Iconic photo The Sindh Health Department took notice of the non-availability of essential and life-saving medicines. The Chief Drug Inspector Sindh has been directed to ensure the supply of essential and life-saving medicines. DG Health Sindh says that action should be taken on hoarding and black marketing of medicines. He said that action should be…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to improve access to COVID-19 technology, knowledge and clinical data, stressing the fight against the virus must continue.
“The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate change, who took up the new post last year. “In 2020 alone, 30.7 million people were displaced from their homes due to weather-related events. Droughts…
Providing children with a balanced diet is very important for their health, which is unfortunately neglected in our country. Due to unhealthy diet and dietary habits, the health and growth of the child is adversely affected, along with they cannot perform well in academic and co-curricular activities. According to experts, due to non-supply of balanced…
Dr Nazir Khawaja and his colleagues have discovered phosphorus on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Photo Collage: Jahangir Akhtar Ali Karachi: Pakistani scientists are part of an important team that has discovered an essential element for life in our solar system. Dr. Nozeer Khawaja, who is associated with the University of Freire, has played an important role…
In a statement on Friday, the experts said that emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence-based biometric surveillance systems, are increasingly being used “in sensitive contexts”, without individuals’ knowledge or consent ‘Urgent red lines’ must be drawn “Urgent and strict regulatory red lines are needed for technologies that claim to perform emotion or gender recognition,” said the experts,…
This is particularly vital during key life stages such as pregnancy and lactation, childhood, adolescence and older age, says the study, entitled Contribution of terrestrial animal source food to healthy diets for improved nutrition and health outcomes. Comprehensive analysis It’s the most comprehensive analysis yet of the benefits and risks of consuming animal source foods and is based on data and evidence…
Infertility, which affects men and women, is a reproductive condition defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. To compile the new in-depth estimates, WHO analysed all relevant studies on infertility from 1990 to 2021. The research shows that 17.5 per cent of the adult…
