ISLAMABAD: Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that tobacco use causes an estimated 164,000 deaths annually in Pakistan and inflicts...
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KARACHI: Global health authorities are closely monitoring a cluster of suspected hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship traveling in the Atlantic Ocean after reports of mult...
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on partners to intensify efforts to prevent a resurgence of malaria in Pakistan, warning that recent gains remain fra...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, has protected more than 160 million children and 130 million mothers through life-...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues to face a severe tuberculosis (TB) burden, with approximately 140 deaths reported daily, as the Government of Pakistan and the World Health Organ...
GENEVA: Negotiations on the proposed global pandemic accord have entered a decisive phase at the World Health Organization headquarters, where member states are attempting to...
GENEVA: In a significant development for the global fight against polio, World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified an additional formulation of the novel oral polioviru...
ISLAMABAD: Four hospitals in Pakistan are completing preparations to begin receiving free childhood cancer medicines before the end of 2026 under an agreement between Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: Rotary International has provided a grant of US$ 9.9 million to the World Health Organization in Pakistan to support polio vaccination activities targeting 27 milli...
KARACHI: “The medical community cannot sit idly by while the future of our children is being compromised by administrative incompetence and inaccurate reporting,”...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expanded universal health coverage (UHC) to an additional 51 million people over the past decade, raising the total number of people covered from 87 mi...
ISLAMABAD: The Health Services Academy (HSA), through ORIC-HSA, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National AIDS Control Program / Common Manage...
Global & national experts assert Pakistan is close to ending polio — ‘The Last Mile Is Within Reach’
KARACHI: International and national health experts have affirmed that Pakistan is on the brink of eradicating polio, concluding that decades of scientific data and public heal...
KARACHI: A virtual Mid-Campaign Review Meeting for the ongoing Measles-Rubella (MR) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) Campaign 2025 was held under the chairmanship of Provincial He...
KARACHI: The 3rd meeting of the Joint Healthcare Regulators Forum was held in Karachi, organized by the Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) in collaboration with the Ministry o...
ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan has launched a nationwide measles–rubella (MR) vaccination campaign to protect 34.6 million children across the country. The initia...
WHO NIH lead awareness walk Pakistan launches National Pathogen List tackle antimicrobial resistance
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Institute of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly led an Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Walk in Islamabad to m...
KARACHI: The Sindh government formally launched the Measles-Rubella (MR) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) Campaign 2025 at the Ida Rieu Schools & Colleges for the Blind &...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Human Rights, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has launched nationwide consultations to develop a Strategic A...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Syed Mustafa Kamal, met with Dr. Chris Elias, Chairman of the Polio Oversight Board, an...
ISLAMABAD: His Excellency Tarik Ali Khan, Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan, visited the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) today, where he was received by the P...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening operations and implementing the recommendations of the Independent Monitorin...
LAHORE: Concerns are mounting over the government’s ongoing HPV vaccination campaign after Pakistan Pharmacist Lawyer Forum (PDLF) leader and public health advocate Noor...
KARACHI: Pakistan has launched a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign to protect girls aged 9–14 from cervical cancer—the third most common c...