Decarbonising health care
Our health agencies are making it a priority to reduce the ecological footprint of their hospitals and medical centres while continuing to provide patients with quality services and care.
Aga Khan University
Experts warn of widespread diseases in flood-affected areas
As the number of cases of diarrhoea, dehydration, respiratory infections, malaria, dengue and skin problems increases at AKU’s healthcare camps in Pakistan’s flood-affected areas, experts have warned of widespread diseases if the living conditions and healthcare needs of the flood victims are not managed in good time.
Healthcare camps provide care to 45,000 people in flood-affected areas of Pakistan
The Aga Khan University is supporting the flood relief efforts in Pakistan via healthcare camps, mobile health units, medical training and fundraising.
Address by Princess Zahra Aga Khan at UCA graduation
“Graduands, as you enter the next phase of your lives, UCA eagerly looks forward to celebrating in your success.”
Providing integrated health care in East Africa
What began nearly a century ago as a single dispensary in Dar es Salaam has expanded into an integrated health system that provides quality care to 1.8 million people in the region.
“Good journalism does not come cheap”: Njoki Chege explores the future of the media
For World Press Freedom Day 2022, Director of AKU’s Innovation Centre Dr Njoki Chege shares her observations on the media industry and how the Centre is preparing journalists for the future.
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.
AKDN interview with Miriam Mutebi: The future of cancer care in East Africa
AKU’s Dr Miriam Mutebi, Kenya’s first female breast cancer surgeon, reflects on how stigma, costs and inadequate training prevent patients from getting the care they need, and how to change this.
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 nationwide. The consortium is formulated based on the expertise of these universities in developing and delivering quality online learning platforms. The participating universities include the Aga Khan University, and the courses will allow students to learn in their own time. The universities will contribute courses on a platform called PakistanEdX by offering multilingual options in five categories of arts and humanities, social sciences, quantitative skills, natural sciences and writing.
How to care for your baby’s teeth
Dr Aisha Mohamed, a consultant paediatric dentist at the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, talking about oral health in children, says that baby teeth allow children to eat, help with speech development, guide the adult teeth into the correct position and make them smile. Children can suffer from dental-related diseases, causing pain which affects their nutrition, sleep, behaviour and performance at school. Dr Mohamed says children should see a dentist by the age of one, or when the first tooth erupts, whichever comes first. She notes that it is important to create a good foundation for long term oral health.