​Nurses are the backbone of the health care system
​Nurses and midwives should be provided training opportunities to ensure the provision of quality health care as they are the basis of a sound and viable health care system. 

​Preventable infectious diseases caused almost two-thirds of global child under-5 deaths in 2010
​Preventable infectious diseases were responsible for almost two-thirds of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five worldwide, according to new estimates published Online First in The Lancet.

​AKU Wins OSHE Award 2011  
​The Aga Khan University has won the Occupational Safety Health and Environment (OHSE) Award 2011 for its outstanding performance in the service sector for the year 2010-2011.