Articles by Faiza Ilyas
• National immunisation week begins amidst challenges• Experts call for local vaccine manufacturing to cut reliance on imported drugs
KARACHI: Seventy-one children, including 40 in Sindh, have alr...
KARACHI: The province of Sindh on Wednesday saw its first death from Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) this year.
Sources said the 17-year-old victim was a worker at a cattle farm in Tando Adam.
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• 159 patients admitted to three city hospitals this year• Majority of them contracted the incurable virus due to ‘unsafe healthcare practices’• Alarm raised over lack of basic infection con...
KARACHI: As another death from rabies was confirmed on Wednesday, experts once again emphasised the need for immediately addressing the critical gaps in managing dog bite cases.
The latest victim, ...
KARACHI: Two more patients have tested positive for mpox — one in Karachi and the other in Khairpur — on Tuesday, raising the provincial tally to 25 with, nine deaths this year.
Sources told Dawn ...
• Most cases linked to Korangi and Malir; study stresses immediate wound care and timely post-exposure treatment to prevent deaths• Findings point to substantial virus burden in stray dogs; expert...
• First one was reported last month• A resident of East district dies from dengue, says health dept
KARACHI: As authorities struggle to contain the mpox outbreak in Khairpur, a public health crisi...
KARACHI: The public health crisis triggered by unchecked increase in stray dog population once again came into the spotlight when two female polio workers and a policeman escorting the field staff wer...
KARACHI: While rejecting fears concerning the possible spread of Nipah virus in Pakistan, experts at a roundtable conference held on Wednesday underscored the need for building healthcare readiness an...
• Becomes available free of charge for nine-year-old girls at EPI centres• Other provinces expected to follow suit
KARACHI: In an effort to protect young girls from cervical cancer, the Sindh Heal...
