By: Omed Hajjana Poliovirus Strikes Peshawar as two environmental samples collected from Peshawar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan have tested positive for wild poliovirus. The Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health confirmed that wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was found in sewage samples obtained from Naray Khuwar and Larama collection…
By: Omed Hajjana Pakistan has faced a massive rise in HIV/AIDS cases despite receiving millions of dollars in global aid. The government has registered a total 566 cases in PIMS during the last ten months, a parliamentary panel was informed on Tuesday. The Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Tuesday…
The United States (US) and Pakistan have launched an online platform to modernize pharmaceutical imports and exports. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) launched an innovative online platform, in partnership with the U.S. government. The online platform will help to digitize pharmaceutical imports and exports in a bid to increase efficiency, transparency,…
News Report Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday announced Rs. 1 million free medical covers to all citizens by end of March 2022 (except Sindh) under Qaumi Sehat Card. It will help Private Medical Hospitals to increase services in Rural areas. Insurance companies have paid claims of Rs 46 billion for the treatment of 2…
Ibn-e-Ameer The government has planned to subsidize the Covid-19 testing fees for Pakistani workers and their families traveling abroad through the Bureau of Emigration. The Cabinet has directed the National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination Division to work out mechanism and funding requirements. It directed to submit a summary for the Economic coordination committee (ECC)…
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Concerned about red-list countries’ retention Pakistan has appealed a ruling to the UK. With the UK health minister, PM special assistant Dr. Faisal Sultan questioned the decision to keep Pakistan on the “Red List” countries while promoting others to the “Amber List.” He encouraged the UK to reconsider the red list decision. He stated that…
Aftab Ahmed Islamabad: The Government has approved the maximum retail prices of 49 new medicines, enabling the pharmaceutical companies to sell in the open market. Prime Minister Imran Khan had chaired a meeting of cabinet to consider the case of approving prices of new medicines. Sources told Newztodays.com that the Ministry of Health had proposed…