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The use of medicinal plants in childhood diseases remains largely undocumented. A study in North West province in South Africa catalogued many of these for the first time.

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As persistent cold weather and smog grip the country, a health crisis has been battering the countrys largest province with thousands of cases of pneumonia along with hundreds of fatalities.Punjab...

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Punjab reports more than 18,000 cases, 300 fatalities in month of January alone

A transition road map towards self-financing of immunisation in the country has been developed by the Ministry of Health.  This is to...

Over 200 children have died in Pakistans Punjab province due to pneumonia owing to extreme cold weather in the last three weeks. The government has imposed a ban on holding a morning assembly in schools across the province till January 31 because of extreme weather. Since January 1, a total of 10,520 pneumonia cases have been reported in the province. All the 220 deaths were in children under the age of five, with 47 deaths in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has announced the arrival of 112,000 doses of RTS, S malaria vaccine - the first ever in Liberia.

Pakistan News: Over 200 children have died in Pakistan's Punjab province due to pneumonia owing to extreme cold weather in the last three weeks. The government has imposed a ban on holding a morning assembly in schools across the province till January 31 because of extreme weather. Since January 1, a total of 10,520 pneumonia cases have been reported in the province. All the 220 deaths were in children under the age of five, with 47 deaths in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.

Over 200 children have died in Pakistan's Punjab province due to pneumonia owing to extreme cold weather in the last three weeks, the government said on Friday.