Pakistan’s Climate Activists are Building Local Resilience After Flood 17/11/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Shujaat Ali Khan’s community in the Swat valley of Pakistan was devastated by recent flash floods, leaving thousands displaced and destroying infrastructure and crops. “Land in the area was completely destroyed and the community needed urgent support,” said Khan, who wanted to help his community. He found that climate activists from the […] Continue reading -> Climate Crisis and Poor Government Planning Are Blamed for Pakistan Floods 31/08/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry MAHANDRI, Pakistan – The village of Mahandri was once a scenic stopover for tourists visiting the valley of Kaghan in Pakistan’s northernmost province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but recent flash floods have destroyed most of its infrastructure. The monsoon floods have killed about 14 people, washed away five restaurants, all 30 shops in the local market […] Continue reading -> Another Reported Wild Polio Case in Mozambique Highlights Fragility of Eradication Gains 30/05/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput World Health Organization (WHO) member states endorsed a new polio eradication strategy 2022-2026 last week that aims to permanently interrupt all poliovirus transmission – both of the wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases. Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the discovery of a second wild poliovirus case in Africa, confirmed on 18 […] Continue reading -> Polio Resurgence in Pakistan After 15-Month Hiatus Is Big Setback to Eradication Aim 21/05/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry [ISLAMABAD] Despite gains made to end polio during COVID-19, Pakistan has recently reported a resurgence of the virus after a gap of fifteen months. The sobering news comes just ahead of the start of the World Health Assembly in Geneva -which will review progress on polio eradication – including a recent polio wildvirus outbreak in […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> COVID in Pakistan: My Whole Family Got Infected and my Parents are Still Struggling 09/08/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput #COVIDReporting: For the past 18 months, Health Policy Watch’s team of global reporters has covered the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus has also wreaked havoc with their personal lives. Over the next few weeks, we will bring you their stories. ISLAMABAD – One evening in mid-March, I was at my office filing a report on […] Continue reading -> Pakistani Migrant Workers Fear Job Losses as Saudi Arabia and UAE Don’t Recognise Chinese Vaccines 28/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Pakistani migrant labourers fear that they might lose their jobs after the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned entry for Pakistanis vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China. Meanwhile, Europe’s digital ‘Green Pass’ is not available to those vaccinated by the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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Climate Crisis and Poor Government Planning Are Blamed for Pakistan Floods 31/08/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry MAHANDRI, Pakistan – The village of Mahandri was once a scenic stopover for tourists visiting the valley of Kaghan in Pakistan’s northernmost province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but recent flash floods have destroyed most of its infrastructure. The monsoon floods have killed about 14 people, washed away five restaurants, all 30 shops in the local market […] Continue reading -> Another Reported Wild Polio Case in Mozambique Highlights Fragility of Eradication Gains 30/05/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput World Health Organization (WHO) member states endorsed a new polio eradication strategy 2022-2026 last week that aims to permanently interrupt all poliovirus transmission – both of the wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases. Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the discovery of a second wild poliovirus case in Africa, confirmed on 18 […] Continue reading -> Polio Resurgence in Pakistan After 15-Month Hiatus Is Big Setback to Eradication Aim 21/05/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry [ISLAMABAD] Despite gains made to end polio during COVID-19, Pakistan has recently reported a resurgence of the virus after a gap of fifteen months. The sobering news comes just ahead of the start of the World Health Assembly in Geneva -which will review progress on polio eradication – including a recent polio wildvirus outbreak in […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> COVID in Pakistan: My Whole Family Got Infected and my Parents are Still Struggling 09/08/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput #COVIDReporting: For the past 18 months, Health Policy Watch’s team of global reporters has covered the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus has also wreaked havoc with their personal lives. Over the next few weeks, we will bring you their stories. ISLAMABAD – One evening in mid-March, I was at my office filing a report on […] Continue reading -> Pakistani Migrant Workers Fear Job Losses as Saudi Arabia and UAE Don’t Recognise Chinese Vaccines 28/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Pakistani migrant labourers fear that they might lose their jobs after the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned entry for Pakistanis vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China. Meanwhile, Europe’s digital ‘Green Pass’ is not available to those vaccinated by the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. 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Another Reported Wild Polio Case in Mozambique Highlights Fragility of Eradication Gains 30/05/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput World Health Organization (WHO) member states endorsed a new polio eradication strategy 2022-2026 last week that aims to permanently interrupt all poliovirus transmission – both of the wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases. Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the discovery of a second wild poliovirus case in Africa, confirmed on 18 […] Continue reading -> Polio Resurgence in Pakistan After 15-Month Hiatus Is Big Setback to Eradication Aim 21/05/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry [ISLAMABAD] Despite gains made to end polio during COVID-19, Pakistan has recently reported a resurgence of the virus after a gap of fifteen months. The sobering news comes just ahead of the start of the World Health Assembly in Geneva -which will review progress on polio eradication – including a recent polio wildvirus outbreak in […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> COVID in Pakistan: My Whole Family Got Infected and my Parents are Still Struggling 09/08/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput #COVIDReporting: For the past 18 months, Health Policy Watch’s team of global reporters has covered the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus has also wreaked havoc with their personal lives. Over the next few weeks, we will bring you their stories. ISLAMABAD – One evening in mid-March, I was at my office filing a report on […] Continue reading -> Pakistani Migrant Workers Fear Job Losses as Saudi Arabia and UAE Don’t Recognise Chinese Vaccines 28/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Pakistani migrant labourers fear that they might lose their jobs after the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned entry for Pakistanis vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China. Meanwhile, Europe’s digital ‘Green Pass’ is not available to those vaccinated by the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Polio Resurgence in Pakistan After 15-Month Hiatus Is Big Setback to Eradication Aim 21/05/2022 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry [ISLAMABAD] Despite gains made to end polio during COVID-19, Pakistan has recently reported a resurgence of the virus after a gap of fifteen months. The sobering news comes just ahead of the start of the World Health Assembly in Geneva -which will review progress on polio eradication – including a recent polio wildvirus outbreak in […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> COVID in Pakistan: My Whole Family Got Infected and my Parents are Still Struggling 09/08/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput #COVIDReporting: For the past 18 months, Health Policy Watch’s team of global reporters has covered the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus has also wreaked havoc with their personal lives. Over the next few weeks, we will bring you their stories. ISLAMABAD – One evening in mid-March, I was at my office filing a report on […] Continue reading -> Pakistani Migrant Workers Fear Job Losses as Saudi Arabia and UAE Don’t Recognise Chinese Vaccines 28/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Pakistani migrant labourers fear that they might lose their jobs after the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned entry for Pakistanis vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China. Meanwhile, Europe’s digital ‘Green Pass’ is not available to those vaccinated by the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> COVID in Pakistan: My Whole Family Got Infected and my Parents are Still Struggling 09/08/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput #COVIDReporting: For the past 18 months, Health Policy Watch’s team of global reporters has covered the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus has also wreaked havoc with their personal lives. Over the next few weeks, we will bring you their stories. ISLAMABAD – One evening in mid-March, I was at my office filing a report on […] Continue reading -> Pakistani Migrant Workers Fear Job Losses as Saudi Arabia and UAE Don’t Recognise Chinese Vaccines 28/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Pakistani migrant labourers fear that they might lose their jobs after the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned entry for Pakistanis vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China. Meanwhile, Europe’s digital ‘Green Pass’ is not available to those vaccinated by the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
COVID in Pakistan: My Whole Family Got Infected and my Parents are Still Struggling 09/08/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput #COVIDReporting: For the past 18 months, Health Policy Watch’s team of global reporters has covered the COVID-19 pandemic. But the virus has also wreaked havoc with their personal lives. Over the next few weeks, we will bring you their stories. ISLAMABAD – One evening in mid-March, I was at my office filing a report on […] Continue reading -> Pakistani Migrant Workers Fear Job Losses as Saudi Arabia and UAE Don’t Recognise Chinese Vaccines 28/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Pakistani migrant labourers fear that they might lose their jobs after the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned entry for Pakistanis vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China. Meanwhile, Europe’s digital ‘Green Pass’ is not available to those vaccinated by the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Pakistani Migrant Workers Fear Job Losses as Saudi Arabia and UAE Don’t Recognise Chinese Vaccines 28/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Pakistani migrant labourers fear that they might lose their jobs after the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) banned entry for Pakistanis vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines produced in China. Meanwhile, Europe’s digital ‘Green Pass’ is not available to those vaccinated by the AstraZeneca vaccine made by the […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Pakistan Introduces Single-Use Syringes as it Battles Fast-Rising HIV/AIDS Infections 16/06/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Muhammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Faced with one of the sharpest increases in HIV/AIDS rates in Asia, Pakistan will ban the manufacture and import of conventional syringes from next month, government officials have told Health Policy Watch. The move is in an effort to stem a three-year increase in HIV cases – 39% of which are estimated to […] Continue reading -> Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Despite COVID-19, Pakistan and Afghanistan Make Good Progress in Eradicating Polio 31/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Despite the 18-month COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan and Afghanistan have observed a sharp decline in polio cases which the health authorities attribute to their effective back-to-back anti-polio drives. Officials leading the polio eradication programme believe that the decline occurred due to uninterrupted polio vaccination campaigns, improved security and the polio field teams’ accessibility to […] Continue reading -> Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Pakistan Drags its Feet on Tobacco Control, Activists Fear Industry Interference 18/05/2021 Rahul Basharat Rajput & Mohammed Nadeem Chaudhry ISLAMABAD – Pakistan health authorities are struggling to fully implement a World Health Organization (WHO) treaty to help reduce tobacco-related diseases in the country – some 17 years after they ratified it. Furthermore, the country’s health ministry recently announced the termination of the services of a number of staff members in its Tobacco Control Cell […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts