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300,000 persons diagnosed with TB every year in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: About 300,000 new tuberculosis cases are diagnosed and treated free of charge every year in Pakistan through countrywide network of 1500 TB...

942,000 patients treated under TB Control Programme in 3 years

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Around 942,000 tuberculosis patients were treated under the Tuberculosis Control programme in three years from 2013 to 2015. According to figures of Ministry...

First ever heart transplant in Pakistan to be carried out in RIC from April

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The first ever heart transplant in Pakistan will be carried out in Rawalpindi Institute of cardiology (RIC) from April 2016 and it...

Countrywide four-day anti-polio campaign launched to vaccinate 36.6 million children

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The health authorities on Monday launched a countrywide four-day anti-polio campaign in a bid to vaccinate around 36.6 million children against the...

36.8 million kids to be administered polio drops across Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Focal Person on Polio Eradication programme Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq the recent polio campaign will cover around 36.8 million children below 5...

Kidney disease increasing in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The number of kidney patients in Pakistan are increasing due to late diagnosis, high volume of kidney stone disease and increasing incidence...

Around 862 million polio doses administered to children across Pakistan in three years

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Around 862 million doses of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) were administered to all children under five years of age across Pakistan through...

Japan helps Pakistan to become polio free country in three years

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Japan has approved US$ 2.98 million grant aid to help the government in its efforts to make Pakistan a polio free country...

US$ 830 million support being provided for Pakistani children

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization Anuradha Guptaat called on Minister for National Health Services Saira Afzal...

Argentina to help CDA build over 1000-bed hospital: Rodolfo

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Argentinean ambassador to Islamabad Rodolfo J. Martin Saravia said Thursday his country was helping the Capital Development Authority (CDA) build, a state-of-the-art,...

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