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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...
WHO and BISP sign a US$ 6.257 million agreement under the Benazir Nashonuma programme to combat stunting and malnutrition in Pakistan
“Together, we are taking a vital step towards combating malnutrition and ensuring a healthier future for our children" 25 September 2024, Islamabad, Pakistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) have signed an agreement to work together to tackle malnutrition in Pakistan. The agreement was signed by...
Scaling up action on malnutrition in Pakistan
25 September 2024, Islamabad – On 24 September, the World Health Organization signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). The agreement covers the management of 169 nutrition stabilization centres at district headquarter hospitals and a number of tehsil headquarter hospitals across the country and...
Pakistan addresses family planning bottlenecks
27 August, Islamabad, Pakistan – A 2-day workshop convened by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (MoNHSR&C) on 7–8 August 2024 at COMSTECH Islamabad brought together stakeholders to validate the preliminary findings of its bottleneck analysis (BNA) of family planning in Pakistan. WHO provided the Ministry with...
Promoting integrated service delivery: programmatic integration in Pakistan
15 September 2024, Pakistan – A landmark collaboration between the tuberculosis (TB) and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) programmes has started in the Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Following WHO Pakistan’s support for the supply of essential medicines and equipment to strengthen TB and...
Meeting of Pakistan’s Technical Working Group on Healthy Ageing
27 August 2024, Islamabad, Pakistan – The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (MoNHSR&C) convened the third meeting of the National Technical Working Group (TWG) on Healthy Ageing on 9 August 2024 in Islamabad. The TWG includes representatives from MoNHSR&C, federal and provincial social welfare departments,...
WHO gears up preparedness and response for Tropical Cyclone Biparjoy in Pakistan
Islamabad, June 14 2023 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Government of Pakistan's efforts to prepare for and respond to the public health impact of Tropical Cyclone Biparjoy, which is expected to hit parts of Pakistan today. WHO's Incident Management Support Team (IMST) has been activated to ensure coordination of all...
