Islamabad, October 13, 2023: The President’s Office is continuing with its annual breast cancer awareness this October aimed at promoting regular screening to reduce mortality rate of Pakistani women. For the past four years, President Dr Arif Alvi and his wife Samina Alvi have been working on raising breast cancer awareness. This year, the awareness…
Islamabad, Oct 07,2023: Caretaker Federal Minister for Health Dr. Nadeem Jan will represent Pakistan at the highest regional health forum involving 22 nations. Speaking at Islamabad International Airport, the minister mentioned that meetings with health ministers from friendly countries haf been scheduled. He said that during these meetings, they will discuss enhancing cooperation in the…
United Nations, April 20, 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has underscored the need for easing lockdowns against coronavirus under a “phased process” at a virtual meeting of the leading G20 global economies. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director general, reiterated the UN’s appreciation for committing to further strengthen the agency’s mandate in coordinating…
Karachi, March 09, 2020: The global number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has surpassed 100,000, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based U.N. agency, reported Saturday. “As we mark this sombre moment, the World Health Organization reminds all countries and communities that the spread of this virus can be significantly slowed…
Karachi, February 11, 2020: E-cigarette advocates are now accusing the World Health Organization (WHO) of misrepresenting the science about vaping risks by exaggerating claims of e-cigarette harmfulness in the wake of a warning issued by WHO. The warning about e-cigarettes was released by WHO in a series of questions and answers on January 20. Amid…