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Pakistani students recreate the World Health Assembly
Students during a session of the Model-WHO at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo credit: WHO Pakistan21 April 2025, Karachi/Islamabad, Pakistan – “Engaging in debates on global health challenges and hearing diverse perspectives was eye-opening. I am truly grateful for an incredible experience at Model-WHO,” said Munir, one of the...
Every day, 675 newborns and 27 mothers die in Pakistan – WHO calls for urgent action
Neonatal Intensive Care Centre at the District Headquarter Hospital in Haripur. Photo credit: WHO Pakistan/Hamid Inam7 April 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – On the occasion of World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on international and national partners to urgently invest in reducing maternal and newborn deaths as a crucial...
Fatima: crossing deserts to protect mothers and newborns in Pakistan
Fatima, a Lady Health Worker administering a tetanus-diptheria injection to a pregnant woman in a remote area of Sindh. Photo credit: WHO Pakistan3 April 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – "Fatima is not just a health worker. She is an angel who brought light back into my life." The words are Maloka’s, a young mother from a remote village in...
Improving health care for Afghan refugees and host communities in Pakistan
Saima giving a labour care demonstration to midwifery students at the Health Services Academy, Islamabad. Photo credit: Sara Akmal/WHO Pakistan2 April 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – “By integrating insights from the WHO Labour Care Guide into my teaching, I aim to empower midwifery students to make informed decisions that will positively impact the...
WHO and Pakistan call for urgent investment to end tuberculosis
Special Secretary, Ministry of National Health Services, Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Mashud, and Deputy WHO Representative M. Ellen Thom during the commemoration of World Tuberculosis Day 2025 at WHO Pakistan premises26 March 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – On the occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government...
WHO supports “Big Catch-Up” initiative to vaccinate 2.8 million children in Pakistan
A vaccinator administering a routine dose in a remote area of Pakistan. Photo credit: WHO Pakistan23 March 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – During the first and second rounds of the Big Catch-Up immunization campaign, the World Health Organization (WHO) partnered with the Government of Pakistan to administer lifesaving vaccines to 2.8 million...
Pakistan closer to ending neonatal tetanus after new WHO validations
A lady health worker administering a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine to a pregnant woman in a remote area of Pakistan. Photo credit: WHO Pakistan20 March 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (PAK) have achieved the elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), taking Pakistan closer to...
WHO validation for Sindh brings Pakistan closer to ending neonatal tetanus
Fatima, a Lady Health Worker, is administering the Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine to a pregnant woman in the rural area of Thatta, Sindh. Photo: WHO Pakistan 28 February 2025, Karachi/Islamabad, Pakistan – The elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) in Sindh province, recently validated by the World Health Organization (WHO), marks a...
WHO urges all partners to renew support for Pakistan as it advances universal health coverage
8 December 2024, Islamabad, Pakistan – Ahead of International Universal Health Coverage Day, celebrated annually on 12 December, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Pakistan Dr Dapeng Luo urged stakeholders and donors to strengthen their support for the Government of Pakistan as it seeks to expand universal health coverage (UHC),...
WHO Pakistan commemorates World Patient Safety Day 2024
23 September 2024 – To commemorate #WorldPatientSafetyDay2024, World Health Organization (WHO) Pakistan, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination, organized an awareness raising walk and advocacy seminar to foster collective efforts to improve diagnosis. Representatives from WHO, Ministry of...
