The 2025 funding crisis has thrown the AIDS response into turmoil with massive disruptions to HIV prevention and community led services, particularly for the most vulnerable. However, the new report by UNAIDS shows evidence that resilience, investment and innovation combined with global solidarity still offer a path to end AIDS. The global response to HIV has suffered its most significant…

Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that Pakistan will begin developing its own vaccines with the support of China, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, as international donor assistance for vaccines is expected to end by 2030.Addressing the Inauguration Ceremony of Indus University’s North Karachi Campus, Syed Mustafa Kamal said that India had stopped the supply of vaccines to…

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, on Thursday inaugurated the Indus University Hospital, a landmark healthcare project that, upon completion over the next three years, will become Pakistan’s largest free-of-cost hospital with a projected capacity of 1,350 beds. The Rs72 billion project aims to provide comprehensive medical services to millions of patients annually without charge.The opening ceremony was…

Vice Chancellor of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Professor Nazli Hussain, has said that in the modern era of artificial intelligence, increased competition is a natural phenomenon; however, adaptability, continuous hard work, and a passion for lifelong learning are the qualities that lead individuals toward new and better opportunities. She emphasized that during this journey, respect for human life…

The Federal Directorate of Immunization (FDI), in partnership with UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has handed over 118 mobile vans to Provincial and Area Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) offices. These mobile units will deliver essential health and immunization services directly to underserved and hard-to-reach communities across Pakistan. The launch ceremony was attended by Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa…

Pakistan has marked a proud moment in its medical and academic history with the international publication of the Textbook of Clinical Phlebotomy, the first of its kind authored from Pakistan. The book represents a landmark step toward strengthening the country’s capacity in laboratory sciences and allied health education. The Textbook of Clinical Phlebotomy, authored by Dr. Usman Waheed (Assoc Prof, Islamabad Medical &…

In the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age globally who are exclusively breastfed has increased by more than 10%. This means 48% of infants worldwide now benefit from this healthy start in life. It translates to hundreds of thousands of babies whose lives have been saved by breastfeeding. While this significant leap brings us…

First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, and parliamentarians from across the political spectrum on Monday signed a landmark joint declaration on gender, breastfeeding, and nutrition in Pakistan, pledging coordinated action to protect child health, empower mothers, and remove systemic barriers to optimal breastfeeding practices. The declaration, endorsed during the Parliamentarian Advocacy Forum on the…

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah inaugurated a state-of-the-art Mother and Child Healthcare Centre at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS), marking a major milestone in maternal and child health services and celebrating the enduring friendship between Pakistan and Japan. The 128-bed centre, built with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), increases LUMHS’s total capacity…

Dr. Usman Waheed, IMDC, Islamabad Biomedical literature underpins scientific advancement by disseminating critical research to clinicians, academics, and policymakers. However, the integrity of this literature hinges on ethical authorship practices. Authorship is more than a name on a paper, it signifies intellectual ownership and accountability. Yet, under growing academic pressures, unethical authorship practices have emerged, compromising the credibility of research.…