2015年4月12日 星期日

2015-04-13 Pakistan Health


The Express Tribune
   
1.463m children to be vaccinated in anti-polio drive   
The Nation
PESHAWAR - Under Sihat-Ka-Ittehad Program, a special anti-polio campaign kicked off in Khyber Pakhtunkwa on Monday. During the three-day campaign, a total of 1.463 million children under the age five years will be administered anti-polio drops in 24 ...

Special anti-polio drive begins in KP today   DAWN.com
Sehat ka Ittehad: 1.46m children to be vaccinated across 24 districts   The Express Tribune

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'No polio case in Punjab'   
DAWN.com
LAHORE: The health department has denied any polio case in Shahpur tehsil of Sargodha. A spokesman of health department said that a team comprising experts of WHO and district health officer examined the twins and found them suffering from cerebral ...

No polio case surfaced in Sargodha: Ministry   The Nation

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A crippling disease: Experts dispel myths associated with Parkinson's disease   
The Express Tribune
The technique cost Rs20 million in the US, Rs10 million in Singapore and only Rs2 million at the LGH. STOCK IMAGE. KARACHI: “He has isolated himself; stays in his room and doesn't talk to us,” the family member of a Parkinson's patient, told the doctor.
World Parkinson's Day observed   The Nation
Maximum efforts being made for prevention of diseases   Pakistan Observer

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The Nation
   
Adviser for restructuring of health department   
The Nation
LAHORE - Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Kh Salman Raffiq has said that the health department's restructuring was necessary for effective use of a big work force and huge infrastructure. Chairing a meeting held on Sunday to review the proposals ...

Restructuring health department will improve healthcare delivery system: Salman   Pakistan Today

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Korea Times
   
Waif to wraith   
DAWN.com
For ages, Paris has led as the fashion capital of the world, with Frenchwomen being considered the epitome of svelte chic. Though a few other countries/cities have by now appropriated for themselves a slice of the pie, the fashion industry is worth millions in ...

Korea neglects awareness on anorexic models   Korea Times

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The Current
   
Pakistan battles polio — and citizens' mistrust   
The Current
ISLAMABAD — A medical professional's ruse immunization check out helped the United States find Osama bin Laden — and it helped set back efforts to immunize Pakistani young children from polio. Pakistan is the only nation the Planet Health Organization.
Success against polio?   DAWN.com
WB gives Nigeria US$200m to end polio   Starr 103.5 FM
60 years later, recalling the world-altering discovery of the polio vaccine   Herald and News

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The Hindu
   
Homeo physicians asked to widen their reach   
The Hindu
GVMC Commissioner Pravin Kumar on Sunday said homeopaths should widen their reach to render cost effective and safe treatment to the people in tribal and rural areas. Paying rich tributes to founder of homeopathy Dr. Samuel Hahnemann on the ...

Healthcare and homeopathy   The News on Sunday

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PITB working on 21 health projects   
Pakistan Observer
Sunday, April 12, 2015 - Lahore—Punjab Information Technology Board Chairman Dr. Umar Saif said that as many as 21 projects had been initiated to improve health services in Punjab by using android and internet applications. He was briefing in a meeting ...

Improvement of health system: PITB starts working on 23 IT-based projects   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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Express.co.uk
   
Loneliness can have serious effects on mental and physical health   
Express.co.uk
Scientists at the University of Chicago found social isolation did not just affect the elderly, widowed or retired, with family living far away. Up to 80 per cent of Americans under the age of 18 reported being lonely at least some of the time. And 40 per cent aged ...

Loneliness and social isolation linked to early mortality   Pakistan Observer

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The Inquisitr
   
Too Controversial? Facebook Bans Pictures Of Baby Born Without A Nose, Then ...   
The Inquisitr
Facebook recently faced backlash after banning photos of baby Timothy Eli Thompson, a boy who was born without a nose. Judging a picture of Eli that a pro-life group was using to promote his story as “too controversial,” Facebook removed a photo of the ...

Backlash forces Facebook to revoke photo ban of baby boy who was born ...   The Independent
Facebook Revokes Ban on Photo of Baby Born Without Nose   RYOT
Facebook removes baby boy born without a nose picture, mother angry   spyghana.com
Life & Style Weekly   
The Express Tribune   
Metro   
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