April 12, 2013
AKU Plays Key Role in Efforts to Decrease Childhood Mortality from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea by 2025
WHO and UNICEF call for closer integration of efforts to prevent and treat pneumonia and diarrhoea, the leading killers of children under five, and set ambitious targets to reduce mortality rates and raise levels of children’s access to life-saving interventions. Their recommendations are based on research work led by the Aga Khan University that will be published in a special issue of the Lancet.
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March 26, 2013
The Founding President Reminisces About Challenges and Triumphs Behind Aga Khan University
Being a trailblazer is not without its set of challenges, but to hear Mr Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, the Founding President of the Aga Khan University, narrate his journey about starting a world-class university from the ground up, makes the most testing of travails sound effortless. On Tuesday, Mr Lakha spoke about his experiences at AKU in a session organised by the Sixth Sense Forum, an initiative with the goal to help students develop an outlook beyond the ordinary.
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March 26, 2013
National Honours for AKU Faculty Members
Two members of AKU’s faculty, Professor Shaista Masood Khan and Associate Professor Nehal Masood received the prestigious Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the third-highest decoration given to any civilian in Pakistan, on March 23. The awards, in recognition of their achievements in the health sciences, were presented by the President of Pakistan at an investiture ceremony held in Islamabad.
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March 20, 2013
AKUH Introduces New Test for Newborns
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi has become the first and only hospital in Pakistan to offer a comprehensive diagnostic testing service for inherited errors of metabolism in newborns.
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March 16, 2013
Recognising Special Emergency Care Needs of Children Can Save Lives: Experts
One in 10 children in Pakistan do not live to see their fifth birthday. Medical emergencies and injuries are significant contributors to child deaths. However, public awareness as well as government support and legislation for emergency care needs of children is lacking in health care facilities, experts noted at the third Annual Emergency Medicine Conference held at Aga Khan University.
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February 22, 2013
Research Day Highlights Need for Healthy Public Policy in Pakistan
Public health remains a neglected science in Pakistan with the major focus on curative rather than preventive healthcare resulting in deep cuts in the healthcare budget as well as pockets of private patients, experts observed at the ‘CHS Research Day 2013’ held at Aga Khan University on Friday.
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February 16, 2013
Coach, Motivate and Collaborate to Empower People: Professor Were
At the first convocation ceremony of the university in Mombasa, Kenya, 30 nurses from Aga Khan University's Advanced Nursing Studies Programme were conferred with the Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing Diploma. Chief Guest Professor Miriam K. Were, Chair of the National AIDS Control Council and the African Medical & Research Foundation, urged the graduands to have a caring and compassionate spirit to improve health care in the East African region.
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February 13, 2013
Investment in Education and Health Vital to Meet the Objectives of Kenya Vision 2030
“Many people only see roads and related infrastructure as development but I am proud to see that the Aga Khan Development Network is playing its role in assisting us to attain the Vision 2030 goals,” said Mr Mugo Kibati, Director General of the Vision 2030 programme. He was the chief guest at the 9th convocation ceremony of Aga Khan University in Nairobi.
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February 9, 2013
Regional Integration Key to Ensuring Harmonisation of the Higher Education Curricula in East Africa
Fifty-four nurses from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Diploma in General Nursing programmes are awarded at Aga Khan University’s 10th convocation ceremony held Kampala, Uganda. Chief Guest Rt. Hon. Dr Margaret Nantongo Zziwa, the East Africa Legislative Assembly Speaker, underscored the East African Community’s commitment to enhance access to quality education by investing in the education sector and creating employment opportunities.
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February 6, 2013
Aga Khan University Holds 8th Graduation Ceremony in Dar es Salaam
Aga Khan University held its eighth graduation ceremony at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam. The ceremony was presided over by Ambassador Saidullah Khan Dehlavi, Chairman AKU Board of Trustees, Dr Greg Moran, University Provost and Mr Firoz Rasul, President, AKU and was attended by vice chancellors, senior government officials, diplomats, national and international academicians, donors and prominent citizens.
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January 29, 2013
Aga Khan University - Transforming Medical Education
Aga Khan University has announced the launch of the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education with state-of-the-art resources for national and regional medical education. The foundation ceremony was celebrated on the building’s site on AKU’s Stadium Road campus.
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January 27, 2013
Positive Outlook for Changes in Pakistan’s Healthcare
“Healthcare is changing in Pakistan as much as anywhere in the world,” commented Professor Valerie Wass, Head of the School of Medicine at Keele University in the United Kingdom, while speaking at the concluding session of the Association for Excellence in Medical Education (AEME) and 16th Aga Khan University (AKU) symposium titled ‘education for service and patient safety in health professions’ held at the AKU on Sunday.
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January 24, 2013
AKU Teams up with Measles Affected Districts of Sindh
In the wake of deadly measles outbreak, Sindh being the hardest hit province, a four-member team from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University (AKU), rushed to the measles affected areas in Sukkur, Ghotki and Khairpur districts, and assisted the local administration.
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December 19, 2012
153 Doctors Receive Certificates at AKU’s 17th PGME Convocation
The 17th Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) graduation ceremony was held at Aga Khan University (AKU) on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. A total of 66 interns, 69 residents and 18 fellows were awarded certificates for completing their postgraduate medical training.
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December 15, 2012
AKU Symposium Explores Ethical Challenges in Health Care Organisations
Traditional ethics committees in health care organisations are reactive, addressing only the most visible ethical concerns. They fail to highlight deeper organisational factors that influence how a health care organisation functions, instead focusing on issues related primarily to clinical ethics.
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December 15, 2012
ISMC Holds Third Convocation
The Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations’ 19 graduands received their master’s degree in Muslim Cultures today at the Institute’s third convocation ceremony.
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December 12, 2012
FMIC Hosts International Paediatric Conference
The French Medical Institute for Children organized its second international paediatric conference at the Serena Hotel, Kabul in December 2012. The theme of the conference was “From Paediatric Care to Child Health” and offered a unique forum for both Afghan health care providers and international experts in paediatric care from Pakistan, France, Spain and Germany to share knowledge. Around 500 participants from all over Afghanistan attended the two-day moot.
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November 17, 2012
AKU’s 25th Convocation Ceremony in Pakistan
Graduation day at Aga Khan University marks an important milestone this year: the ceremony will be its 25th Convocation in Pakistan, with 321 graduands awarded degrees.
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November 17, 2012
Commemorating the (Late) Dr J Fraser Mustard's Legacy
The work of the (late) Dr J Fraser Mustard, a founding Trustee, continues to inspire generations of health care professionals at AKU. The naming of the Dr J Fraser Mustard Lecture Hall at the Rufaydah Al-Islamiya building, in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, honours his dedication to the University.
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November 17, 2012
Honouring Dr J Robert Buchanan
Aga Khan University has honoured Dr J Robert Buchanan, a founding member of the AKU Board of Trustees, for his exemplary commitment and dedication to the University’s development for nearly three decades, since 1985. As tribute to his services the University has renamed AKU Medical College’s Lecture Hall 1 as the Dr J Robert Buchanan Lecture Hall.
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November 14, 2012
SSC and HSSC High Achievers Recognized by AKU-EB
The sixth annual Aga Khan University Examination Board’s High Achievers’ Awards ceremony to reward and recognize the accomplishments of secondary and higher secondary students was held at the Aga Khan University campus today.
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November 11, 2012
Early screening is essential for diabetes prevention
“Diabetes screening is absolutely essential for prevention,” said Dr Jaweed Akhter, Section Head of Endocrinology at Aga Khan University. He was commenting on the escalating rates of diabetes around the world at an event marking World Diabetes Day held today at Aga Khan University.
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November 6, 2012
AKUH Wins Prize at ISQua Conference
Aga Khan University Hospital’s Radiology Department was awarded the first prize for presenting the best poster in the quality improvement projects category at the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) 29th International Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
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November 1, 2012
Pakistan Needs Sustainable Change to its Education System
Pakistan’s educational system needs to change dramatically to meet the needs of the 21st century but any changes introduced needs to be sustainable over time said experts. They were addressing the inaugural session of an international conference on ‘In Search of Relevance and Sustainability of Educational Change’ organised by AKU-IED in collaboration with UNICEF and HEC, Islamabad.
