From the Newspaper | Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Though backed by UN agencies, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has miserably failed to persuade a good number of parents in the province...
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No electricity at Jalozai camp for a week
PESHAWAR, Dec 31: Thousands of internally displaced persons from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas have been spending nights at Jalozai camp, Nowshera district in darkness for one week due to...
UN chief condemns latest violence in Pakistan, calls for perpetrators to be brought to justice
31 December 2012 – Appalled by the “escalating terrorist violence” in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken out on the matter, calling for those responsible to be held...
56 measles deaths in Sindh
KARACHI, Dec 29: At least 56 measles patients, mostly children, have died while around 1,250 cases of the preventable disease have been reported from across Sindh so far, it emerged on Saturday. The...
High measles toll exposes dispute among stakeholders
From the Newspaper | Mohammad Hussain Khan HYDERABAD, Dec 31: A high number of officially confirmed deaths — 92 until Sunday — from measles raises a big question mark over the routine immunisation...
Bright Future Ahead for Young Girl in Pakistan with Prosthetic Limb
This fall, a team of staff - including International Program Coordinator, Joe Harrison - traveled to Pakistan to visit local health care partners. Much of the trip was an eye-opening experience for...
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Iran, Pakistan ink deal for relief aid distribution
Tehran, Dec 29, IRNA – Imam Khomeini Relief Committee signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sindh's Ministry for Relief and Natural Disasters on Saturday. Iran, Pakistan ink deal for relief...
Pakistani Police Women Examine Unique, Common Obstacles in USIP Visit
News Feature by Shannon Zimmerman and Emily Horin Seven women from Pakistan’s police forces explored the obstacles they have in common with their American counterparts and those that set them apart,...
250 LHWs refuse to take part in polio drive
Aamir Yasin RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: Terrified by the murders of nine vaccinators last week, more than 250 lady health workers (LHW) in the garrison city have dissociated themselves from the three-day...
Measles break out in Bannu; NWA, no vaccines available
Ihsan Dawar Measles have broken out in the whole of the southern districts due to non availability of anti measles vaccines in the whole region including Bannu, Miranshah, South Waziristan, Karak and...
Measles claim 5 more lives in interior Sindh, toll reaches 58
KANDHKOT: Measles claimed five more lives in interior Sindh including Kandhkot district, mounting the death toll to 58 in last 27days. Four children died in Kandhkot while measles claimed another...
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Japan dispatches emergency relief goods to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the wake of floods
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has dispatched emergency relief supplies to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan following the recent floods which have ravaged the country. Emergency...
MSF opens new clinic in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city
DECEMBER 27, 2012 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) together with Sina Health, Education and Welfare Trust (SINA) has opened a new clinic in Karachi’s Machar Colony to provide...
Temperatures plummet across Pakistan leaving communities exposed
ISLAMABAD [ACTED News] - Displaced populations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remain susceptible to the cold as the temperatures dropped to around 5 degrees Celsius overnight. With over 167,000 families still...
Struggling to provide for flood victims
ISLAMABAD, 27 December 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by September monsoon flooding in Pakistan have not yet moved back into their homes, according to aid groups. Three of...
Jalozai IDPs feel left out in rain, cold
From the Newspaper | Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The internally displaced persons (IDPs) taking shelter in Jalozai Camp for almost three years now feel they have been left out in the cold...
Pakistan Taliban spokesman outlines conditions for ceasefire
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:24 GMT By Katharine Houreld and Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD Dec 27 (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban have outlined conditions for a ceasefire, including the adoption of Islamic...
WFP Logistics - No Waters Too High In Pakistan
Responding to emergencies is what WFP does best - we are often the first agency on the ground during a crisis, in large part thanks to the skills and local knowledge of WFP's logisticians. And to get...
Blast in Karachi wounds 5
ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (KUNA) -- At least five persons were wounded in a bomb blast on Wednesday in Southern Karachi port city, said police. The incident took place in Sohrab Goth area. Deputy Inspector...
Vaccination of missed children this month
PESHAWAR, Dec 24: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has planned to administer anti-polio drops to the children, who recently missed out on the immunisation campaign in the province after the killing...