Health

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): A delegation of Nutrition International, led by Deputy Country Director Dr. Irfanullah, met with the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Chaudhry Anwarul Haq. The delegation included Senior National Program Manager Zameer Haider, Hafizullah, and Imtiaz Ali. On this occasion, Minister for Food Chaudhry Akbar Ibrahim, Secretary Food/Vice Chairman Food

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The polio campaign will start in Pakistan from September 1, and 28 million children will be vaccinated against polio in 99 districts of the country. According to media reports, more than 240,000 polio workers will participate in the polio campaign, and vaccination will also be administered door-to-door in Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, and

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Health Department of Jhelum Valley district conducted an HPV (Human Papillomavirus) awareness seminar in Tehsil Chikkar. The 12-day HPV vaccination campaign will continue from September 15 to 27. In the PHV vaccination campaign, girls aged 9 to 14 years will be vaccinated against this deadly disease. The event was presided over

PESHAWAR (Kashmir English): Two new polio cases have been reported from two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Tank and North Waziristan. According to the details, the number of polio cases in the province this year has reached 15. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Control at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, has confirmed two new

JHELUM VALLEY (Kashmir English): In a tragic incident, a 14-year-old girl died after allegedly getting a wrong injection in the Limnian area of ​​​​Jhelum Valley. According to the details, the owner of G-Star Medical Store, identified as Khizr Hayat Abbasi, illegally injected the wrong injection into the girl Laiba, daughter of Rehmat Din, due to

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