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Heartfile, WHO and Ministry of Health host event calling for elimination of trans-fatty acids from Pakistan diet

July 11, 2019 by admin

  Islamabad, 11th July, 2019: Heartfile, WHO Pakistan and the Nutrition Wing of the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (MoNHSRC) co-hosted a dissemination event in Serena Hotel in Islamabad on 11th July 2019, to present findings from research on trans-fatty acids (TFAs) in Pakistan to key government and non-government stakeholders with a […]

Universal Health Coverage: a dream to be achieved

December 12, 2015 by admin

Human beings are concerned about their health and want to remain healthy. This desire to remain healthy is more pronounced when any disease or sickness afflicts someone. In today’s world health care is complex, costly and inaccessible. Accordingly, there is a requirement that healthcare should be affordable, accessible and of good quality. Health is a […]

Universal Health Care Day

December 12, 2015 by Mariam Mehdi

  Pakistan is a signatory to the UN Resolution on Universal Healthcare of 2012. Providing universal healthcare (UHC) is a target in the Sustainable Development Goals adopted at the UN General Assembly in September 2015. Healthcare access to all citizens is constitutionally enshrined, yet many are deprived of the basic right to basic health care services. […]

A Glimpse from Dr. Mohammad AbdurRab’s Public Health Legacy

October 12, 2015 by Khalif Bile

The sad demise of one of Pakistan’s leading epidemiologists and international civil servants, Dr. AbdurRab in the morning of August 8, 2015 in Toronto, Canada was a highly tragic event. Such moments raise memories and heighten emotions. Social media, colleagues, friends and family members remembered his exceptional character and rich public health service. To reiterate […]

Cardiovascular drug quality in Pakistan

March 5, 2015 by Muhammad Zaman

When it comes to availability of quality medicines, we seem to have an end-to-end problem, from the very beginning of the supply chain all the way to the end. We have a whole menu of raging fires that need to be fought every day, with little respite for the affected public. We do not need […]

CGI Commitment saves lives in Peshawar, Pakistan

February 18, 2015 by Heartfile

Two 40-foot ocean freight containers of medical supplies were brought to Lady Reading Hospital just days before the horrifying shooting at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, in December that left at least 145 people dead (most of them children). The hospital would soon become the site where most of the people injured were rushed to […]

Tabinda – Marital rape and gunshot victim

December 12, 2014 by Mariam Mehdi

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Tabinda’s story is a shocking tale of abuse, survival and a woman’s unwavering will to live.  She survived a gruesome attack.  She was 28 years old, married off at 18 to a first cousin.  He had been abusive throughout.  She bore four kids despite constant abuse and stayed for ten long years.  She thought that […]

Summit on the Global Agenda 2014

November 25, 2014 by Sania Nishtar

For the last seven years, every November, around 800 thought leaders from around the world convene in the United Arab Emirates for the World Economic Forum’s Summit on the Global Agenda. Knitted as a global knowledge network of around 80 Global Agenda Councils on a wide range of subjects, the event is widely recognized as […]

Sania Nishtar’s Comments on the Round table on post 2015 at the International Conference on Nutrition, Rome, Italy November 19, 2014

November 25, 2014 by Sania Nishtar

Non-communicable disease is a collective name for four major diseases, CVD, diabetes, some cancers and chronic lung conditions These 4 diseases, are linked by 4 lifestyle and four biological risks. Diet is one of them This afternoon, I would like to make 4 points about the relevance of NCDs to the global development agenda First, […]

World Diabetes Day 2014

November 18, 2014 by Dr. Faryal Baddia

World Diabetes Day is commemorated globally every year on the 14th of November, the date Frederick Banting (The doctor who discovered Insulin in 1921) was born. The day was celebrated this year by various public and private organizations and institutions in Pakistan. According to WHO, globally there are 347 million people living with diabetes. World […]

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