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October 23, 2012
Pneumonia Vaccine Free Across Sindh from November 10
A new vaccine to protect children against deadly pneumonia and meningitis is being included in the routine immunisation programme by the Government of Sindh from November 10. To build support for this vaccine and the fight against pneumonia and meningitis, the first of a series of programmes for healthcare providers, community representatives and district health stakeholders was held in Thatta by AKU in collaboration with GAVI CSO Alliance Pakistan, and the federal EPI.
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October 20, 2012
Top Officials Announce the Construction of a State of the Art Obstetrics Facility in Kabul
The Foundation Ceremony of the new Women’s Wing at the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) today, marked the start of construction for a new obstetrics and gynaecology wing on the hospital premises that will provide high quality care for mothers and newborns in Afghanistan. The Hospital is managed and operated by the Aga Khan University (AKU), which is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.
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October 16, 2012
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Should be National Priority: Health Experts
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) should be a national priority, and political parties should include it in their manifestoes said speakers at the second session of a series of seminars on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) and nutrition, organised by Aga Khan University’s Division of Women and Child Health, with the support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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September 25, 2012
AKUH Launches Clinical Lab in Rawalpindi
A state-of-the-art stat laboratory has been launched by Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Rawalpindi, to better service the phlebotomy test needs of the twin cities of ‘Pindi and Islamabad as well as surrounding areas of northern Punjab.
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September 12, 2012
Tanzanian President Visits Heart and Cancer Centre
Aga Khan University Hospital hosted His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania for a tour of the Heart and Cancer Centre. Part of an official visit, aimed to boost the ties between Kenya and Tanzania, His Excellency was accompanied by a delegation of cabinet ministers and government officials.
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July 28, 2012
Fight hepatitis: get tested – get treated
Early detection and effective treatment are the keys to combatting viral hepatitis. Research conducted at Aga Khan University suggests that nearly 70 per cent of patients suffering from Hepatitis C - younger patients with hepatitis C genotype 3 infections – had the best chance of a cure provided they are diagnosed early and treated effectively.
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July 18, 2012
Carrying the Torch Forward
“Besides my own hard work, I will give much credit to AKU-EB for showing me the way to get to where I stand today.
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July 13, 2012
AKU-EB HSSC Students Display Superior Performance
Aga Khan University Examination Board today announced its annual Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) results. This year, 21 per cent more candidates sat for the exam as compared to last year. The overall pass rate for this year’s HSSC I and II exams was 77.79 and 79.27 per cent respectively.
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June 1, 2012
AKU establishes Department of Oncology
The Aga Khan University has established a Department of Oncology bringing together surgical, medical and radiation disciplines to focus on cancer care.
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May 23, 2012
Lamp Lighting Ceremony
One hundred and twenty nine nursing students from Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery Diploma in Nursing and BSc Nursing programmes participated in the 31st Lamp Lighting Ceremony.
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May 22, 2012
Economics of Health and Health care in Pakistan
Aga Khan University’s Faculty of Health Sciences Research Committee held a seminar on May 18, 2012 on Economics of Health and Health care in Pakistan to discuss health care financing, challenges to health systems and future of health economics and policy.
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May 10, 2012
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.
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May 2, 2012
15 Million Babies Born Too Soon
Each year, some 15 million babies in the world are born too early. More than one million of those babies die shortly after birth; countless others suffer some type of lifelong physical, neurological, or educational disability, often at great cost to families and society.
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March 2, 2012
Whole Person Medicine - Treating the Body and Soul
Doctors should treat the ‘whole’ person – keeping the body, mind and spirit healthy – rather than a person for just their symptoms is the central theme at the Whole Person Medicine Conference being held from March 1-3 at the Aga Khan University.
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February 28, 2012
Young Girl Gets New Lease on Life
In a first of its kind procedure in Pakistan, doctors at Aga Khan University Hospital successfully placed a heart rhythm monitoring device – an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) – in a 14-year-old girl from Balochistan.
