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Pakistan set to roll out nationwide cervical cancer vaccination drive

Pakistan set to roll out nationwide cervical cancer vaccination drive

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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan is set to start its first-ever national cervical cancer vaccination campaign. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign is reportedly set to begin from 15 to 27 September across various regions, including Punjab, Sindh, Azad Kashmir, and Islamabad. This drive will provide the vaccination to girls aged from 9 to 14 in […]

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Japan city proposes two-hour daily screen time limit

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  TOYOAKE CITY, Japan (Kashmir English): A Japanese city will urge all smartphone users to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school through a proposed legislation that carries no penalties. Under a draft ordinance, all residents of central Japan’s Toyoake City will be asked to limit the smartphone usage, however,

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PPP leader donates 15 wheelchairs to CMH Rawalakot

PPP leader donates 15 wheelchairs to CMH Rawalakot

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RAWALAKOT (Kashmir English): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) District Poonch President and Councilor Municipal Corporation Sardar Amir Khurshid has donated 15 wheelchairs to Sheikh Zayed Bin Nahyan Hospital (CMH) Rawalakot. CMH staff, Dr. Anjum Kayani, Sardar Waseem Azam, journalists, and other people were present at the ceremony. While receiving the wheelchairs, the hospital staff thanked Sardar

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Substandard wheat supply to Azad Kashmir spark health crisis

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Kashmir government is facing criticism for allegedly supplying substandard 6-year-old wheat, imported from Ukraine, to flour mills across the region. This has led to widespread health issues, including stomach diseases, among the local population due to the consumption of substandard flour. Due to the incompetent AJK government, the supply of

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AJK govt declares Div. HQ Hospital Mirpur as Center of Excellence

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  MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In acknowledgement of the outstanding performance and quality Medicare to both indoor and outdoor patients, top health services authorities of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have declared Mirpur Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital as a center of excellence. The facility is being headed by Medical Superintendent Dr. Sardar Amir Aziz Khan. The officials

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Pak Army organizes free medical and dental camp at Samahni, AJK

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  SAMAHNI (Kashmir English): A free medical and dental camp was organized at Government High School Abdullahpur, Samahni under the auspices of 3-Mountain Medical Battalion and 96 IMDU, in collaboration with 65 FF Regiment. At the camp, 317 patients received free examination and treatment. Medical facilities were provided to men, women, and children by specialist

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An act of compassion: Saudi woman donates 80% of her liver to co-wife

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  TAIF, Saudi Arabia (Kashmir English): A Saudi woman donated 80% of her liver to her husband’s second wife in a remarkable act of compassion, also ending the latter’s long struggle with kidney failure. Saudi Gazette reported that Noura Salem Al-Shammari, the first wife of Majed Baldah Al-Roqi, decided to help her co-wife, Taghreed Awadh

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Muzaffarabad Food Authority launches cracks down on unhygienic fast food outlets

Muzaffarabad Food Authority launches cracks down on unhygienic fast food outlets

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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a recent development, the Muzaffarabad Food Authority has launched a crackdown against fast food restaurants in Azad Kashmir’s capital. As per reports, the Food Authority team received a complaint through the helpline 1280, after which the team took swift action and started checking fast food restaurants in Muzaffarabad. During this operation, the

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AJK to organize free family planning camp

Population Welfare Department to organize free family planning camp

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NEELUM VALLEY (Kashmir English): On the instructions of the Chief Secretary of Azad Kashmir, the Population Welfare Department is set to organize a free family planning camp in Sharda in the third decade of August. Director General Population Welfare, Dr. Sardar Aftab, will inaugurate the Implanon NXT camp. Free contraceptives and other reproductive health-related advice

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Drug Controller raids illegal medical distribution store in AJK’s Pallandri

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  PALLANDRI, AJK (Kashmir English): In a welcome move against the drug mafia endangering public health, Chief Drug Quality Controller Azad Kashmir, Ms. Fauzia Ashraf, led a major raid on an illegally operating medical distribution store in the heart of Pallandri city. The raid took place at Chinar Medical Distribution Store, located on Baitran Road

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