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Punjab CM Launches Initiatives For Special Children

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has introduced a series of groundbreaking initiatives aimed at improving the lives of special children across the province. These initiatives encompass healthcare, education, employment, and safety measures to ensure the well-being and empowerment of children with disabilities. As part of these efforts, 40,000 special children have undergone health screenings, leading to the diagnosis…

Children With Disabilities Showcase Talent At PNCA

Islamabad: The Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE), Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (M/o FE&PT), celebrated Pakistan’s 78th Independence Day with great zeal and patriotic spirit. The day began with a dignified flag-hoisting ceremony at the National Centre for Physically Challenged Students where all enrolled students and staff…

Therapy Stressed For Children With Hearing, Speech Impairments

SWAT: Speakers at a workshop on 15th February emphasised the need for professional therapy to help children with hearing and speech impairments regain their skills. The workshop on hearing and speech impairments was organised by Cochlear Implant Welfare Organisation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaboration with the ENT department of Saidu…
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Senate Rights Panel Concerned By Alarming Rise In Violence Against Children

• Human rights body calls for concrete strategy to combat such crime • Legislation regarding children, differently abled rights deferred • Sindh police chief says 289 kidnapping cases reported last year, 269 children recovered ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on 11th February focused on key legislative and administrative matters concerning children’s…
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Over 400 Children With Epilepsy Come To NICH Every Month, Says Expert

KARACHI: Emphasising the need for creating public awareness about epilepsy, experts at a programme held on 11th February shared that the much stigmatised neurological disorder largely affected young children, the majority of whom could be effectively treated, if the disease was timely diagnosed and the parents ensured compliance to the…
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74th Polio Case Of 2024 Surfaces

ISLAMABAD: The Reg­­ional Reference Labo­r­atory for Polio Eradica­tion at the National Insti­tute of Health on 11th February confirmed the detection of 74th wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of the year 2024 in the country. On Tuesday, the lab confirmed one polio case in Shikarpur district of Sindh. This is…
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Over 700 Polio Vaccine Refusals Reported In Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Parents of over 700 children initially refused to vaccinate their kids against polio in the latest anti-polio campaign which lasted from Feb 3 to Feb 9 in the federal capital. However, the capital administration managed to convince the parents after the intervention of Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon. An official of…
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Over 34,000 Children Vaccinated In Snowbound Kohistan Areas

MANSEHRA: The Upper Kohistan administration on 7th February claimed that anti-polio drops had been administered to children in the district’s snowbound areas as well. “Our vaccination teams have covered snowbound parts during the ongoing drive, with anti-polio drops being given away to 681 out of 763 targeted local children,” Upper…
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Polio Programme Head In Punjab Stresses Urgency

LAHORE: Punjab will launch the first National Immunisation Days (NIDs) of 2025 on 3rd February, aiming to immunize 23.3 million children under five against polio. Head of the Punjab Polio Programme Adeel Tassawar emphasized the urgency of the campaign, citing genetic sequencing data that confirms the circulation of both local…
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Polio Pains

BEING one of the two countries — out of 194 member states of the World Health Organisation — that have not been able to eradicate polio is a persistent national embarrassment; 192 countries have managed to get rid of the virus, which cripples children for life. These include the poorest…
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Special Education Centres Get Direly Needed Funds

ISLAMABAD: The struggling directorate of special education, which supervises around 13 institutions for differently abled students, on 22nd January got Rs49 million in an additional grant from the Ministry of Education. Likewise, the school meal programme, under which children enrolled in public schools are provided free lunch, has also been…
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