ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed two new cases of poliovirus from Sindh’s Badin and Thatta districts, with both patients being young girls. With the fresh cases, Pakistan’s total polio count in the ongoing year reaches to 29, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported. According to the NIH,
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan’s government has decided to prolong the term of the national cervical cancer vaccination campaign after provinces complained of falling behind vaccination targets. Punjab, Sindh, Azad Kashmir, and Islamabad will prolong their HPV vaccination campaigns. The Sindh government has already agreed to extend its cervical cancer vaccination campaign by three days, moving the
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LEEPA VALLEY, AJK (Kashmir English): Pakistan Army at the forefront of public service, organised a free medical camp in Khewarah under the direction of Commander Leepa Guards, Aamir Fareed. A team of Pakistan Army doctors checked a large number of patients at the camp. More than 300 patients visited the camp and they were
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KOTLI (Kashmir English): Azad Kashmir Public Health Minister, Dr. Nisar Ansar Abdali, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art dialysis center and gymnasium at District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Kotli. The dialysis center, built with donations, will provide kidney patients with advanced facilities for treatment. The center is equipped with the latest facilities for cleaning affected kidneys, significantly improving
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PATIKKA (Kashmir English): In a recent development, the Food Authority Patikka launched a major crackdown on unhealthy and substandard juice boxes sold in Patikka, Muzaffarabad. During the operation, the Food Authority team, Farrukh Rafique Mughal and Sheikh Akram, seized a large consignment of substandard and unlicensed juice boxes. The driver did not have the required
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Ministry of Health has chalked out a new polio eradication strategy, expanding vaccination to children up to the age of 15, local media reported. The initiative, going to start in November, will initially be rolled out in Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. New strategy for polio eradication Local media quoted Captain
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HAJIRA (Kashmir English): Snake bit two women and a girl child separately in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)’s Hahjira area but the victims couldn’t find antivenin at a BHU-level medical facility in the area. According to reports, the injured included one child and two women. After finding no antivenin at the BHU, three patients
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LAHORE (Kashmir English): Punjab government has blacklisted the supplier after the private company it failed to supply sufficient hepatitis vaccine doses for newborns. The province is facing a severe shortage of vaccine after the company failed to deliver the required doses. Vaccine shortage hits newborns According to official documents, the Punjab Health Department had
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The number of dengue fever cases in Azad Kashmir has reached 1044, with Muzaffarabad being the worst-affected district, reporting 685 cases. According to the Directorate of Health Services Azad Kashmir, districts with significant cases include Mirpur (193), Bagh (81), Poonch (30), Kotli (15), Jhelum Valley (16), Neelum (19), Haveli (7), Sidhnoti (3),
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Federal capital Islamabad has reported surge in dengue cases over the past few days with the authorities striving to check the outbreak. According to officials, as many as 32 new cases of dengue were recorded in the federal capital over the past two days, with 24 reported from rural areas and
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