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February 9, 2012
University Governing Bodies Urged to Cultivate Quality Standards
Governing bodies for education must recognize the need to establish quality standards for institutions, not only in Tanzania but across the EAC, for it is through these standards that university graduates will be able to move freely across national borders of the EAC in pursuit of opportunities. This was the message delivered by Honourable Lucy Nkya, Deputy Minister, Health and Social Welfare, and the Chief Guest at the seventh Aga Khan University Convocation ceremony held in Dar es Salaam.
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February 8, 2012
Umbilical Cord Antiseptic Care Can Save Newborn Lives
Cleansing a newborn’s umbilical cord with an antiseptic can reduce the risk of infection and death said a study carried out by the Aga Khan University’s Division of Women and Child Health. The research, just published in the leading global medical journal The Lancet, was conducted in the Dadu district of Sindh in 1,300 villages.
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February 3, 2012
World Cancer Day
Cancer is responsible for approximately 70 per cent of the deaths in low and middle-income countries such as Pakistan. “Together it is possible,” this year’s theme for World Cancer Day, highlights the importance of raising awareness and education about the disease as well as implementing early treatment programmes to reduce cancer rates and improve the chances of survival.
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January 31, 2012
The Anatomy of Rhythm
The second year of the FAS-HASS Collaborative Lecture Series got off to a musical start on Tuesday, January 31 at the AKU auditorium.
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January 30, 2012
LHWs Successful at Treating Childhood Pneumonia
Childhood pneumonia, characterised by fever, chills, cough and rapid breathing, is a leading cause of deaths in children under 5 globally. In 2008, it accounted for 1·6 million deaths worldwide and in Pakistan alone, 84,210 deaths or one-fifth of the total number of deaths in children younger than 5.
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January 24, 2012
Discovering Art in Medicine
On January 24, the courtyard of the medical college became an impromptu art gallery as students from the class of 2016 put on display a collection of photographs, calligraphy and pencil sketches.
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January 19, 2012
AKU Honours its Staff
As part of its culture of appreciating its people, long-serving AKU faculty and staff were honoured at a Service Award ceremony that recognised their commitment and contribution to the institution.
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January 4, 2012
Global Negligence Boosts Stillbirths
Pakistan ranks second amongst countries that account for 66 per cent of the world’s stillbirths with 46 stillbirths per 1000 births.
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December 23, 2011
All that Jazz with Darryl Andrews
Sought after composer and conductor Darryl Andrews, who had arranged and conducted the recently launched AKU Signature Music composed by Pakistani musician Nizar Lalani, visited AKU and gave a talk on the obstacles he had to overcome in order to pursue his passion for music.
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December 20, 2011
Continuing Medical Education in Pakistan in Disarray
“In order to provide continuously improving health care to their patients while staying informed about new advances in the medical field, it is imperative for doctors and nurses to take part in continuing medical education,” said Dr Wasim Jafri, Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education at Aga Khan University while speaking to the organising committee of the annual forum on CME to be held on December 26 at Aga Khan University.
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November 23, 2011
Children with Heart Disease are Living Active Lives
“Diagnosis and timely treatment can markedly improve the chances of survival of the majority of children born with congenital heart disease, so that they can live active lives as adults,” said Dr Babar Hasan, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH).
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November 14, 2011
A Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Essential to Managing Diabetes
Adopting a healthy diet, exercising regularly and, maintaining normal body weight can prevent type 2 diabetes, the most common type of the disease that can develop at any age, said experts while speaking at a public health awareness programme held at the Aga Khan University to commemorate World Diabetes Day, November 14, 2011.
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November 12, 2011
AKU offers CPD accredited courses - Engaging with Sharia: History and Contemporary Issues
On 12 and 19 November 2011 AKU-ISMC hosted a short course on sharia.
What is sharia? How has it evolved? Should it play any role in society? What are the key legal issues across various Muslim contexts? This thought-provoking, two-day course explored the historical evolution of Muslim legal traditions and traced their development to the varied approaches.
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November 5, 2011
AKU Representatives Attend Rotary-UN Day
Aga Khan University representatives Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta, Head, Division of Women and Child Health, AKU; and Jan Damery, Director, Development, Canada were among those who attended the Rotary-UN Day event held on November 5, 2011 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. More than 1,000 Rotarians, UN officials and guests attended the event.
