Pakistan’s first-ever official report on multidimensional poverty was released in 2016, and it revealed shocking figures. According to the study,…
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In the past century, women have achieved remarkable success in social, political and economic circles, however, many barriers still exist…
A recent World Bank report titled ‘State of Water Supply, Sanitation and Poverty in Pakistan’, said that Balochistan has by…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sarbani Chakraborty Lead, Health Systems Capacity , Roche[/box] Here is what we know today: cancer is…
In December of last year (2018), World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director Dr Ahmed Salim Saif Al-Mandhari paid a four-day…
“World Health Day is marked every year on the 7th of April to highlight the significance of a healthy life…
Interview with Mr. Faisal Mubin Ganatra — CEO & Director of Malka Foods — Innovative & Healthy Food Solutions We…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Marcel Muenster Founder and Director, The Gritti Fund Paul Hokemeyer Clinical and Consulting Psychotherapist, Author This…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anna Gilmore, University of Bath and J. Robert Branston, University of Bath[/box] It is well known…
The global Halal food market reached a value of USD 1.4 trillion in 2017. The growth of the global Halal…
PAGE brief talks with Mr. Rashid Hashmi – CEO, Muhammad Hashim Tajir Surma over their remarkable products serving human beings…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ephrat Livni Writer, Quartz This article is published in collaboration with Quartz[/box] You’ve got problems. Perhaps more…
In Pakistan, quality regulations are getting stronger and stricter, resulting in better medicines. While increasing quality is a good thing…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ejike Bob Udeogu, University of East London[/box] On February 16, more than 84m eligible voters in…
Pakistan is yet to make significant attainments in the human development index (HDI), which focuses on measurable dimensions of human…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Nally Chief Marketing Officer, MSD[/box] Three centuries ago, Jonathan Swift anticipated our post-truth world when…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cyril Ramaphosa President, South Africa This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting[/box] This…
Karachi, 10 January 2019: For the third consecutive time, Nestlé Pakistan won the First Prize for “Living the Global Compact…
Life in Pakistan is fast paced, and it doesn’t seem to be getting slower any time soon. In the hustle…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christopher Begeny, University of Exeter[/box] Many companies and organisations appear keen to support a more diverse…
UAE Vision 2021 was launched by H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the…
Ihsan Trust founded (registered) on 07th day of January 2010 is a non-profit organization, established with the aim of providing…
Education is critical to the social and economic development and has a profound impact on population health. Education and health…
Balochistan is the country’s poorest province with standards of living and social indicators lagging substantially behind the rest of the…
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International research revealed that enhancing financial situation and operating margins is probable to remain a top issue. Many public and…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Paul Polman Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Myriam Sidibe Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and…
Present PTI government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is for making investment in human development to upgrade the standard of…
Interview with Mr Faisal Mubin Ganatra – CEO and Director, Malka Foods [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile – Faisal Mubin…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael de Lagarde Chief Executive Officer, Delair-Tech This article is part of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit[/box]…
The newly installed government in Pakistan faces a number of mammoth tasks like foreign policy issues, weakening currency, booming population,…
The government’s basic responsibility is to provide health, education and justice to its people. The new government wants to bring…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Aug 30, 2018, Aug 30, 2018 [/box] Due to health concerns related to the consumption of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Allen Gallagher, University of Bath and Anna Gilmore, University of Bath[/box] What’s the size of the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Loughlin, Nottingham Trent University[/box] If you work in an office, the chances are there are…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Juergen Voegele Senior Director, Food and Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank[/box] Technology has revolutionized agriculture at…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dave Cook, UCL[/box] The phrase “digital nomad” summons the trope of joyful millennials who escape the…
There is little strength in health care delivery system in Pakistan like making health policies, participating in UN’s Sustainable Development…
Bangladesh is better than India and Pakistan in health facilities Good health is important to live a healthy, peaceful and…
The Department of Cardiology at Tabba Heart Institute, Karachi provides comprehensive Diagnostic and Therapeutic services to adult patients with cardiovascular…
In today’s age, advancements in medical and health science are occurring at an unprecedented pace making possible what once was…
Poverty stricken people in Pakistan who cannot afford to pay private hospitals bill opt for government hospitals for their treatment…
Over half a million people are estimated to be carrying tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan according to the report the World…
According to Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), 8.2 million die of cancer per year worldwide, while 14 million new…
An exclusive conversation with Dr Abdul Bari Khan, the angel in Pakistan The Indus Hospital (TIH) is a symbol of…
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The Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan revealed in their statistical report that the cumulative health expenditures of federal and…
Medical experts state that counterfeit medicines trafficking are a very dangerous challenge that impacts both developed and undeveloped nations. Globally,…
