Medications
Contaminated drug causes vision loss for dozens of Pakistan diabetics
Dozens of diabetes patients in Pakistan suffered vision loss after being given a contaminated drug, a provincial health official said Tuesday.
Sep 26, 2023
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Health
Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in Pakistan
Pakistan has considerable control over infectious diseases but now struggles against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer as causes of early deaths, according to a new study published Thursday.
Jan 20, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid spike in cases
Pakistani authorities launched a new nationwide anti-polio drive on Monday amid a spike in new cases among children, health officials said. It is the sixth such campaign this year and will last for five days, aiming to inoculate ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Waterborne diseases spread among flood victims in Pakistan
Pakistani health officials on Thursday reported an outbreak of waterborne diseases in areas hit by recent record-breaking flooding, as authorities stepped up efforts to ensure the provision of clean drinking water to hundreds ...
Sep 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pakistan reports first polio case in 15 months
Pakistan's prime minister said Saturday he will chair an emergency meeting of a national task force for polio eradication after authorities detected the country's first case of the debilitating neurodegenerative disease in ...
Apr 23, 2022
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Vaccination
Pakistan launches anti-polio drive as COVID-19 cases rise
Pakistani authorities on Monday launched this year's first nationwide anti-polio campaign even as coronavirus infections surge.
Jan 24, 2022
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Vaccination
CIA's misleading inoculation drive led to vaccine decline in Pakistan
A new paper in the Journal of the European Economic Association, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that distrust generated by a 2011 CIA-led vaccination campaign ruse designed to catch Osama Bin Laden resulted ...
May 11, 2021
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Vaccination
China to donate 500,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan
China will donate 500,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan, the country's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday.
Jan 21, 2021
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Vaccination
Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid tight security
Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan on Monday launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children's disease this year.
Jan 11, 2021
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Vaccination
Pakistanis join final trials for China-made vaccine
Thousands of volunteers are flocking to research hospitals across Pakistan to join final-stage clinical trials of a Chinese-made vaccine for the coronavirus.
Nov 26, 2020
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