ISLAMABAD: The government has decided not to abolish the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, ARY News reported citing sources. According to sources, some departments under the ministry will be merged instead and the ministry will be right-sized. Sources revealed that the ministry will coordinate with international organizations and provinces to improve healthcare […]
A total of 1,940 attacks on healthcare services in Ukraine have been registered since the start of Russia’s offensive in February 2022, the European branch of the World Health Organization said Monday. The WHO said the attacks on a range of facilities, equipment and staff have intensified and the number of victims had risen since […]
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari offered the services of Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuhu to the Punjab government to carry out ‘record’ works in the health department. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of a 120-bed Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and […]
ISLAMABAD: A case of mpox in Pakistan announced last week was not the new strain spreading through Africa, health officials confirmed on Monday. The mpox diagnosis in a 34-year-old man recently returned from a Gulf country was declared by health officials on Friday, while testing over the exact strain was carried out. “The virus has […]
KARACHI: The Sindh health department has initiated screening of passengers at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, and released an advisory for healthcare institutions in the province. Sindh health department DG, accompanied by airport officials and director-health services, visited the airport to evaluate the screening protocols implemented for mpox. The officials were briefed on the screening […]
At least six people were killed and three wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in Nabatieh city in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said early on Saturday. The Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot used by Hezbollah militants. Tensions have soared in the region in recent weeks, after […]
Health authorities issued a warning on Friday that Europe must prepare for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox, which has caused hundreds of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on pharmaceutical companies to increase vaccine production, and China announced it would screen travellers following the […]
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Friday raised its risk level for mpox, a day after global health officials confirmed the first infection with a new strain of the virus outside Africa, in Sweden. The EU public health body’s head said there will be more imported cases of the new mpox strain in Europe in […]
Days after raising concerns among fans regarding her health, singer Aima Baig clarified that she did not suffer a heart attack. Watch ARY News live on live.arynews.tv Taking to her Instagram handle with a long post, Aima Baig clarified on Friday morning, that she did not suffer a heart attack, rather it was extreme exhaustion and […]
Listen to article The public has been urged to observe heightened vigilance and preventive measures to combat the emerging health risks from the spread of diseases such as Zika, dengue, and mpox. Zika, dengue, and mpox. The critical warning to the public about the escalating threat of vector-borne illneses was issued by infectious disease specialist Dr Syed Faisal Mahmood. Dr […]