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WHO: breastfeeding critical for public health and preventing annual losses of US$2.8 billion in Pakistan
Only 48.4% of Pakistani children under six 6 months are exclusively breastfed, well below the World Health Assembly’s 2030 target of 60%. A mother and a child in a WHO-supported nutrition stabilization centre where mothers receive counselling on breastfeeding. Photo credit: WHO/Sajjad Hafeez 10 August 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – As World...
Testing and treatment bring new hope to hepatitis C patients in Pakistan
Surayya, an HCV survivor, at Islamabad’s Civil Dispensary. Photo credit: Sara Akmal/WHO Pakistan 3 August 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – “Hepatitis C is a deadly disease; everyone should get tested,” says Safina Saqib, a hepatitis C patient now fully recovered. She is one of the 30 000 patients from slum areas of Islamabad Capital Territory who have...
Pakistan and WHO aim to intensify hepatitis C prevention to avert 850 000 deaths and 1 million new infections
Experts from the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization estimate that, in addition to saving lives, the country will save PKR 3.3 billion over the next 5 years Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal chairs the celebration of World Hepatitis Day, accompanied by WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Dapeng Luo. Photo credit: WHO/Sara...
Pakistan and WHO launch National Cholera Plan targeting a 90% reduction in mortality by 2030
The plan emphasizes the importance of preparedness for increasingly severe climate change-induced disasters such as the 2022 floods, which triggered over 370,000 suspected cases. 29 July 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched the National Cholera Control Plan 2025–2028,...
Pakistan signs agreement with WHO to access free cancer medicines for 8000 children annually
Pakistan becomes the second country in the region to join the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines, aiming to address the lack of treatment affecting at least 50% of pediatric patients and to increase their survival rate from 30% to 60% by 2030. 29, July 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the...
WHO urges action to detect and treat over 13.8 million people infected with hepatitis B and C in Pakistan
On World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization reiterates its support for Pakistan to tackle the highest burden of hepatitis C globally, with 10 million of the 10 million cases worldwide. Only 25–30% of the people affected by Hepatitis B and C in Pakistan know it, meaning the vast majority do not undergo testing and do not seek life-saving...
WHO and Gavi support Pakistan's vaccinators with 800 motorbikes to access hard-to-reach areas in 65 priority districts
A vaccinator from Lahore, Pakistan, on one of the motorbikes handed to the Expanded Programme on Immunization by WHO. Photo credit: WHO23 July 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – The World Health Organization (WHO), with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has distributed more than 800 motorbikes to Pakistan's Expanded Programme on Immunization...
WHO supports Pakistan in prepositioning over 300 000 medical items nationwide to prepare for monsoon health emergencies
WHO teams load one of the trucks dispatched to preposition essential medical supplies. Photo credit: WHO/Hamid Inam13 July 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) has dispatched 5 trucks carrying over 300 000 essential medical items for health departments across Pakistan to be prepositioned for potential health emergency...
WHO, FAO and ADB join hands with Pakistan to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
Pakistan’s Pandemic Fund starts its implementation with a national high-level consultation to establish One Health units across the country DG Health, representatives of WHO, FAO, ADB, NIH and provincial and regional authorities during the national consultation held in Islamabad to establish One Health units across the country. Photo credit:...
WHO and Pakistan urge 5 million voluntary blood donations a year to save lives
WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Dapeng Luo donates blood during an event organized at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences to commemorate World Blood Donor Day. Photo credit: Maryam Yunus/WHO23 June 2025, Islamabad, Pakistan – On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pakistan’s Ministry of Health...
