By Our Correspondent KARACHI: In the light of a survey of schools conducted in four provinces of the country, various NGOs in collaboration with the Sindh health and education departments ran a campaign aimed at deworming half a million children at the government schools
By Yusra Irfan KARACHI: A study carried out in the general population attending outpatient department (OPD) of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi, revealed that myopia is rapidly increasing in the country, like other parts of the world, but majority are least concerned about their
KARACHI: The Sindh Health Department has finally notified the constitution of the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) after a long wait, obviously to streamline blood transfusion-related activities across the province, it emerged last week. According to sources in the health department, the Sindh health minister
By Mukhtar Alam KARACHI: The provincial food safety watchdog seems to be toothless to clamp a tight check on the preparation and sale of adulterated food and hazardous drinks owing to inadequate manpower and poor financial resourcing from the government, as the markets remain