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News Pakistan » Health: Exposing Pakistan's health crisis: High costs and policy gaps deny multiple sclerosis treatment to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa patients

News channel or source: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/exposing-pakistans-health-crisis-high-costs-and-policy-gaps-deny-multiple-sclerosis-treatment-to-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-patients/

Published on: Monday 07 September 2026

Multiple sclerosis patients in Pakistans Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province face treatment disruptions because the Sehat Card Plus health insurance programme does not cover the costly neurological disease.

News Pakistan » Health: Pakistan's health crisis: Inside and outside the flood zone

News channel or source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-pakistan-health-crisis-zone.html

Published on: Wednesday 18 January 2023

Before Pakistan plunged into a cataclysmic health emergency from its worst flooding disaster, the country was already confronting the burden of infectious diseases, the rising rates of ...

News Pakistan » Health: Overcoming the last mile: practical strategies for leprosy elimination in Pakistan

News channel or source: https://gh.bmj.com/content/11/8/e022490

Published on: Wednesday 26 August 2026

Leprosy, a neglected tropical disease (NTD) caused by Mycobacterium leprae, continues to affect vulnerable populations in low-endemic countries like Pakistan despite its official elimination as a ...

News Pakistan » Health: Pakistan, Egypt agree to boost health sector cooperation

News channel or source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2540729/pakistan-egypt-agree-to-boost-health-sector-cooperation

Published on: Thursday 17 April 2025

Pakistan and Egypt have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the health sector, with a special focus on eliminating Hepatitis C, following a high-level meeting between Federal Health Minister ...

News Pakistan » Health: When Distress Has No Name: Re-thinking Mental-Health in Pakistan

News channel or source: https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/09/when-distress-has-no-name-re-thinking-mental-health-in-pakistan/

Published on: Sunday 06 September 2026

Sangji uses one woman's story to show that emotional distress in Pakistan is shaped by patriarchy, poverty, trauma, and history, challenging individualised psychiatric diagnoses while advocating ...

News Pakistan » Health: Mpox virus confirmed in Pakistan, health authorities say

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/mpox-virus-confirmed-pakistan-health-141513307.html

Published on: Friday 16 August 2024

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Pakistan has confirmed at least one case of the mpox virus, its health ministry said on Friday (August 16), days after the ...

News Pakistan » Health: Unsung Heroes Of Community Health In Pakistan

News channel or source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/unicefusa/2024/01/18/unsung-heroes-of-community-health-in-pakistan/

Published on: Thursday 18 January 2024

“Lady Health Workers” bring vital health care services to remote and underserved communities in Pakistan, with support from UNICEF and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Farida Husain is ...

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