Tag: Diseases

#Pakistan News Turkish health officials working with WHO personnel to step up monitoring of waterborne diseases, seasonal influenza and COVID-19 among those displaced by the February 6 earthquake and powerful aftershocks. As the death toll from the February 6 disaster is expected to climb on Thursday, Turkish medical personnel ...

Last Updated: February 06, 2023, 16:35 ISTJitendra Singh emphasised on further strengthening people-to-people contacts and cultural cooperation amongst SCO countries. (Photo: Twitter/ @DrJitendraSingh)In the light of Covid-19 disrupting world order, the Minister also appealed to scientists to find affordable healthcare solutionsUnion Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr ...

The World Health Organization on November 28 decided to rename monkeypox as “mpox”, a change long overdue. This is not the first time that the World Health Organization or governments have had to change the name of the disease. Leprosy, one of the oldest diseases known to humankind, is ...

After a catastrophic monsoon season, families who have already lost everything face a host of unseen dangers. UNICEF is providing lifesaving supplies and assistance.Rising floodwaters forced Nazira and her children out of their home in Balochistan Province, Pakistan. © UNICEF/UN0712731/d'Aki By Catherine Weibel JAFARABAD, Pakistan – From a distance, ...

GENEVA —  A senior U.N. official warns flood-ravaged Pakistan is entering a second wave of death and destruction from outbreaks of diseases, including malaria, dengue, diarrhea, scabies and other skin diseases. Julien Harneis, U.N. Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan, said the first wave of this climate-induced disaster ...

Published: Updated On - 10:11 AM, Tue - 27 September 22 Despite the efforts of the government and local and foreign relief organisations, many people are in urgent need of food and medicine in flood-hit regions despite the efforts of the government and humanitarian organisations, according to the Express ...

#Pakistan News The World Health Organization (WHO) warned last week that Pakistan is facing a “second disaster” due to outbreaks as the country strives to recover from the deadly floods of the summer. The weak health care system of the country, combined with the use of unsafe water resources ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country’s worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that have killed over 300 people among the flood victims, officials said Friday.Some of the doctors who refused to work in Sindh province have been fired ...

KARACHI: The death toll from malaria and other diseases tearing through Pakistan's flood-ravaged regions reached 324, authorities said on Wednesday, and actress Angelina Jolie said she feared many people she had met during visits to flood-hit areas this week would "not make it" if more aid did not arrive. ...

Displaced by some of the worst flooding in years, hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis now face the threat of disease. Infections are on the rise due to unsanitary conditions, and health facilities damaged by historic rains are struggling to cope. VOA's Sarah Zaman has more. Source link