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Breastfeeding gives babies the best possible start in life and breastmilk works like a baby’s first vaccine
New analysis shows an investment of US$ 4.70 per newborn could generate US$ 300 billion in economic gains by 2025 Islamabad/Pakistan, August 14, 2017 – Promotion of breastfeeding could save the lives of 820 000 children under the age of 5, globally, by achieving enhanced rates of breastfed children. This was revealed in a newly released joint...
Review of national health information system in Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, 24-28 July 2017
National and provincial stakeholders meet to review national health information system in Pakistan 9 August 2017 - To better understand the state of health information system (HIS) in Pakistan, WHO, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, the Provincial Departments of Health and international...
Pakistan prepared for polio high season
A child receives two drops of polio vaccine during the May vaccination campaigns in Lahore, Pakistan. WHO Pakistan/Anam Khan.31 July 2017 – With 5 national campaigns since October 2016, Pakistan is well positioned to face the challenges ahead. At the end of May 2017, more than 38 million children under the age of 5 were vaccinated against polio...
WHO investigates outbreak of chikungunya in Balochistan province, Pakistan
25 April 2017 – WHO, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, and the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (FELTP) of Pakistan conducted an intensive house-to-house investigation over the past few weeks to confirm an outbreak of chikungunya fever in Balochistan province in Pakistan where it has been...
WHO responds to leishmaniasis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
A patient with leishmaniasis receives an injection25 April 2017– A training workshop on the diagnosis, treatment and management of leishmaniasis was held in Peshawar on 10 April 2017, organized by World Health Organization (WHO) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Health. Since January 2014, 22 112 cases of leishmaniasis have been reported in...
WHO/Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Mission to Pakistan
Participants at the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition workshop25 April 2017, Islamabad – A joint WHO/Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Mission visited Pakistan on 10–12 April 2017. The Mission was led by Ms Gerda Verburg SUN Movement Coordinator and Assistant United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, together with Dr Francesco Branca, WHO Director...
Pakistan's polio surveillance network: the silent force behind eradication efforts
Dr Ujala Nayyar, WHO's Surveillance Officer for Punjab, checks the register in a doctor's clinic check for possible signs of polio. Anam Sairah Khan/WHO Pakistan 201720 April 2017 – In a small health facility in Sakhi Sarwar, a little town in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Dr Ujala Nayyar, WHO’s Surveillance Officer for Punjab, leans over a...
High-level mission to Pakistan to review the immunization programme in Pakistan
2 April 2017 – The high level mission from 7 to 9 March 2017 was conducted to review the immunization programme in Pakistan was joined by representatives from UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, DFID, USAID, CDC and JICA. The main objectives of the mission was to engage with high-level federal and provincial authorities to leverage political support for...
Regional Director thanks United Arab Emirates for support of Polio Eradication Initiative in Pakistan
WHO delegation led by Dr M Fikri, WHO Regional Director, were received by H.E. Abdulaziz Alneyadi, First Secretary, United Arab Emirates embassy in Pakistan, and H.E. Abdulla Khalifa Al Ghufli, Director of United Arab Emirates Project to Assist PakistanIslamabad, 30 March 2017 – During his 2-day visit to Pakistan on 30–31 March 2017, Dr Mahmoud...
National consultative workshop on the role of the science community to address Pakistan’s health and nutrition challenges in the context of the SDGs
Pakistan Academy of Sciences22 March 2017 – A national consultative workshop was conducted on 6–7 March 2017 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The key purpose of the workshop was to discuss the role and engagement of science community, academia and civil society to address challenges in the perspective of achieving targets for health and nutrition under...
