Khoo Bee Khim By now, you might have heard about the health condition of the UK’s Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton. In a video statement released on March 23, the Duchess of Cambridge announced that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy. “In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London […]
Read MoreParis: France is to ban smoking on all beaches, as well as in public parks, forests and near schools, after Emmanuel Macron promised to create “the first tobacco-free generation” by 2032. “From now on, no-smoking areas will be the norm,” said the health minister, Aurélien Rousseau. There are already 7,200 tobacco-free areas in France – […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Denmark’s Ambassador to Pakistan Jakob Linulf this week called for joint efforts to prevent diabetes. “On this #WorldDiabetesDay, let’s acknowledge millions of ???? grappling w diabetes – nearly 33m are affected! Together with @novonordisk & @nhsrcofficial held a Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue to formulate a collective call to action aimed at preventing diabetes […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Umar Rehman Malik this week lauded the services of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Institute of Trauma (SMBBIT). “PPP’s Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Institute of Trauma SMBBIT is established with mission to provide free of cost treatment to traumatically injured patients through specially trained medical personnel with a […]
Read MoreBrussels: At its conference in Bilbao, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) this week urged the European Union to launch a European action plan stepping up cooperation between national health systems. The main goal: to provide better diagnoses, treatment and care to patients with rare diseases. A European strategy to give people with rare […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Umar Rehman Malik, head of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Digital Media Islamabad said this week that Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing 125 liver transplant cases. “DUHS became the first public sector university in Pakistan to offer transplant facilities in May 2016,” he posted […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Copenhagen: Danish residents over the age of 65 will be offered a Covid booster vaccine for the third year this autumn, with an influenza booster also available at the point of service. The autumn vaccination campaign was announced by Danske Regioner, the national organisation for the regional health authorities, in a statement. An […]
Read MoreArslan Ali Arsal Mr. ISHII Kensuke, Counsellor of the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan, attended the handover ceremony for the project of reusing secondhand ambulances funded by the Government of Japan to Pakistan Red Crescent Society, one of the largest humanitarian organizations working all over Pakistan. The ceremony was held in the PRCS headquarters in […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Pakistan Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Islamabad in collaboration with Japan-FETP, this week organized a special online session on the “Role of FETPs in Disease Surveillance and Prevention/ Control of Diseases.” This session was originally initiated with good communication and collaboration between the Pakistan Center for Disease […]
Read MoreJunko Ogura Tokyo: A dog has been hailed as a hero in Japan after she saved the life of a man who was having a heart attack by sounding the alarm with her incessant barking. Koume, a 5-year-old mongrel, was handed an official letter of appreciation by local fire officials at a special ceremony last […]
Read MoreWang Xiaoyu Beijing: While the end of the COVID-19 pandemic seems in sight, experts and officials said this week that vaccinating vulnerable groups against the disease, monitoring immunity levels across its population and stepping up preparedness for developing novel and variant-specific vaccines will remain essential tasks. Qi Xiaopeng, a researcher at the Chinese Center for […]
Read MoreGlobal Times Beijing: China has urged World Health Organization (WHO) officials to return to science and fairness and not to be subject to or willing to descend to become a tool of politicization of certain countries, after some in the international organization smeared China for lacking transparency in sharing data about COVID-19 origins. Using twisted […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan and Italy this week reached an agreement under which funds amounting to Rs 500 million would be spent to ensure better healthcare facilities for children and women under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). The agreement was signed by Co-Director PIDSA Pakistan Islam Zaib, Co-Director PIDSA (Pakistan Italy Debt Swap Agreement) Italy […]
Read MoreDoha: Hayat Abuzannad is a mother of triplets – triplets with autism. Dedicated to providing her sons with the best possible learning opportunities, in 2018 Abuzannad applied for Qatar Foundation’s Qader Award, a free sports programme for people with disabilities. And for the past five years, it has been instrumental in transforming the lives of […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Prominent financial expert Umar Rehman Malik this week lauded the Sindh government for providing adequate health facilities to the people. “Sindh government is taking strides towards making quality and free healthcare affordable to all,” he tweeted. Umar Rehman Malik added: “This is a basic human right, and I am so happy to […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Karachi: Providing free and quality public healthcare has been a cornerstone of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) manifesto, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari said this week. She pointed out that under the PPP-led Sindh government, the National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (NICVD) has been strengthened into one of the strongest cardiac networks spread across 22 […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Faisalabad: Ambassador of Denmark in Pakistan, Jakob Linulf, said this week that the mega project of waste water treatment plant worth more than 19 billion rupees in collaboration with WASA Faisalabad is of great importance, and with the mega project of 44 million gallons of daily (MGD) waste water treatment, the citizens of […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese urged the Pakistanis to use olive oil to boost health. “The best kind of olive needs experts and if Pakistanis get used to using olive oil, the Italian government would love to continue the olive project,” the envoy said while addressing a Roundtable discussion on “Holistic […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week warned against wrong use of the cough medicines. “Cough medicine removed over pholcodine causing anaphylactic reactions – Pl(ease) check the ingredients of your cough medicine as pholcodine has been found to be potentially life threatening,” he tweeted. Dozens of popular over-the-counter cough syrups and […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: After achieving a major and decisive victory in its COVID-19 prevention and control efforts since late 2022, China has put its economy back on the fast track, with the vigor of its development impacting the whole world. At a meeting last week, the Chinese leadership noted that China’s COVID-19 response has accomplished a […]
