ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has confirmed the detection of the second wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of year 2025. The lab confirmed the other polio case from District Badin in Sindh province. The first case of 2025 was reported […]
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Eminent diabetes specialist Dr Shaukat Bukhari, when talking about the issue of diabetes in Azad Kashmir, has cautioned that diabetes is spreading fast in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). In an interview to Kashmir Digital, he explained the two types of diabetes. According to him, type 1 diabetes occurs because of a
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has declared at many as 28 bottled water brands unsafe for human consumption due to chemical or microbiological contamination. According to the Council, 176 samples of different mineral water brands were collected from 20 cities across the country. A comparison of test results
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RIYADH (Kashmir English): The Saudi government has made polio vaccination mandatory for all Umrah pilgrims arriving in the Kingdom. This requirement applies to all Pakistani pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia for Umrah. According to a formal notification issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom, the vaccination must be within
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a recent development, the environmental sewage samples of Azad Kashmir have confirmed the presence of poliovirus alerting the health ministries in the region. According to the sewage sample results, Poliovirus has been detected in 21 districts across the country. The latest detection suggests a total of 47 positive polio sewage samples
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Azad Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Nisar Ansar Abdali has announced that Rs 5 billion will be spent annually to provide healthcare facilities to the people of Azad Kashmir. In this regard, issuing health cards to the people of Azad Kashmir will begin soon after signing a memorandum of understanding with the
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq has said that disciplinary action had been initiated against some doctors of the public-sector Cardiac Hospital here for dereliction of duties. The action has been initiated after an inquiry into the alleged negligence by the doctors at the Muzaffarabad Cardiac Hospital. The PM
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Polio workers determinedly face harsh conditions during this year’s Polio campaign, currently running in Azad Kashmir. Health workers in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are enduring freezing temperatures this week to administer polio vaccinations as Pakistan faces a surge in cases recorded nationwide last year. Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan remain the only
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MUZAFFARABAD: According to official sources, the polio eradication campaign began across Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday. The Polio vaccination campaign aims to vaccinate millions. Polio vaccination in Muzaffarabad The AJK State Health Department reported that the campaign aims to vaccinate at least 742,500 children under five years old across all 10 districts of the
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MIRPUR (AJK): All is set to start a five-day integrated nationwide polio eradication campaign in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) from today (February 3), according to the official sources. The anti-polio campaign will continue till February 7, 2025 without any break to immunise at least 7, 42, 500 children under five years of age,
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