Hafizullah Sherani: QUETTA: A tribal jirga, organized by the district administration, the Polio Eradication Program, and COMNET, called on parents to vaccinate their children against polio, addressing growing vaccine refusals…
Health Desk: Quetta: Female doctors in Balochistan have urged the provincial government to announce district-level vacancies and ensure the payment of their long-pending salaries, which have reportedly been withheld for…
Hafizullah Sherani: QUETTA: The spread of HIV/AIDS in Balochistan is becoming a significant public health crisis, with an alarming increase in reported cases this year. According to the Balochistan AIDS…
Health Desk: The total number of polio cases in Pakistan has climbed to 55, with two new cases confirmed in Balochistan and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. Balochistan’s total…
Health Desk: Quetta: Balochistan faces a critical healthcare crisis, with over 3,500 doctor positions vacant and 489 health units non-functional, according to a briefing presented during a meeting of the…
Editorial: Balochistan’s battle against polio has reached a critical juncture, with the confirmation of another case in Jafarabad district, bringing the provincial tally to 24 this year. Across Pakistan, the…
Ayub Bhutto: Jafarabad — Another polio case has been confirmed in Balochistan’s Jafarabad district, pushing the total number of cases in the province to 24 for this year. Across Pakistan,…
Health Desk: Balochistan has reported another polio case, bringing the province’s total to 23 and raising the nationwide count to 46 in 2024. The latest case emerged from the Killa…
Health Desk: QUETTA: In a high-level meeting on Monday, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti directed health officials to raise the province’s polio immunization rate from 38% to 60%, addressing recent…
Health Desk: The poliovirus has spread to two additional districts in Pakistan, with 26 environmental samples testing positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). The samples were collected from 20…
