Training workshop: Helping police enforce laws protecting rights of children
LAHORE: It took Pakistan decades to frame laws on universal access to education and to take a strict stance on child marriages, Democratic Commission for...
Call for enforcing breastfeeding laws
LAHORE: The Integrated Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Health (IRMNCH) and Nutrition Program in collaboration with Save the Children Pakistan Program organised a meeting to discuss...
Pakistan ‘most perilous place’ for mums in South Asia
ISLAMABAD: Though Pakistan has halved maternal mortality, the state is the toughest place in South Asia to be a mother, says a Mothers’ Index that...
Balochistan regularises services of over 7,000 lady health workers
By: SALEEM SHAHID QUETTA: The Balochistan government has regularised services of 7,265 lady health workers (LHW) who had been waiting for the confirmation of their...
Modern training modules for midwives
LAHORE: Director General Health Services Punjab Dr Zahid Pervaiz said that the government was evolving training modules for Community Midwives on modern lines. Addressing a...