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.
Pakistan
Aga Khan Development Network brochure
The Aga Khan Development Network is a group of private, international, non-denominational agencies working to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in specific regions of the developing world. The Network’s organisations have individual mandates that range from the fi elds of health and education to architecture, rural development and the promotion of private-sector enterprise. Together they collaborate in working towards a common goal – to build institutions and programmes that can respond to the challenges of social, economic and cultural change on an ongoing basis. This brochure introduces the Network’s principal agencies and provides an overview of their activities and goals. This publication is also available in French, Arabic and Portuguese.
Canada’s Minister of International Development visits flood-affected areas in Chitral
During his visit to the north of Pakistan, the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s Minister of International Development, met with flood-affected communities and observed relief and recovery efforts that AKDN is undertaking in severely hit areas.
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.
Offering hope to women displaced by floods
Yasmin, a Lady Health Visitor at the Aga Khan Health Centre, Khyber, helped deliver the babies of two women displaced by the floods in Sindh, Pakistan.
Ismaili Imamat donates $10 million to Pakistan flood relief efforts
The Ismaili Imamat has announced it will be donating $10 million to support relief efforts following the severe flooding in Pakistan. $5m will be donated directly to the Government of Pakistan while a further $5m will be provided to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies in the country, which are engaged in the relief efforts.
Mobilising flood relief and rescue in Pakistan
The Aga Khan Development Network is responding to the torrential rains and devastating floods in Pakistan by evacuating residents to safer areas, and providing food, shelter and health care.
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Responds to Devastating Floods in Pakistan
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, which has worked in disaster management in Pakistan for almost 25 years, has been providing advice, evacuation support and relief services during the extreme heat and heavy rains recently causing intense flooding across Pakistan
Aga Khan schools expand in Chitral
Campuses in this remote, mountainous region of Pakistan are adding state-of-the-art buildings to accommodate more students, higher secondary grades and a greener, more meaningful learning experience.