Category: Health

Pakistan (Muhammad Yasir) Expressing grave concern over Pakistan’s healthcare system, representatives from AwazCDS-Pakistan, Pakistan Development Alliance and Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) shared where Pakistan is standing in terms of achieving Universal Health Coverage. They said in a joint statement that Pakistan is far away in achieving universal health coverage unless GDP spending’s…

The Diabetes Centre in collaboration with Novo Nordisk Pakistan announces the launch of Blue Lilies, a multidisciplinary clinic for children living with Type-1 Diabetes. Pakistan (Muhammad Yasir) The Diabetes Centre and Novo Nordisk Pakistan under its Memorandum of Understanding announced the launch of TDC Blue Lilies Clinic for children living with Type-1 Diabetes. The ceremony…

Sehat Kahani along with the collaboration of Jubilee Life Insurance hosted a Breast Cancer Awareness Event at the Presidency under the title “I CAN-CER VIVE” on 1st December 2022. Pakistan (Muhammad Yasir) The session was chaired by the Honorable First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Samina Arif Alvi. The objective of this event along with spreading…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Pakistan is now home to the world’s largest population of patients living with Hepatitis C, surpassing even China and India. Despite a government commitment to eliminating hepatitis by 2030,  the prevalence of Hepatitis C has steadily increased, to the point that there are now nearly 10 Million Pakistanis today living with viremic…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, in collaboration with Common Management Unit for AIDS, TB and Malaria, UNAIDS, WHO, UNDP UNICEF, UNFPA, UNODC, APLHIV commemorated World AIDS Day 2022. This year theme of the World AIDS Day is “Equalize”, this slogan is a call to action to increase availability, quality…

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) For the first time in Pakistan, White Ribbon, which is part of global men’s movement present in over 50 countries for ending violence against women and girls, has announced the launch of White Ribbon Workplace Gender Inclusion Awards for corporate sector in Pakistan. Talking to the media Founder and President of White…

Iron Deficiency Day unites a strong international coalition dedicated to raising international awareness on the serious health impact of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. Patient access to diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency directly affected by COVID-19 pandemic. This year, spotlight is on raising awareness on symptoms and importance of early diagnosis. Pakistan (Muhammad…

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) Ordercall, one of Pakistan’s fastest-growing B2B startups, has signed an MoU with medIQ smart healthcare, Pakistan’s first integrated virtual-care platform, to provide healthcare solutions to Pakistan’s retailers. Through this partnership, Ordercall customers will have access to virtual care services, including comprehensive Out-Patient Department (OPD) coverage, as well as Health and Life Insurance…

Pakistan (Muhammad Yasir) Leading Change: Heroines of Health 2022 – An acknowledgement by Women In Global Health awarded to Sehat Kahani’s co-founders Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram and Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga. Sehat Kahani is proud to announce that its CEO and COO Dr. Sara and Dr. Iffat are now among the 17 Heroines of Health…

Islamabad (Muhammad Yasir) Empowerment and inclusion of people with disabilities in society is the most important element towards achieving sustainable development.  In a recent major development towards recognition of the rights and needs of people with disabilities (PWDs), the National Assembly Secretariat has made infrastructural adaptations to make the building of parliament house friendly and…