Promoting oral care in Chitral
Dental care is hard to come by for families in Chitral, so the Aga Khan Health Services and Noor Dental Clinic teamed up to bring it to their villages, undertaking 1,500 procedures in 10 days.
Pakistan
AKU Hospital performs Pakistan’s first gene therapy
When baby Shavez was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, AKU Hospital applied for him to be one of 100 patients per year – and the first in Pakistan – to receive free gene therapy from Novartis.
Plantation project launched in Gilgit
Gilgit-Baltistan forest and wildlife secretary Sumair Ahmad Syed inaugurated the Solar Lift Irrigation Block Plantation Project during a special ceremony in Jutal in Pakistan.
Women addressing mental health in Gilgit-Baltistan
Meet three of the women working with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme to help their communities understand the psychological impact of COVID-19 and improve their mental health.
Varsities join hands to develop online courses
The Higher Education Commission (HEC)’s higher education development in Pakistan (HEDP) project hosted the second meeting of a consortium of 11 universities at the National University of Sciences and Technology (Nust) to develop online courses as a part of the new undergraduate core curriculum na
Louvre curator visits UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lahore Fort
Jean Baptiste Clais, a curator at the Louvre Museum in Paris, visited the historic Lahore Fort this week to view the restoration being undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
Breaking the bias
Take a tour through these photos and meet the women and men whose actions and attitudes are helping to create a world in which our daughters can feel safer, more respected and ready to thrive and lead.
Breaking taboos
Hear Gul Noori, Shamim and Fauzia from northern Pakistan share their experiences facing natural hazards and breaking taboos as female search and rescue volunteers.
The Global Convocation Ceremony of the Aga Khan University
Speaker:
Speech Date:
Saturday, 26 February 2022 - 7:15pm
“We need to help each other wake up, and quickly. We need a billion climate activists. We need to build a global climate movement that’s even stronger than the fossil fuel industry. We need a huge number of engaged, passionate, courageous climate activists.”
The Global Convocation Ceremony of the Aga Khan University
Speaker:
Speech Date:
Saturday, 26 February 2022 - 7:00pm
“I can safely say that this class of AKU graduates will be one of the most tenacious, resilient and open-minded groups of professionals to come from this institution. I think I speak for my entire class when I say this: We are ready.”