WHO

Needle-Free Injectors To Be Used For Polio Vaccination In Next Drive

In a concerted effort to combat the poliovirus, which has been detected in environmental samples throughout Karachi, around 1.037 million children between the ages of four months and five years will be targeted in the next campaign, officials said on Monday. They said the children would be vaccinated with a fractional dose of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (fIPV) alongside the oral…

Polio Paralyses Two Kids in KP, Balochistan

A child in Zhob district of Balochistan whose parents had refused to get him vaccinated against polio, bringing the total number of polio cases in 2024 to nine in Pakistan, Pakistan’s Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) officials said on 20 July 2024. “An 18-month-old male child from Union Council Hassan Zai…

Catch-up drive to immunise children begins in Punjab

The Punjab government has launched the largest routine immunisation catch-up activity in…

Floods pour cold water over Pakistans dream to become malaria-free

ISLAMABAD: While World Malaria Day was observed under a global theme, ‘Accelerating…

12-day Big Catch-Up Vaccination Campaign Launched

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Expanded Programme on Immunisation has launched a province-wide vaccination campaign – Big Catch-Up – aimed at immunising children under the age of five against 12 vaccine-preventable childhood diseases. The campaign was inaugurated by chief minister’s adviser for health Ihtisham Ali during a ceremony held at Maulvi…

WHO, Unicef Declare Maternal, Neonatal Tetanus Eliminated From Sindh

KARACHI: The province of Sindh has been declared “maternal and neonatal tetanus-free” by international experts. A debriefing session held on Monday at a local hotel was chaired by Sindh Health Secretary Rehan Iqbal Baloch and attended by officials from the federal directorate of Immunisation, EPI-Sindh, Unicef, World Health Organisation (WHO)…

Stakeholders Reaffirm Commitment To Fight Polio

Islamabad: A reception hosted by French Ambassador Nicolas Galey at his residence here brought the Polio Oversight Board members and local stakeholders together to reinforce their shared commitment to fighting polio in Pakistan. Currently, a POB delegation, led by board chair Dr Chris Elias and comprising Dr Hanan Balkhy of…

Govt Launches New National Action Plan For Health Security

ISLAMABAD: The government has launched a new National Action Plan for Health Security (2024-28), which will help strengthen the capacity of national and provincial health systems to effectively prevent, detect and respond to evolving public health emergencies. National Action Plan for Health Security (2024-28) was presented to stakeholders at an…

Pakistan Pledges To End Child Abuse At Global Moot

Islamabad: Pakistan has made a landmark pledge to strengthen child protection systems and enhance its legal framework to safeguard children from all forms of violence. The pledge was made by Ministry of Human Rights at the inaugural Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence against Children in Bogota, Colombia on 07-November-2024. The…

Tuberculosis Cases Hit Record High, Says WHO

GENEVA: A record 8.2 million new tuberculosis cases were diagnosed worldwide last year, the World Health Organisation said — the highest number since it began global TB monitoring in 1995. The WHO said its Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, released on Tuesday, highlights “mixed progress in the global fight against TB,…

Violence A Reality For Half Of World’s Children, Says WHO

ISLAMABAD: Violence is a reality for half of the world’s children as one billion of them experience physical, emotional or sexual abuse every year. “Experiencing violence is not only a violation of children’s rights, it also increases the risk of mental health conditions, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer,…

Go toTop

WHO