2015年3月4日 星期三

2015-03-05 Pakistan Health


The Express Tribune
   
Combat continues: 2nd round of Sehat Ka Ittehad concludes   
The Express Tribune
PESHAWAR: A three-day Short Interval Additional Dose (SIAD) campaign carried out under the banner of Sehat ka Ittehad concluded on Wednesday. The drive was held to immunise children against nine different diseases in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the ...

Bill Gates praises Imran's efforts to curb polio   Khaleej Times
Gates phones Imran, assures all help to rid polio   The Nation
Bill Gates lauds KP govt's anti-polio efforts   The News International
DAWN.com   
Pakistan Tribe   
The Sen Live   
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The Express Tribune
   
Polio epidemic   
Daily Times
Pakistan is one of only three countries left in which polio is still endemic and it has the highest rate of new polio cases in the world. Polio is a potentially life threatening disease, which can cause severe paralysis and muscular stiffness. Polio is asymptomatic in ...

Pakistan Only Country Still Spreading Polio, WHO Says   NBCNews.com
The Country That's Arrested Hundreds of Parents for Vaccine Refusal   TheBlaze.com
Pakistani polio campaign under threat   IRINnews.org
The Libertarian Republic   
Deutsche Welle   
RINF Alternative News   
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Daily Times
   
Role of youth, media sought for drug-free society   
The Nation
Rawalpindi - Speakers addressing a seminar titled “The Role of the Youth in Drug Abuse Prevention” here on Wednesday said that youth and the media should play an effective role in creating a drug-free society. They said that it was very important for all ...

'Youth, media can play vital role in establishment of drug-free society '   Daily Times

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Business Recorder
   
Price of Hepatitis C medicine cut by 40pc   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Wednesday announced that it was reducing the price of medicine used for the treatment of Hepatitis C by 40 per cent. Each jar of medicine named Sovaldi, which is used over a period of one month, ...

Hepatitis c medication: Govt slashes Sovaldi's price   The Express Tribune
Saira announces reduction in price of drug used by Hepatitis C patients   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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The Express Tribune
   
Mandatory training: Health dept asked to address doctors' shortage   
The Express Tribune
A division bench, headed by justice Sajjad Ali Shah, gave this direction while hearing a petition filed by Muhammad Nazeer Abbasi. PHOTO: EXPRESS. KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) asked on Wednesday the focal person for the provincial health ...

CHK's vascular and isolation wards closed due to medics' shortage, SHC told   Pakistan Today

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DAWN.com
   
KP becomes most resistant state to polio campaigns   
Oman Tribune
Refusal of polio vaccination to children declined in the country this year, an encouraging development but not significant enough to raise hopes for quick eradication of the crippling disease. Statistics show 36,510 parents refused the vaccine in February ...

Anti-polio drives to target those refusing vaccination   DAWN.com
Pak-China Economic corridor   Customs Today Newspaper

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UN News Centre
   
Pakistan faces three-month extension in global travel restrictions   
The News International
ISLAMABAD: The Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 has called for a three-month extension in the temporary international travel restrictions clamped on Pakistan last year on May 15. A decision to this effect was taken at ...

UN health agency notes possible threat of polio spread in conflict-affected ...   UN News Centre

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The Express Tribune
   
Why women should lift weights   
The Express Tribune
No disrespect to cardio, but if you want to blast fat, get in shape, and rock everything that comes your way, both in and out of the gym, strength training is what you're looking for. PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK. There's a common misconception in Pakistan that ...


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MiamiHerald.com
   
WHO Urges Reduction Of Sugar Intake   
Bernama
UNITED NATIONS, March 5 (Bernama) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to reduce sugar intake among adults and children to less than 10 percent of their total energy intake, Xinhua news agency reported. WHO said a further ...

WHO Declares War on Hidden Sugars in Fight Against Obesity   NDTV
Reduce sugar intake to boost health: WHO   DAWN.com
Cut your sugar intake to 25 grams a day if you can, says UN   Mashable
Vancouver Sun (blog)   
Xinhua   
NPR (blog)   
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Swine flu vaccine only for high-risk people: Experts   
Times of India
PUNE: The spurt in swine flu cases has people rushing to doctors for vaccination, but experts suggest they should calm down instead because the outbreak has almost run its course making the vaccine almost redundant. "Not everybody needs to take a swine ...

Over 100 countries affected by deadly Swine Flu till date   The News International

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