NGO Shipbreaking Platform in its annual report 2017 says that pollutant and dangerous scrapping has been a key area of…
PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST went to explore how children from underprivileged family background (who cannot afford two meals a day)…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christopher Boyce, University of Stirling[/box] After nine years of interest rates below 1%, it seems that…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alexandre Nobajas, Keele University[/box] Huge outcry ensued from my recent article about how Brexit would hurt…
Pakistan is an underdeveloped country where nearly 40 percent of its population lives below poverty line. The low income groups…
Role of Jubilee Life Insurance for community-based health insurance facilities appreciable The claim to health is an economic, social and…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alex Gray Formative Content[/box] Getting a good night’s sleep is vital for health. But until recently,…
At the closing event of a five-year (2013 to 2018) Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), a service component of…
Patients with heart disease may get treatment free of cost with superior care in Pakistan. One under-treatment patient, at National…
Providing skills to downtrodden under CSR remain insufficient Leap forward measures must be taken to improve vocational training for sustainable…
The health sector is a direct source of human welfare and also a tool for growing income levels in any…
PAGE brief talks with Mr. Rashid Hashmi – CEO, Muhammad Hashim Tajir Surma over their remarkable products serving human beings…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John McKenna Formative Content[/box] What makes for a good life? Good health, education, money, or something…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carolyn Axtell, University of Sheffield[/box] The cost of poor employee well-being for individuals, organisations and society…
The number of patients suffering from Hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease continues to rise and the disease is becoming a…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)[/box] A friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lisa S. Scott Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Florida[/box] Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Yvonne Kelly Professor of Lifecourse Epidemiology, UCL[/box] What happens in the early years of a person’s…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hough health sector remained the focus of welfare programs launched by every government in the past, but the leakage, misuse…
[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mr Reto Stocker is Swiss national and holds PhD degree in “Global Climate Change” from the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jeff Bray, Bournemouth University and Heather Hartwell, Bournemouth University[/box] [dropcap]E[/dropcap]ating out is bad for us. Studies…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan is a country where up to 40 percent of its over 207 million population lives below poverty line –…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f anyone visits hospitals and educational institutions operating in the public sector in Pakistan, highly depleted conditions establish two points:…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Hayley Wright, Coventry University[/box] [dropcap]R[/dropcap]esearch into how we can keep our brains healthy as we age…
[dropcap]Nestlé[/dropcap] Pakistan is proud to offer healthy and quality of brands/products in the market and has high aims to be…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sujatha Raman, University of Nottingham and Warren Pearce, University of Sheffield[/box] [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n numerous matters including food,…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sarah Gerson, Cardiff University; Merideth Gattis, Cardiff University, and Netta Weinstein, Cardiff University[/box] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore babies start…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Author: Janet Krska, University of Kent[/box] [dropcap]M[/dropcap]ost people aren’t aware that high street pharmacies offer much…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the third world country like Pakistan, no one can deny the importance of health insurance scheme for the poor…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has launched a state-run health insurance program and described it as the first step…
Interview with Dr Syed Arif Hussain – CEO, Excel Insurance Company Limited [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]PROFILE: Dr Syed Arif…
Interview with Mr Hasanali Abdullah — Managing Director, EFU General Insurance Ltd and Chairman, Insurance Association of Pakistan [box type=”shadow”…
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]epatitis is a disease which has long been ignored in developing countries like Pakistan. The fact that it’s a silent…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resent Economic Statistics revealed that during the previous years, the Government of Pakistan has successfully done well in enhancing the…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a leading financial institution in the country, National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has taken numerous but remarkable initiatives that…
Govt use mere 0.9pc of its GDP on health [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ealth aspect of well-being of common people is mostly neglected. Pakistan’s…
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ealthcare financing remained complex problem that developing nations are faced with. Market failure often compels states to step in to…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ncomparable systems, both in crisis but which provide an insight into the differences of how life is valued in developed…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Balochistan Health Department has developed its Health Sector Strategy (2013-2018) to address challenges of service delivery, quality of care,…
Number of beds has been increased and more medical treatment facilities are made available: Khawaja Salman EMOs being posted in…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n our country health has always been a neglected sector. Our civil hospitals and healthcare facilities are substandard. Public hospitals…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]aking prenatal care importance and the healthy growth of a child, the Punjab administration under Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif…