Malaria eradication: DoMC, AKU-MEC and Sindh govt join hands
Malaria eradication: DoMC, AKU-MEC and Sindh govt join hands
https://tribune.com.pk/epaper/news/Karachi/2024-05-23/YTUyMmRkOGFiMDMzNTBmYzdmNGVmMzkyYmUyNWI0MjEuanBlZw
Media Source: The Tribune (Pakistan)
Date: 24 May 2024
In an initiative to combat one of the world’s deadliest diseases, the Directorate of Malarial Control and the Aga Khan University’s Malaria Elimination Consortium (AKU-MEC), the Ministry for Health, Sindh, the department for Vector Borne Diseases and Zenysis Technologies have joined hands to spearhead Pakistan’s…
In an initiative to combat one of the world’s deadliest diseases, the Directorate of Malarial Control and the Aga Khan University’s Malaria Elimination Consortium (AKU-MEC), the Ministry for Health, Sindh, the department for Vector Borne Diseases and Zenysis Technologies have joined hands to spearhead Pakistan’s mission to eliminate malaria by 2035. At a symposium held at Aga Khan University in Karachi, leaders from federal and provincial ministries, along with experts from AKU-MEC, convened to strategise and plan the roadmap for eradicating malaria across Pakistan. Led by Professor Dr M Asim Beg from the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at AKU, the symposium is a part of the GLIDE project for Malaria elimination in Pakistan.