

  The Express Tribune   
Mother and child health: Global donors offer $48m to Pakistan  The Express Tribune
Global development partners have agreed to provide $48 million to improve the nutrition status of Pakistani children of up to two years old, as well as pregnant and lactating women. Out of the total assistance, the World Bank will provide a concessionary loan ...

World Bank approves $47.95 million to help improve nutritional status of children   Business Recorder
WB aid for Pakistani mums   The Nation
WB okays $47.95m to help improve nutrition status   Daily Times
The Daily Star   
ARY NEWS   
Kansas City infoZine   
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  DAWN.com   
Sindh Health Advisory Board for partial privatisation of Govt Hospitals  Pakistan Observer
Sunday, August 31, 2014 - Karachi—The Sindh Health Advisory Board has proposed phase wise partial privatisation of different hospitals in the province so as to improve their standard and quality of care provided to the patients. The Board in its meeting ...

Three govt hospitals to change hands   DAWN.com
Improving healthcare: Advisory board proposes partial privatisation of Sindh ...   The Express Tribune
Partial privatisation of Sindh government hospitals proposed   The News International
Daily Times   
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  DAWN.com   
Two deaths caused by live bullet injuries: doctors  The News International
ISLAMABAD: Never in the past has the reliability of data shared by a government hospitals been viewed with as much scepticism as it is today. Conflicting figures kept pouring in throughout the day about the exact number of serious casualties and deaths, and ...

Mohammad Yousaf displays his X-ray scan, showing a bullet-shaped 'foreign ...   DAWN.com

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Claim of the polio vaccine has been quickly rising  Upstart Magazine
Vigor administrator Dr Shoukat Ali has officially clued-up his higher that the Tehsil and District Health Management Teams official are concluding the (PTPs)Permanent Transit Points for Polio in Karachi and Hyderabad . Advertisements. Panel at the PTPs, ...

Sindh polio drive put off over lack of vaccines   Oman Tribune
A step back: Polio drive suspended due to unavailability of vaccines   The Express Tribune
Sit-ins jeopardise Sindh's campaign against polio   The News International

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Sindh govt allocates Rs13.2b for health sector  Pakistan Observer
Sunday, August 31, 2014 - Islamabad—The Sindh Government is giving priority to health sector in the current financial year 2014-15 as 13.2 billion rupees have been allocated in this budget with an aim to speed up the ongoing schemes and start 84 new ...


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Rs4,000 being spent to vaccinate each child  Pakistan Observer
Monday, September 01, 2014 - Lahore—The government of Punjab is spending around Rs4,000 on every child for vaccination against polio, measles and other diseases. This was stated by Director Health Services, Punjab, Dr. Munir Ahmed in an exclusive ...

'Govt spending Rs 4000 on each child's vaccination'   Daily Times

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  Scientific American   
Magnetic Detection of Malaria Shows Promise  Scientific American
A device that fits on a table can diagnose malaria infection by detecting a by-product of the parasite's growth in the blood. If the technique can be demonstrated to work in the field, it could detect and aid in the treatment of malaria in remote areas, where ...

New test fast-tracks diagnosis for malaria   Bangkok Post
A New Way To Diagnose Malaria   Eurasia Review

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  The Nation   
Tests promise blockbuster new heart attack drug  The Nation
WASHINGTON - An experimental drug from Swiss pharma giant Novartis reduced deaths from chronic heart failure by 20 percent compared with an existing treatment, according to the results of a vast new study. The new drug, called LCZ696, has been ...

A New Heart Drug Could Be "Most Exciting Ever", Says Drug Maker   NDTV
Novatis Heart Failure Treatment drug cuts Death Risk, Hospital visits 20%   WallStreet OTC
Novartis drug may be breakthrough for heart patients   Irish Times
Tribune-Review   
PBS NewsHour   
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  DAWN.com   
KMC given the go-ahead to raise hospital charges  DAWN.com
KARACHI: Amid strong reaction by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and various other organisations to the increase in service charges at Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) hospitals, the provincial government gave a go-ahead to the ...

KMC hospitals: charges for services soar 300 percent   Business Recorder

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  Financial Express   
Celebration in Liberia slum as Ebola quarantine lifted  Financial Express
Residents of West Point celebrate the lifting of a quarantine by the Liberian government, in Monrovia August 30, 2014. (Reuters). SummaryCrowds sang and danced in the streets of a seaside neighborhood in Liberia on Saturday.
Liberia: Two Ebola patients given all clear after ZMapp treatment   euronews
Liberians take to the streets in songs and dance after Ebola quarantine is lifted   The Standard Digital News
Ebola survivor: send drugs now   Herald Scotland
The Straits Times   
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