NEW YORK: According to a new report from the World Health Organization and partners on the eve of a UN General Assembly high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage, countries must increase spending on primary healthcare by at least 1% of their gross domestic product (GDP) if the world is to close glaring coverage gaps and…
GENEVA: On September 24, 2019, world leaders adopted a high-level United Nations Political Declaration on universal health coverage (UHC), the most comprehensive set of health commitments ever adopted at this level. “This declaration represents a landmark for global health and development,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General at the WHO. “The world has 11 years…
Health agency in California has activated emergency operations to better investigate the outbreak of cigarettes, after a man has become its seventh person to die from a vaping-related illness in the United States. The latest California victim had been sick for several weeks after he suffered a “severe pulmonary injury associated with vaping. Gov. of California, Gavin…
According to WHO data, every year 134 million medical cases take an adverse turn due to inadequate healthcare services, especially in low to middle-income countries; this contributes to 2.6 million deaths annually! Another stat says that 4 out of 10 patients are harmed in the primary and ambulatory settings; up to 80% of harm in…
Washington Post: Alarmed by the deaths being linked to vaping- a hip trend- Trump’s administration is moving to ban the practice in the States. E-cigarettes and Vapes entered the market with the claim of being the healthier alternative to tobacco smoking. Targets- mainly adolescents- were drawn in with flashy innovations like an expansive range of…
Karachi- In order to combat misinformation related to vaccine, Facebook has launched an in-product education tool that allows its users in Pakistan to connect to information about vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO). This in-product education unit, available in Urdu, will help to connect people to authoritative information about vaccines and will link off-platform…
It’s a call to all the healthcare traders, manufacturers, suppliers and buyers! The three-day, 9th Oman Health Conference is all set to take place from September 23rd to 25th at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre, Muscat, Oman. The Conference aims to address the present and future of the Sultanate’s healthcare sector by offering a…
KARACHI: World Hepatitis Day was recently observed at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) with an appeal to health planners and practicing professionals to work for the elimination of the menace jointly. The theme of celebrating the day for this year is “Finding the Missing Millions.” The primary objective behind observing the day…
KARACHI: Health Experts recently termed Hepatitis B and C are major public health problems for Pakistan, but both can be controlled and cured entirely through advance available treatment facilities in the country. Experts and office-bearers of the Pakistan Society Study of Liver Diseases (PSSLD) stated this during a seminar held to mark World Hepatitis Day…
KARACHI: The UK government’s most extensive Food Fortification Program (FFP) was launched in Sindh to combat malnutrition in Pakistan. The FFP aims to tackle vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the diets of the general public, women and children in particular. By January 2021, as many as 153 flour mills and 44 oil/ghee mills will be…
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