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Pakistan starts heath cards for trans people to improve care
Pakistan began issuing special health ID cards for transgender people on Tuesday as way to lessen health care discrimination.
Dec 31, 2019
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Pakistan becomes first country to launch new typhoid vaccine
Pakistan has become the first country in the world to introduce a new typhoid vaccine, officials said Friday, as the country grapples with an ongoing outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of the potentially fatal disease.
Nov 15, 2019
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Toddler becomes the first case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Australia
The first case of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Australia has been reported by the authors of a letter published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, highlighting the need for people contemplating travel ...
Sep 16, 2019
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Pakistan demands Facebook remove polio vaccine misinformation
Pakistan urged Facebook to remove harmful polio-related content from the social networking site on Friday, saying it was jeopardising eradication initiatives and putting the lives of vaccinators at risk.
May 3, 2019
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Two new, highly drug-resistant forms of bacteria that cause life-threatening typhoid fever
Every year, about 11-20 million people get sick with typhoid and between 128 000 and 161 000 people die from it, according to the World Health Organization. It's a potentially fatal gastrointestinal infection caused by Salmonella ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Pakistan kicks off year's first polio campaign in 2019
A Pakistani health official says the country has kicked off its first nationwide polio vaccination campaign for the year in efforts to eradicate the crippling disease by the end of 2019.
Jan 21, 2019
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Pakistan launches another vaccination drive against polio
Pakistan has launched yet another vaccination drive against polio, trying to eradicate the crippling disease from the country.
Nov 12, 2018
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Baker Institute expert: Addressing child stunting in Pakistan is critical
Pakistan's new prime minister, Imran Khan, must be commended for his pledges to reduce child stunting and improve maternal health in the country, according to a global health and human development policy expert at Rice University's ...
Sep 11, 2018
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Pakistan's new vaccination drive, 'final push' against polio
A Pakistani health official says authorities have launched a week-long anti-polio campaign touted as a 'final push' against the crippling disease.
Aug 6, 2018
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Typhoid outbreak—genetic cause of extensive drug resistance found
The genetic cause behind a strain of typhoid's resistance to five classes of antibiotics has been uncovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators at Public Health England and Aga Khan University, ...
Feb 20, 2018
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