1 October 2013 – Pakistan took its first step towards preventing and control noncommunicable diseases in the country by launching a 3-day training of health care workers in the WHO STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance in the provinces of Punjab and Sindh in Lahore here today. Launching the activity, Dr Tanveer...

Awaran district has declared a state of emergency after the earthquake destroyed approximately 90% of infrastructure, including shops, houses and schools. Read the situation report26 September 2013 – An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 Richter scale struck Baluchistan in south-west Pakistan on 24 September at 4.30 pm local time, with tremors felt as...

On the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day on 5 May 2013, WHO sensitized health care workers to the fact that hand hygiene is the single most important method of preventing and controlling infection in health care facilities. Many studies have shown that the bacteria that cause hospital-acquired infections are most frequently spread from one...

2 May 2013 – Mr Iqrar Ahmad, a polio vaccinator received a polio hero award from Dr Altaf Bosan from the Expanded Programme on Immunization and Dr Elias Durry As Mr Iqrar Ahmad receives his award he says that his true moment of celebration will come when polio is finally eradicated from Pakistanof the WHO polio programme for an act of bravery in...

The magnitude and frequency of infectious diseases, other public health hazards and emergencies, often associated with high morbidity and mortality, as well as considerable socio-economic impact have established the critical need for building sustained preparedness and response capacities at the country level. International Health Regulations...

WHO Pakistan in collaboration with the Health Foundation Pakistan, a nongovernmental organization, Pakistan Medical and Research Council and Manual needle removers disable syringesJinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Hospital, Karachi, piloted an injection safety project to identify an innovative, cost-effective, replicable solution to break the...

2 January 2013, Islamabad – Figures collected from various official sources and surveys provide evidence of the current outbreak of measles in different parts of Pakistan resulting from insufficient rates of routine immunization coverage, the World Health Organization confirmed here on Wednesday. The WHO Representative for Pakistan, Dr Guido...

18 December 2012, Islamabad – The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF join the Government of Pakistan and the provinces of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in condemning the multiple attacks that have killed six health workers in the past 24 hours. At least six people working on a polio vaccination campaign have been reported shot dead in...

10 December 2012 – A one-day consultation workshop with the provincial health department of Punjab was conducted in Lahore on the institutionalization of national protocol (draft) on the health sector's response to gender-based violence under WHO’s gender and health programme, part of the One UN Gender Equality Initiative. The basic purpose of...

18 October 2012, Islamabad – A regional training workshop on improving the management of severe acute malnutrition and nutrition surveillance was Dr Ayoub AlJawaldeh, WHO Regional Adviser, Nutrition, addressing the workshoporganized by the Planning and Development Division of the Government of Pakistan, in collaboration with WHO, from 18 to 22 October...