At the beginning of each year, UNICEF looks ahead to the risks that children are likely to face, and suggests ways to reduce the potential harm. The latest report, Prospects for Children 2024: Cooperation in a Fragmented World, paints a picture of a short-term future characterized by continued conflict and economic uncertainty. Here is a breakdown…
The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average of 1.45°C set against the pre-industrial era (1850-1900). Every month between June and December set new records. July and August were the two hottest months ever recorded, WMO said. The 1.5°C…
This year’s first anti-polio campaign in Sindh has started today. The 7-day anti-polio campaign will continue till January 14 in 30 districts of Sindh. In recent reports, 11 environmental samples of polio in Sindh were positive. Last year, 2 cases of polio were reported from Eastern district of Karachi. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;…
In 2022, 64 deaths were recorded in 23 thousand 274 cases of dengue. 5 lakh 59 thousand 515 cases of malaria, 2 thousand 852 cases of dengue, 12 cases of Naegleria and 5 cases of Congo virus have been reported in Sindh this year. The statistics of deaths due to various diseases have been released…
The project ‘Bolte Haruf’, which was started two years ago for the education of the blind in Pakistan, has been progressing steadily and has exposed special people to education at the national level with braille books prepared using modern technology. Offering services in many countries where it is getting great acceptance. This project was started…
—File photo More than 93 thousand cases of pneumonia have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year. The Health Department says that 9,000 children in Peshawar and 14,900 in Mardan have been infected with pneumonia. 7,000 cases of pneumonia have been reported in Swabi, 11,000 in Haripur and 8,500 in Swat. The provincial health department…
Bristol: A new one Reports It has been reported that hundreds of children die every year due to sepsis. Sepsis is a condition in which the human body becomes overactive while fighting an infection, causing dangerously low blood pressure and organ failure. According to the National Child Mortality Database, around one in six children in…
—File photo After 52 cases of dengue were reported in the last 24 hours in Punjab, the number of dengue cases in 36 districts this year has increased to 14 thousand 815. Secretary Health Punjab Ali Jan Khan says that 6 thousand 814 cases of dengue have been reported in Lahore this year. Ali Jan…
The report from the UN’s environmental wing, UNEP, also revealed that despite decades of calls for ending finance flows towards sectors that harm some of humanity’s most valuable assets, those investments currently account for a whopping 7 percent of global GDP. Saturday’s report launch comes as negotiations on the conference’s outcome text are shifting into…
—File photo 342 new cases of AIDS have been reported in Balochistan province during one year. According to Balochistan AIDS Control Program Manager Dr. Khalid-ur-Rehman Qambrani, the number of registered AIDS cases in Balochistan has reached 2358. Dr. Khalid Qambrani says that 937 cases of AIDS have been reported from Quetta, 339 cases from Turbat…
