Ambassador of UAE to Pakistan H.E Hammad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Alzaabi, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Mahmoud Fikri at the inauguration of UAE-PAP Photo Exhibition at RC 64 in IslamabadIslamabad, 9 October 2017 – Attending the sixty-fourth session of WHO Regional...

In Lahore a child receives polio drops during the polio vaccination campaign. WHO/Anam Sairah Khan19 September 2017 – Pakistan, being one of the last 3 polio-endemic countries in the world, has launched the first national immunization days campaign of the 2017–2018 low transmission season during which more than 37 million children under the age...

29 August 2017 – WHO Pakistan has signed an agreement with UN WOMEN, UNFPA and UNODC today in Islamabad to implement a joint programme on essential services for women and girls subjected to violence and discrimination based on gender and social norms in Pakistan (2017–2019). The agreement was signed in the presence of Mr Niel Buhne, UN Resident...

22 August 2017 – The WHO country office in Pakistan with support provided by the WHO Regional Ofice and in collaboration with the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination is convening a hospital management training course from 21 to 26 August, 2017 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The participants are hospital mangers from 15...

New analysis shows an investment of US$ 4.70 per newborn could generate US$ 300 billion in economic gains by 2025 Islamabad/Pakistan, August 14, 2017 – Promotion of breastfeeding could save the lives of 820 000 children under the age of 5, globally, by achieving enhanced rates of breastfed children. This was revealed in a newly released joint...

National and provincial stakeholders meet to review national health information system in Pakistan  9 August 2017 - To better understand the state of health information system (HIS) in Pakistan, WHO, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination, the Provincial Departments of Health and international...

A child receives two drops of polio vaccine during the May vaccination campaigns in Lahore, Pakistan. WHO Pakistan/Anam Khan.31 July 2017 – With 5 national campaigns since October 2016, Pakistan is well positioned to face the challenges ahead. At the end of May 2017, more than 38 million children under the age of 5 were vaccinated against polio...

25 April 2017 – WHO, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, and the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (FELTP) of Pakistan conducted an intensive house-to-house investigation over the past few weeks to confirm an outbreak of chikungunya fever in Balochistan province in Pakistan where it has been...

A patient with leishmaniasis receives an injection25 April 2017– A training workshop on the diagnosis, treatment and management of leishmaniasis was held in Peshawar on 10 April 2017, organized by World Health Organization (WHO) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Health. Since January 2014,  22 112 cases of leishmaniasis have been reported in...

Participants at the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition workshop25 April 2017, Islamabad – A joint WHO/Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Mission visited Pakistan on 10–12 April 2017. The Mission was led by Ms Gerda Verburg SUN Movement Coordinator and Assistant United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, together with Dr Francesco Branca, WHO Director...