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Anti-polio drive underway in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Three-day anti-polio drive is underway in 30 districts of Balochistan including Quetta that aims at vaccinating over 2.3 million children. At least 6,773...

Pakistan could beat polio in months: WHO

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Polio could be eradicated in Pakistan within months, health officials said, as a mass vaccination drive is launched. A World Health Organisation spokesman...

Approximately 62,651 nurses working in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: At least 62,651 nurses were currently working in the country who were taking training from registered 72 centres in Punjab, 59 in...

Nestle and planning commission join hands for healthy kids

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Planning Commission of Pakistan and Nestlé Pakistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purpose of improving health of...

7% of Pakistan’s population suffering from asthma

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Seven percent of country's population is suffering from asthma and within next 10 to 20 years there might be an increase of about 20...

Five-day anti-polio drive in Rawalpindi district to start from April 25

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: A five-day anti-polio drive would commence in the entire Rawalpindi district from April 25. During the campaign, 1850 polio teams would go door-to-door...

45% child deaths in Pakistan due to malnutrition: Experts

FAISALABAD, Pakistan: Experts at a conference on Tuesday said nutritional scenario is deteriorating as 45 per cent of the child deaths in Pakistan are...

118,585 families registered under PM’s Health Insurance Programme

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: As many as 118,585 families have been registered under the Prime Minister's Health Insurance Programme across the country to get free of...

997,000 children get polio vaccine in FATA

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A four-day anti-polio drive began in Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) and Frontier Regions amid strict security arrangements on Monday. The campaign will...

112,000 children to be vaccinated against polio in Hangu

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The district administration of Hangu has completed arrangements for successful holding of a three-day anti-polio campaign starting from April 18 where 112,000...

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