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October 29, 2011
Stroke – A Major Health Care Concern
In Pakistan, an estimated 400 people die of stroke every day and around the world more than four-fifths of deaths from this disease occur in in low and middle income countries. These were some of the alarming figures which came under discussion at a seminar held to mark World Stroke Day at Aga Khan University.
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October 26, 2011
Empowering Students to Change the Future
“Today’s young people are the leaders of tomorrow,” said Shehzad Roy, musician and founder president of Zindagi Trust to students, parents and educationists at the annual Aga Khan University Examination Board high achievers awards ceremony held at the University. The ceremony celebrates the accomplishments of the Board’s secondary and higher secondary candidates.
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October 20, 2011
Aga Khan University Conducts Earthquake Drill as Part of Disaster Preparedness
More than a third of all earthquakes between 1991 and 2005 around the world occurred in Central and South Asia. The quakes in Sarez, Tajikistan (1911); Gujarat, India (2001); Naryn, Kyrgyzstan (2002); and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan (2005) are the examples of the seismic hazards that exist in the region and their devastating consequences.
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October 13, 2011
Early Diagnosis can Prevent Blindness
Blindness is not inevitable, it’s avoidable. For 80 per cent of people with cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetes-related blindness, early diagnosis and treatment can help overcome or even avoid these visual impairments.
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September 27, 2011
Dr Greg Moran Appointed Provost of Aga Khan University
Dr Greg Moran has been appointed as the new Provost of Aga Khan University (AKU) and as the chief academic officer will play a key part in overseeing the quality of the entire University’s academic programmes.
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September 21, 2011
Health Care for a Million People
Aga Khan University (AKU) held a ceremony to commemorate treating over one million people affected by the devastating floods of 2010. AKU responded to the national disaster by dispatching medical teams as soon as possible to Khairpur and Sukkur, followed by Jaffarabad, Balochistan.
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July 29, 2011
Aga Khan University Hospital wins Environment Excellence Award 2011
The Aga Khan University Hospital has won an Environment Excellence Award 2011. This is the fourth consecutive win – 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 – for the Hospital and the fifth win overall. The first time the University Hospital participated in the Awards and won was 2006.
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July 28, 2011
Confronting Hepatitis
A hepatitis epidemic has engulfed Pakistan with nearly 12 million people suffering from hepatitis B and C and there is an urgent need to understand and confront this growing threat. These were the thoughts of experts attending the one day seminar held at the Aga Khan University in observance of the World Hepatitis Day.
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July 27, 2011
AKUH Honours Pakistan Special Olympics Team
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi in collaboration with Karachi Gymkhana arranged an Aqua Mela ‘Health Splash’ on July 23 to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of the Pakistan Special Olympics Team.
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July 22, 2011
AKU-EB Alumni ‘Pass the Torch’
Position holders of the 2011 Aga Khan University Examination Board’s Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were presented their awards by last year’s top performers at an award ceremony.
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July 7, 2011
AKU-EB Announces SSC Part I and II Results
AKU-EB successfully completed its fifth year of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations across Pakistan. View the results online with a complete breakdown for candidates on how they performed as compared to their group peers.
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July 7, 2011
AKU-EB Students Excel in Annual Examinations
Aga Khan University Examination Board announced its annual Secondary School Certificate examination results today, marking its fifth successful year of conducting these examinations across Pakistan.
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June 13, 2011
New Test Promises Safer Blood Products
Donated blood can now be screened for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV at a very initial stage – before they even ‘appear’ in the donor – with the introduction of a new test called NAT at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH).
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June 13, 2011
A New Decade of Vaccines
In the last century, vaccines have improved the health of millions of people and substantially reduced the toll of major diseases such as measles, yellow fever and diphtheria besides completely eradicating small pox.
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June 8, 2011
Epilepsy: Treating Misconceptions
Epilepsy is one of the most misunderstood conditions and has often been confused with magical or religious events while epileptics have been labelled as ‘possessed’.
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