28 January 2018 – Set up in 1904 by the British Leprosy Mission, the Rawalpindi Leprosy Hospital is the oldest facility dedicated to the treatment of leprosy in Pakistan. Located in what is now a crowded part of the city, at the time of establishment, the hospital was a deserted place in the outskirts of the city. Lepers from all over British...

24 January 2018 – Year 2017 was historic for Pakistan’s polio eradication programme as the country registered an overall 97% drop in wild poliovirus cases from the dire situation of 2014 – cases consistently dropped from highs of 306 to 54 in 2015–2020 in 2016 and only 8 in 2017. Despite many challenges faced by the programme in 2017, fewer...

The Pakistan Transgender Empowerment Association aims to raise a voice for transgender community rights and issues at national level24 November 2017 – As part of a series of events organized to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 2017, the Wajood, a community-based transgender community organization in Pakistan launched the Pakistan Transgender...

The awareness-raising seminar called on all parties to commit to making HIV testing and treatment available and accessible to all through combating stigma and discrimination in health care facilitiesThe Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences organized an awareness-raising seminar on 1 December as part of a week-long series of events to mark...

16 November 2017 – A national meeting on developing consensus-based action priorities based on the results of the WHO Emergency Care System Assessment was convened in Islamabad on 14 and 15 November 2017 by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Pakistan, in collaboration with the WHO Country Office and with...

A girl posing with her finger marking in Samanabad Town, Lahore. WHO/A.S.Khan 2 November 2017 – Pakistan has launched the first sub-national immunization days (SNIDs) campaign of the current low transmission season on 30 October 2017, targeting more than 21 million children under the age of 5. The campaign has taken place in a total of 95...

26 October 2017 – More than 95 000 cases of suspected dengue fever have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan since the start of the outbreak On 19 July 2017, including more than 20 000 laboratory-confirmed cases and 61 deaths. The district of Peshawar has reported the highest number of cases, with a total of 88 000 suspected...

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for National Health Services Regulation and Coordination Ms Saira Afzal Tarar signs the book of condolences for the late Dr Mahmoud FikriFederal Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Ms Saira Afzal Tarar, diplomats and heads of international organizations paid tribute to the late Dr...

Islamabad, 10 October 2017 – A special session to review progress of the polio eradication programme in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region was held at the Sixty-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean taking place from 9 to 12 October 2017 in Islamabad. Addressing the Regional Committee on Tuesday 11 October, Chris...

World Mental Health Day celebrations at WHO Punjab office. WHO/A.S.Khan On World Mental Health Day observed every year on 10 October, World Health Organization (WHO) Pakistan marked the day with the support of psychosocial volunteers from United Nations Critical Incident Stress Management Unit (CISMU). The aim of the event organized by WHO...