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Posted on 19/01/2012 by
On 1st February 2012 Dr Ala Alwan will take up the role of WHO Regional Director of their Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) following appointment by the World Health Organization’s Executive Board during their 130th Session this January.
Categories: Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen
Posted on 24/08/2010 by
Promoting inclusive and sustainable development and introducing the new WHO, ILO, UNESCO and IDDC guidelines on CBR is the theme of this Convention, which is to be held 13th – 15th November 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Categories: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines
Posted on 09/08/2010 by
“The destruction is unimaginable! We cannot see how the country can get help to every corner”. These are the words of a member of the team of the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, which has been quick to take action to support some of those who have been affected by the severest flooding in Pakistan for years.
Posted on 21/05/2010 by
The young doctor and nun Dr Ruth Pfau was actually on her way to India when problems with obtaining a visa forced her to make a stop in Karachi on 8th March 1960. This stopover turned into fifty years of life dedicated to the poorest of the poor in the slums of this city port.
Categories: News and Notes, Pakistan