Posts tagged as: World Health Organization

WHO selects ten vaccines against Ebola

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected a list of eight experimental treatments and develop two vaccines against Ebola. Therapies not be available until late 2014, has warned the organization in a working paper published Thursday citing Agence France Presse. 200 experts are meeting in Geneva in order to plan measures to combat the virus. […]

WHO authorizes use of experimental drugs for Ebola

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The Ethics Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) approved on Tuesday the use of experimental treatments on the victims of the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, although its effectiveness has not been proven. The recommendation has a clear cause: “The measures used in prevention of other outbreaks of infection, control and monitoring of […]

Asthma in Children- Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

 Introduction: Asthma is a disorder caused by inflammation in the airways (called bronchi) that lead to the lungs. This inflammation causes airways to tighten and narrow, which blocks air from flowing freely into the lungs, making it hard to breathe. Symptoms include wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and cough, particularly at night or after exercise/activity. The […]

Firing at polio vaccination team kills policeman in Mardan

Gunmen in Mardan district Tuesday shot dead a policeman, who was providing security to a polio vaccination team, police said.   A polio team, guarded by police, was busy to administrate drops to children in the outskirts of Mardan when unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire at them, killing a police man at the scene. […]

Attacks on polio teams: World Health Organization stops field work in Pakistan

As a continuity of the orchestrated attack on polio campaigning teams, the World Health Organization (WHO) has directed its field staff to stop work in Pakistan.   At least two people were killed and two others were injured when three teams involved in the nationwide polio vaccination drive were attacked in Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda, in […]

Unknown militants kill five anti-polio campaigners including four women in Karachi

In another setback to the country’s polio eradication efforts, at least five anti-polio campaigners, four of them women, were gunned down in Karachi in an hour in two separate incidents on Tuesday.   Reports said two women campaigners were on their duty in Gulshan-e-Buner area of Landhi when they were shot at and killed. Only […]

Consistent economic policies will be ensured: President Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that consistent economic policies will be ensured in the country.   While addressing 36th Export Award Ceremony in Karachi on Tuesday night, he said that the PPP led government made constitutional reforms and is continuing war against terrorism throughout the country.   He said we will make Pakistan more […]

Gunman open fires on Ghanaian doctor in Karachi

Gunmen open fires on Ghanaian doctor in Karachi Gunmen opened fire on a U.N. vehicle in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, seriously wounding a Ghanaian doctor who was part of a campaign to eradicate polio from Pakistan. The attack was a further blow to the three-day polio vaccination drive, which had already been stymied […]

Prevailing dengue fears

The fear of the dengue virus is beginning to influence life as the most ferocious chills of winter have given way to spring in Punjab. According to the media reports people started arriving at hospital and clinics, fearing dengue in major cities, particularly in Lahore. Only handful patients are reportedly tested positive hitherto for the […]

Veena Malik denies dating Ashmit Patel

Famous Pakistani actress, Veena Malik has denied reports that she was dating with Bollywood film actor, Asmit Patel. Both of them were seen visiting the Ajmer Sharif Dargah which created a question about the status of their relationship and religion. On the other hand, Veena and Ashmit have also been constantly refusing news about their […]

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