Health

A three-day Pakistan-Turkey Health Expo began in the northeastern city of Lahore city on Thursday, with 39 Turkish companies participating in the event aimed at boosting Pakistan’s healthcare sector, an official said.

A total of 2,018 people have been killed by a cholera epidemic in war-torn Yemen since late April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday.

The total number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has hit the half-million mark, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

A health official in Pakistan confirmed Thursday the first case of polio virus in southwestern Balochistan province and the country’s third in the current year.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the first three cases of Zika virus disease in India.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the delivery of the largest shipment of medical supplies to Yemen since conflict in the country intensified in March 2015.

Pakistan seeks wide ranging cooperation with Turkey in the health sector with a special focus on development of its human resources, health insurance, medicines, medical tourism and research and development, according to a provincial health minister on Wednesday.

Washington has suspended its financial aid to the Kenyan Health Ministry over corruption concerns, U.S. Ambassador to Nairobi Robert Godec announced on Tuesday.

The number of visits by teenagers to emergency rooms in Colorado has increased nearly four times since recreational marijuana was legalized in the state in 2012, according to a new study Thursday.

A trust in Pakistan named after Turkey’s president Saturday inked a deal with the country’s largest Punjab province to run major hospitals in its capital Lahore.

At least 269 people are reported dead in a fresh outbreak of meningitis in 15 of Nigeria’s 36 states in the past few weeks, the country's center for disease control has said.

At least 137 people have died of yellow fever in the country amid the largest outbreak Brazil has seen since 2000, according to officials.

Vietnam’s first case of microcephaly likely linked to the Zika virus has been confirmed.

The Turkish government on Monday donated vital pediatric medical equipment worth millions of Kenya shillings to a hospital in central Kenya.

A Turkish hospital currently under construction in Palestine will open its doors in 2017, an official working on the project said Friday.

An experimental vaccine for the Zika virus has been approved for human trials, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday.

Rwandan health officials have told Anadolu Agency that the country is on track in its fight against a malaria epidemic which claimed over 400 lives last year alone.

Turkey has been a shelter for refugees from every continent for many years. We are currently witnessing tragedies in Syria and Iraq. New bombs hit new places every day and for those who survive the life is not easy.

As Turkey tries to lower daily salt consumption, thousands of restaurants could be preparing to remove the much-maligned condiment from their tables.

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