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Pakistan Reports Two More Polio Cases
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Pakistan has confirmed two additional cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), raising the nationwide total to 21 so far this year, health officials announced Monday. The new infections were identified in Kohistan District of northwest...
WHO Sends Emergency Medical Aid to Pakistan
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday that the organization has delivered enough medical supplies to assist 15,000 individuals affected by the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan. Describing the floods as...
Landslide Leaves Eight Dead in Pakistan’s Gilgit
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN) At least eight individuals lost their lives and four others were injured on Monday after a landslide struck in the Gilgit district of Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, local police confirmed. Authorities reported that the...
Pakistan social development sector has to adjust after Trump stopped aid
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN) Pakistan’s social development sector has been forced to adapt rapidly following the Trump administration’s decision to halt all foreign aid, including funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The move, part of...
Pakistan Reacts Quickly After US Funding Cut
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN) The Trump administration’s unexpected move to end foreign assistance, including funds distributed via the US Agency for International Development (USAID), sent a shockwave through Pakistan’s social sector. This decision forced numerous...
Pakistan’s Social Sector Shows Resilience After Trump’s Sudden Aid Cuts
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN) The Trump administration’s unexpected halt to foreign aid, including critical funding via the US Agency for International Development (USAID), sent shockwaves through Pakistan’s social sector. This abrupt move forced numerous...
Citi Pharma becomes Pakistan's largest antibiotics producer with new production technology from Xin Weisheng
EIN Presswire
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August 8, 2025
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, August 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- • Chinese machinery firm, Xin Weisheng, helps Citi Pharma become market leader • Xin Weisheng’s production lines boost manufacturing speed fivefold • Success reduces Pakistan's reliance...
Pakistani Security Forces Eliminate Nine Militants
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Pakistani law enforcement and military personnel eliminated no fewer than nine insurgents on Saturday during a focused mission in the country's northwestern region. This action is part of a broader offensive initiated in the Khyber...
Wild Polio Cases Rise to Seventeen in Pakistan
MENAFN
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July 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Pakistan has identified three additional cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), raising the country’s total number of infections this year to 17, health officials confirmed on Sunday. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio...
Bangladesh Proposes to Ban Safer Nicotine Products Under Foreign Influence, Ignoring Public Health Evidence and Regional Precedents
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 27, 2025
MANILA, Philippines, July 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Bangladesh Ministry of Health is pushing a new tobacco control bill that proposes a sweeping ban on all safer nicotine products (SNPs), including vaping devices and oral alternatives....
South Asian Heritage Month: Q&A with RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel
Royal College of Physicians
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August 16, 2025
RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel answers a series of questions reflecting on how her South Asian heritage has shaped her life and work, in response to South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM)’s theme ‘roots to routes’. This theme was also covered by...
South Asian Heritage Month: Q&A with RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel
Royal College of Physicians
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August 15, 2025
RCP president Professor Mumtaz Patel answers a series of questions reflecting on how her South Asian heritage has shaped her life and work, in response to South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM)’s theme ‘roots to routes’. This theme was also covered by...
Alvotech Reports Results for the First Six Months of 2025 and Provides a Business Update
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 13, 2025
Strong performance driven by over 200% growth in product revenues year-on-year Best quarter in Alvotech’s history in terms of operating cash flows Continued expansion of commercial partnerships for pipeline assets Alvotech listed on Nasdaq...
‘Anticipating the end of life is an act of clinical courage and kindness’: RCP calls for national strategy for end-of-life and palliative care
Royal College of Physicians
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August 9, 2025
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has today launched a new policy position on end-of-life and palliative care, calling on government and health system leaders to transform how dying is recognised and supported across the NHS and social care....
‘Anticipating the end of life is an act of clinical courage and kindness’: RCP calls for national strategy for end-of-life and palliative care
Royal College of Physicians
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August 8, 2025
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has today launched a new policy position on end-of-life and palliative care, calling on government and health system leaders to transform how dying is recognised and supported across the NHS and social care....
Global Influencer, Model, and Endo Advocate, Katya Karlova Throws Support Behind Never Give Up Day
EIN Presswire
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August 11, 2025
Katya Karlova joins a global movement celebrating resilience, perseverance, and the courage to keep going. LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, August 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- What began as a grassroots message of perseverance is now...
Formidable Woman US, Official Partner for Global Never Give Up Day- August 18
EIN Presswire
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August 14, 2025
A Worldwide Movement of Resilience, Community, and Courage Finds Its Moment LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- What began as a grassroots message of perseverance is now transforming into a full-fledged global...
ECDC Warns Chikungunya Cases Soar to 240,000 Worldwide
MENAFN
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August 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Chikungunya, a mosquito-transmitted viral fever, has surged sharply this year, with approximately 240,000 infections reported worldwide so far, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Data collected...
Translators' Voices: China champions a new path toward security, emphasizing dialogue, partnership and win-win co-op
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 11, 2025
Beijing, China, Aug. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- August 1, 2025 marks the 98th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Over the past 98 years, the people's army under the leadership of the Communist Party of...
Alvotech Announces Webcast to Report Financial Results for the First Half of 2025 on August 14, 2025, at 8:00 am EDT
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 6, 2025
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alvotech (NASDAQ: ALVO), a global biotech company specialized in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide, announced today that it will release financial...