Admission Notice Undergraduate Program 2013 – Medical College- the Aga Khan University AKU Karachi

Emergency Care for Children to be held at Aga Khan University (AKU) KARACHI: Local and international emergency medicine experts would share their knowledge and expertise on ‘Emergency Care for Children’ at the Annual Emergency Medicine Conference (AEMC), to be held at Aga Khan University (AKU) auditorium on Saturday (today). Paediatric emergency care is a fast emerging [...]

The Aga Khan University (AKU) to hold seminar on women day KARACHI: The Aga Khan University (AKU) is all set to organise a seminar to celebrate International Women Day on March 8,2013. Well-known speakers, including TV producer and actress Sahira Kazmi will talk about the event theme ‘Women’s Capabilities: Recognised or Denied’.

Environmental degradation seminar at Aga Khan University AKU KARACHI – Aga Khan University is organising a dissemination seminar on environmental degradation and its contribution to human health on Feb 19 at Aga Khan University. National and international speakers will talk about environment related issues, including hospital waste management, lead poisoning in Pakistan, health burden of arsenic [...]

Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi to hold discussion on family planning KARACHI – Renowned speakers from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia and USA will discuss family planning and reproductive health at an advocacy event being organised by Aga Khan University on February 12. The theme of the event is ‘Post-18th Amendment Scenario for Family Planning and [...]

Public Awareness Session on Aga Khan University (AKU) Academic Programmes KARACHI – Aga Khan University (AKU) will organize a public awareness session on its various academic and professional development programmes on Saturday at AKU Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED), Karimabad Campus.The programmes include medicine, nursing, midwifery, health sciences and teacher education. An AKU official on Friday [...]

Aga Khan University AKU teams up for measles-hit KARACHI – In the ake of deadly measles outbreak, Sindh being the hardest-hit province, a four-member team from the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University rushed to the measles affected areas in Sukkur, Ghotki and Khairpur districts, and assisted the local administration. The team led [...]

153 doctors receive certificates at Aga Khan University’s (AKU) ceremony Karachi: Sixty-six interns, 69 residents and 18 fellows were awarded certificates for completing their postgraduate medical training, at the Aga Khan University’s (AKU) 17th graduation ceremony for the Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) on Wednesday. So far 2,198 doctors have graduated from the AKU’s various PGME programmes [...]

Aga Khan University AKU to hold 6th Hospital Ethics symposium today karachi – Aga Khan University is hosting its 6th Hospital Ethics Symposium with the theme of ‘Challenges to Organisational Ethics’, on Dec 15 (today). The symposium aims to highlight major components of organisational ethics in healthcare settings, and exploring ways to improve upon existing frameworks. [...]

Aga Khan University Hospital AKU to observe Diabetes Day on 11th November KARACHI – Aga Khan University Hospital is commemorating World Diabetes Day 2012 on November 11, which aims to raise global awareness about diabetes, its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent the illness in most cases. On the occasion, AKUH experts will talk about [...]

Professional capital can enhance education quality Karachi  - The reason for poor school performance may be something as insignificant as a broken water pipeline where goats defecate. This was the gist of a story told by Prof Andy Hargreaves, an educationist from Boston College in the United States, at the inauguration ceremony of an international education [...]

Doctors career guidance seminar to be held at AKUH KARACHI: A career guidance seminar for doctors will be held at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) on November 10. This was announced by Dr Salman Ghauri, a consultant cardiologist at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and President of PIMA, said a statement issued here on [...]

Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) to hold World Palliative Care Day KARACHI: In connection with the World Palliative Care Day, a moot would be held at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) here on October 14. An official of the AKUH said on Saturday that the moot would be organised by the Palliative and End-of-Life Care [...]

25pc Pakistani suffering from mental disorders Twenty five to thirty percent of the total population or about 30 to 40 million people of Pakistan are suffering from various mental disorders, while 15 to 20 million such people need to be admitted at psychiatric hospitals for treatment. This was said by Karachi Psychiatric Hospital Managing Director [...]

Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) to hold programme to reduce burden of heart diseases KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is holding an event on September 23 with an aim to provide opportunity for raising awareness and encouraging individuals, families, communities and government to take action to reduce the burden of heart diseases and stroke. [...]

Two Aga Khan University Hospital staff drown near Hub Power Plant KARACHI: A private party of picnickers, who were staff of the Aga Khan University Hospital, met with a tragedy at sea near the Hubco Power Plant Wednesday. An official of the AKU said that two of the staff members lost their lives by drowning while [...]

‘Neurology is most rapidly developing field of medicine’ ISLAMABAD - Eminent consultant neurologist and former head of Neurology Department at Agha Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Dr Nadir Ali Syed, urged young doctors to understand the difference between healing and curing. Addressing the participants of 6th annual neurology research day organised at Shifa International Hospital (SIH) on Monday, [...]

Aga Khan University Hospital AKUH conference: Experts want disaster management system in place now KARACHI: Academics and experts recalled the damage inflicted by floods in 2010 and 2011 and stressed on the need for developing adequate disaster management procedures during the first day of the Aga Khan University Hospital’s Annual Emergency Medical Conference on Thursday. Dr Mukesh [...]

Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi to mark World Epilepsy Day today on March 26, 2012 KARACHI: The Aga Khan University (AKU) will mark the World Epilepsy Day on March 26 (today). An announcement said that a seminar would be organised at the AKU auditorium here. It said that in Pakistan about 1.8 million people from all [...]

Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi Study: Malnutrition sets in early in Hepatitis C People with Hepatitis C or a relative suffering from it should be really careful about malnutrition which sets in early and progresses relentlessly, experts have noted in a recently published paper. Researchers from the department of medicine at the Aga Khan University Hospital, [...]

Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH)  to hold seminar on World Kidney Day today KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) will hold a seminar to celebrate World Kidney Day on Thursday (today) to disseminate information on chronic kidney disease and the importance of donating. This year’s international theme for World Kidney Day is ‘Donate- Kidneys [...]

Antiseptic care of umbilical cord can save newborns - the Aga Khan University’s division of Women and Child Health Thursday, February 09, 2012 Karachi Cleaning a newborn’s umbilical cord with an antiseptic can reduce the risk of infection or death, revealed a study by the Aga Khan University’s division of Women and Child Health. The research, [...]

Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi Honors its Staff​ As part of its culture of appreciating its people, long-serving AKU faculty and staff were honoured at a Service Award ceremony that recognized their commitment and contribution to the institution. For the very first time, the University honored people who had spent more than 30 years in service, in addition to those who [...]