The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation have launched a Rs 67 billion Prime Minister’s Hepatitis C Elimination Programme, whose first phase will screen 1.6 million people and treat those who test positive. On paper, the ambition is historic. Pakistan carries the heaviest hepatitis C burden in the world, with roughly 10 million […]
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Where did all our water go?
Water pollution is causing a major threat to public health. Pakistan is included among the most dangerous countries where people don’t have access to safe water. It ranks at #80 among 122 countries of the world. Most of the people still don’t even have water to drink. People are compelled to buy toxic water from […]