Breast Cancer, Cervical and Ovarian Cancers remain the leading cause of mortality among women in Pakistan. The increasing burden of Women’s Cancers was discussed with Azra Pechuho, Sindh Health Minister during the launch of Roche and Greenstar pilot project that aims to design, develop and demonstrate scalable service delivery models that improve access to screening, […]

Aimed at raising awareness on breast cancer, Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator and the largest internet and broadband service provider, conducted month-long campaigns to drive reinforcement for prevention, reminder of periodic checkups, and educate the masses including its own employees. Pakistan has the highest incidence of breast cancer among Asian countries; one in nine women […]

Breast Cancer is a deadly disease that can result in untimely death if not diagnosed on time. In 2020, there were 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 685,000 deaths globally. In Asia, Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer Asia. At some stage of life, 1 in 9 Pakistani women become patients […]

SINA Welfare Trust aims to facilitate and provide primary healthcare services to people keeping in mind the basic financial hurdles, economic challenges, unemployment crisis and mobility issues. The services provided at the NGO include primary healthcare, authentic and quality medication, laboratory tests at par with international standards, ultrasounds, immunization, mental health counseling, hepatitis screening, and […]

Pakistan’s top cellular and digital services provider, Zong 4G, has joined hands with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center to spread awareness about breast cancer in Pakistan. In view of the current Covid-19 crisis, the awareness sessions were held online to keep the employees safe amid the pandemic. The two-hour online awareness and […]

The National Incubation Center has announced that its alumni startup, Xylexa, has raised a pre-seed round of investment. Xylexa is using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to develop a computer-aided diagnostics platform, for automated, accurate, timely, and cost-effective medical image diagnosis. Using pathology-verified data, Xylexa’s computer vision and ML algorithms analyze and interpret a patient’s […]