Read MoreRoland Boer On January 6, 2023, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued China’s 10th edition of its diagnosis and treatment protocol for novel coronavirus infection. This is the NHC’s first national guiding protocol after China announced to downgrade management of COVID from Class A to Class B from […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: Japan has reported record-high cases of bird flu across 23 provinces, with authorities culling around 7.75 million birds this week, officials said. The country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said the bird flu cases have risen to 54 after new infections were recorded in Chiba and Fukuoka provinces. This is the highest […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: The Government of Japan this week extended its support to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme by providing more than US$ 3.87 million as a grant. The grant will be used for the procurement of essential oral polio vaccine, which will reach more than 18.61 million under five years old children in Pakistan […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: Local governments across China are rolling out policies to support businesses and residents amid the ongoing COVID-19 control, allowing virus-hit supermarkets to reopen sooner and reducing operating costs for struggling companies. The Chinese capital Beijing promised to expedite the reopening of shopping malls and supermarkets that sell livelihood-related products, as the latest effort […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Indonesia to Pakistan Adam M. Tugio this week emphasized the need to accelerate collaborative efforts among the OIC countries for the development of Traditional Herbal Medicine (THM) in the wake of growing popularity of natural remedy methods and global awareness to protect environment for ensuring ‘Greener Future’. Addressing the participants […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Jakob Linulf said this week that he was surprised to learn about the statistics of diabetes in Pakistan. “Surprised to learn 1 in 4 adults living w #Diabetes in Pakistan,” he tweeted, advising all to adopt health habits. Ambassador Jakob Linulf, said that diabetes was a very […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: A Chinese health official said on Saturday that the 20 newly released measures on epidemic prevention and control were well conceived based on ample practical experience and related assessment data. On the basis of the ninth edition of the country’s COVID-19 control protocols, these measures, which were announced on Friday, optimized […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Aseefa Bhutto Zardari this week requested all parents to support the government in its effort towards polio eradication. On the occasion of World Polio Day 2022, she said the recent polio cases in Pakistan are a threat to our future generations and our children can be saved […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla Governments can never be too relentless in attracting and retaining talent. Now considered as powerhouses of global economies, exceptional talents have been instrumental in injecting innovation, productivity and economic growth across multiple industries, making them a valuable currency. But even as employers scramble to hire talents from all over the world, the post-pandemic […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: The United States government has delivered an additional batch of eight million Pfizer Covid-19 pediatric vaccine doses to Pakistan. According to the US Embassy in Islamabad, this shipment increases the United States’ donation to more than 78 million safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine doses for the people of Pakistan, including 16 million […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: There is at least a 50 per cent increase in dengue fever cases following recent rains in the country, especially in Karachi where hundreds and thousands of patients are affected daily at government and private hospitals, Federal Climate Change Minister Senator Sherry Rehman said this week, warning that more rains in the […]
Read MoreNewswire Milan: Italy’s state police were tasked with a life-saving mission when two officers used a Lamborghini Huracán to transport a kidney from Milan to a patient in the Lazio region around Rome. Travelling at speeds of 300 km/ph the police raced from Niguarda hospital in Milan to the unidentified hospital in Lazio in just […]
Read MoreCarly Cassella Tokyo: A child’s manner of walking can tell a doctor a lot about their health and development. But the transition from tottering toddler to strutting teen is not as universal as you might think. Depending on where in the world a child grows up, their gait may mature in a slightly different way. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Japan has removed Pakistan from its “category of red list countries” in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The development was also confirmed by Pakistan’s embassy in Tokyo. “As a result of the efforts of the embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo, the government of Japan has removed Pakistan from the category of red-listed countries […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: An Italian man dying due to complications from a heart attack married his partner in the intensive care unit of a hospital in north Italy, however shortly after the ceremony he received news that a new heart had become available. The incredible story happened in the Molinette hospital in Turin after the 47-year-old […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Lis Rosenholm this week launched the pre-diabetes clinic at Umar Diabetes Foundation. “An honor to launch the pre-diabetes clinic at Umar Diabetes Foundation. Diabetes is a global problem and also growing in ???? But we have knowledge on how to prevent as well as live a good […]
Read MoreTokyo: More than a month has passed since the Japanese government relaxed its guidance on mask usage to reflect subsiding fears of the coronavirus, yet its call for removing masks whenever possible has not caught on widely among the public. There has never been a mask mandate in the country, but more than two years […]
Read MoreWilliam A. Haseltine Once again, COVID-19 is rampaging unchecked through the US population because there are no longer any public health measures in place to adequately protect against infection. I myself have taken extraordinary precautions to avoid infection for the last two-and-a-half years because I met three of the qualifications for severe COVID-19: I am […]
Read MoreWang Wen Recently, many international financial institutions have continued to downgrade China’s economic growth forecasts. Badmouthing China is not something new, and China’s economy is indeed facing a lot of downward pressure due to factors like the COVID-19 epidemic. But objectively speaking, these pessimistic opinions are based on either groundless accusations or exaggeration to deliberately […]
Read MoreAntonio Andreoni & Rainer Quitzow While the COVID-19 crisis has brought much suffering and many socioeconomic burdens, it has also shown how targeted cooperation between the state and business can speed innovation. Addressing the climate crisis calls for similarly creative collaboration. In both cases, accelerating innovation and experimenting with local solutions is necessary but not […]
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