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With the recommendation of the WHO, the department of Health, introduced the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine or TCV in the EPI schedule in phases from 2019
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Over the last 35 years, researchers from this one department alone, Paediatrics & Child Health, have been responsible for introducing four vaccines to Pakistan's Expanded Immunisation Program (EPI)
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AKUH's Quality of Life program is run by Pakistan's only Paediatric Palliative Care specialist, Dr Shahzadi Resham.
Dr Emily R Smith of George Washington University is one of the lead investigators on the PRiSMA study. She visited AKU in Karachi in April 2024 and delivered this lecture
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A discussion on Self-Harm in Adolescents was held on April 18, 2024 at Aga Khan University with Dr. Rubeena Kidwai, Dr. Kishwar Enam, Dr. Jawed Akbar Dars, Dr. Fareed Ahmed and Syed Aftab Shah. Full video
Associate Professor Dr Qalab Abbas and the Paediatric Critical Care fellows, Dr Summan Khan, Dr Sidra Asif and Dr Wash Dev Ram, went to help train NICU, PICU staff at LUMHSWatch the video
Saad's parents spent years consulting doctors on his condition. It was only when they came to AKU that they found answersRead the story
Dr Ambreen Nizar has joined the Department of Paediatrics & Child Health as a Senior Instructor, Research, January 2024. Dr Nizar completed her MSc in Epidemiology & Bio-Statistics from Aga Khan University, funded by an NIH scholarship, and the 2023-24 Inter-Scale Fellowship (Aga Khan & Oxford) in ECD research. She has a dental surgery degree from Fatima Jinnah Dental College (2006-2011). Since 2016, Dr Ambreen has been spearheading projects such as GSED and ACT.
Students from AKU, Karachi schools create art for child protection
December 5, 2023: The exhibition was part of AKU's Off The Beaten Track elective course for medical students, which has a stream on child protection.
November 25, 2023: Parents with diabetic children share stories on World Diabetes Day.
November 17, 2023: A Rightful World on child rights authored by Dr. Kishwar Enam and Shelina Bhamani, edited by Maliha Fazal and illustrated by Maria Riaz was launched at AKUH's EDH building.
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Eight faculty members from Aga Khan University out of a total of 55 national and international neonatologists have contributed to the 352-page first National Guidelines for Small and Sick Newborn Care at Primary and Secondary Healthcare Facilities in Pakistan.
More about the guidelines...
We’ve discovered that these bacteria are called bifidobacteria, and they help break down complex sugars in the breastmilk into nutrients.Read about the research...
