National vitamin A plus campaign is going to be observed on October 5.

With the Capital reporting cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), the Government has issued guidelines for doctors, hospitals and schools to deal with the disease.

Alerting principals, teachers and supervisors to look out for children with fever, rashes or blisters on the palms and soles, the guidelines recommend that infected children remain away from the institution for at least 10 days after the onset of symptoms and must be certified free from infection by a registered medical practitioner before returning to school.

The National Green Tribunal has stopped the construction of a garbage disposal enclosure in IP Extension following a petition alleging that the dumping site might cause adverse health impacts upon

The National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, has confirmed four more polio cases in Federally Administered Tribal Areas and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said on Sunday.

Government school children in the State, in class one to nine, will soon have an addition to their mid-day meal plate on Saturdays, a boiled egg or a banana.

Two years after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) introduced the 'National School Sanitation Initiative' with an aim to inculcate good sanitation habits among schoolchildren, a majori