pediatrics

APP Peshawar: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has directed the hospitals to take the necessary steps to provide treatment to children suffering from clubfoot and other congenital abnormalities. According to details, private and public…

APP Multan: The Children Hospital Multan urgently requires expanded infrastructure to ensure efficient paediatric treatment provisions as it is presently facing a critical dearth of medical staff. The scarcity has posed significant…

News Desk Islamabad: Increasing parents’ awareness and tolerance in society is imperative to address autism, as early-age behavioural therapy programmes could help children with this condition live a normal life. Neurologist and…

News Desk Islamabad: A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism – some as young as 18 months – is effective for improving IQ, language ability and social interaction; according to a study published online in…

Wraa Noor Islamabad: School meals alone increase enrolment and attendance rates by nine per cent and eight per cent, respectively. In areas where anaemia and infections are common, deworming and micronutrient supplements can keep kids in…

Correspondent Quetta: Five-year-old Bibi Mujahida used to have large rashes on her neck, knees and chest, and was suffering from severe fever, according to Mujahida’s father Nek Muhammad. Nek was unaware of the free treatment facility…

Wraa Noor Haider Islamabad: Pakistan is a densely populated, low-income country with an estimated 21 million people. The general population’s lack of awareness, unhygienic lifestyles and poor sanitary conditions in populated areas are…