MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) Health Department has imposed an emergency across the state, cancelling the staff’s leaves. On the special instructions of Health Minister Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi and Health Secretary Brigadier Aamir Raza Tipu, the DG Public Health has ordered all medical centers to remain alert. Director General of […]
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is going to launch a comprehensive plan to overhaul the public health sector with an aim to strengthening healthcare delivery at the district level. The Director General of Public Health, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Dr. Sardar Aftab Hussain, presided over a high-level
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Minister for Public Health and Population Welfare Bazil Ali Naqvi said that the facility of Sehat Card has been restored for the people of Azad Kashmir under the Prime Minister’s National Health Program. For this purpose, the Government of Pakistan has signed an agreement with the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan,
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has issued show-cause notices to 12 medical and dental institutions for charging annual fees above the approved cap of Rs. 1.8 million, PMDC President Dr. Rizwan Taj said during a media briefing. The council’s fee regulations will be enforced at colleges, which the council officials will
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has reported its second death linked to mpox, indicating local mpox transmission within Pakistan. The 53-year-old man from Faisalabad, who was also suffering from HIV HIV cases rapidly surge across Pakistanand hepatitis B and C, died during the course of treatment at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), according
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PARIS (Kashmir English): Nearly four out of every 10 cancer cases could be prevented if people avoided a range of risk factors, including drinking, smoking, air pollution and certain infections, the World Health Organisation has said. New research published on the eve of World Cancer Day estimated that 38% of all new cancer cases
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The government has said that it is moving closer to manufacturing vaccines domestically. According to spokesperson of the Ministry of National Health Services of Pakistan, a high-level delegation from Saudi Arabia arrives in the country to explore cooperation in health and pharmaceutical manufacturing. An 11-member high-level delegation from the Kingdom of
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NEELUM (Kashmir English): A Four-day anti-polio campaign will commence in Tehsil Athmuqam of Azad Kashmir on February 2. A meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Neelum Chaudhry Iqbal Hassan reviewed preparations and strategy for the anti-polio campaign in Tehsil Athmuqam. Anti-polio campaign to continue until Feb 5 Deputy Commissioner Neelum said that the anti-polio campaign
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Nipah virus outbreak in India has terrified the world, prompting authorities, including Pakistan, to take major steps to control the virus before it gets out of hand. To control the Nipah Virus in Pakistan government has set up major scanning tests at airports. What is the Nipah Virus in Pakistan? Nipah is
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): As Nipah virus cases were reported in India, authorities in Pakistan have ordered to enforce enhanced screening at all entry points in the country with immediate effect to avoid its spread. Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and several other Southeast Asian countries have already set up strict health surveillance at airports to prevent the
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