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Statement by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the floods in Pakistan
Cairo/Islamabad, 5 September 2022 – We are following closely and with deep concern the humanitarian crisis currently facing the people of Pakistan as a result of devastating monsoon floods. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Pakistan, especially in the directly affected communities and including our own WHO staff and national...
Major health risks unfolding amid floods in Pakistan
Photo credit: WHO/Mohbeen Ansari Cairo – Islamabad, 30 August 2022 – As districts in Pakistan continue to be affected by massive monsoon rainfall and unprecedented levels of flooding, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns of significant public health threats facing affected populations, including the risk of further spread of water- and...
Regional Director inaugurates WHO-supported nutrition stabilization centre in Pakistan
5 June 2022 - Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, during his recent visit to Pakistan, inaugurated a nutrition stabilization centre in Islamabad. The centre will provide treatment to severely acute malnourished children with complications as part of a network of WHO-supported state-of-the-art nutrition stabilization centres across the...
Nationwide measles and rubella campaign aims to vaccinate more than 90 million children
27 November 2021 – Pakistan is conducting a measles and rubella campaign to vaccinate more than 90 million children aged between 9 months and 15 years against the deadly measles and rubella viruses. The nationwide campaign is one of the largest in history in spite of challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to reach over 95% coverage....
WHO Regional Director visits Pakistan during measles and rubella campaign and inaugurates community COVID-19 vaccination centre
27 November 2021, Islamabad – During a visit to Pakistan, WHO’s Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari with Dr Palitha Mahipala, WHO Representative in Pakistan, visited a fixed vaccination site and a school (outreach site) at Gulbahar Colony in Peshawar to witness a nationwide measles and rubella campaign. The...
Launch of “Sehat Sahulat" programme
31 August 2021 – The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and Marie Stopes Society Pakistan has launched the “Sehat Sahulat Programme” – a pilot project for outdoor patient department health insurance in Islamabad Capital Territory. Under the pilot project, primary...
Training on gender-based violence conducted for health workers
WHO Representative Dr Palitha Mahipala presents a certificate to one of the participants of training course31 August 2021 – WHO, in collaboration with the Department of Health of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, conducted a training course (24–26 August) on gender-based violence for health workers, focusing on providing life-saving health care, psycho-social...
Diploma in family medicine aims to address shortage of family physicians in Pakistan
31 August 2021 – The WHO country office in Pakistan has signed a collaborative agreement with 9 leading medical universities to start a diploma course in family medicine to address the shortage of family physicians needed to strengthen primary health care in Pakistan. Currently, primary care services are provided by general practitioners and...
Meeting discusses national strategy for COVID-19 vaccine production in Pakistan
WHO Representative Dr Palitha Mahipala and Chief Executive Officer of the Drug Regulatory Authority Mr Asim Rauf chair meeting 31 August 2021 – To discuss the national strategy for COVID-19 vaccine production in Pakistan, the WHO country office in Pakistan conducted a meeting with Pakistan's Drug Regulatory Authority of the Ministry of National...
