Islamabad, June 26, 2019 (PPI-OT): Today Ministry of Narcotics Control, Government of Pakistan, Anti-Narcotics Force, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Country Office Pakistan in partnership with World Health Organization jointly commemorating the International Day against Drug...
Read More »The UN is committed and on ground to support HIV response in Pakistan
Islamabad, June 18, 2019 (PPI-OT): The two-week WHO-led joint UN investigation into the HIV outbreak in Larkana district of Sindh, has concluded and preliminary results reveal that the major cause of the outbreak is the repeated use of unclean needles...
Read More »FAO organizes IPC Acute Malnutrition Training and Analysis Workshop
Islamabad, June 17, 2019 (PPI-OT): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in close collaboration with the IPC Technical Working Group, UNICEF/Nutrition Working Group, as well as relevant government organizations organized the IPC Acute Malnutrition Training and Analysis Workshop for Drought...
Read More »UNAIDS to continue support the response to the HIV outbreak in Pakistan
Karachi, June 15, 2019 (PPI-OT): UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Eamonn Murphy went on an official visit to Pakistan, where he reiterated UNAIDS’ commitment to supporting provincial and federal authorities to respond to the HIV outbreak and...
Read More »Government of Gilgit-Baltistan and UNDP sign an agreement to initiate work to avert risks of dangerous glacial lake outburst floods in Northern Pakistan
Islamabad, May 31, 2019 (PPI-OT): To implement the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Reduction in Northern Pakistan Project (GLOF II), the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) today. The...
Read More »Pakistan’s efforts to control Foot and Mouth Disease win award in Rome
Islamabad, May 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): Ministry of National Food Security and Research has been nominated as co-winner of the E. Saouma Award for the project “Development of the National Control Program for Foot and Mouth Disease in Pakistan” funded by...
Read More »Well-researched national policies can lead to sustainable urbanization: UNDP’s new report
Islamabad, May 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): ‘The benefits of urbanization can be fully reaped if well-researched national policies and plans are put into place,’ finds the latest issue of Development Advocate Pakistan on ‘Sustainable Urbanization’. The report was released by the...
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