Welcome to the Saddqat Welfare Organization
About SWO
Saddaqat Welfare Organization (SWO) is non-profit, non-governmental organization working in all aspects of welfare for deserving, poor and helpless people according to the principles of Islam. SWO was established in 1994 at Burewala (Vehari). SWO’s Book bank started first time in rural areas of district Vehari. SWO working for the education promotion in Pakistan since 1994. SWO has now started Health Care and Promotion Program (SHCAPP). We are promoting health care through conferences, health awareness programs, providing literature in local languages.
Muslim Poz Network
Last Updated (Friday, 13 June 2008 14:08) Written by Admin Wednesday, 07 July 2004 13:00
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HIV/AIDS in Pakistan
Last Updated (Friday, 11 April 2008 23:56) Written by Admin Friday, 06 October 2006 22:27
HIV prevalence among injection drug users in Pakistan is increasing and could reach an "alarming" rate if "harm reduction" services are not implemented across the country, according to a report released on Wednesday by the nongovernmental organization Nai Zindagi, Pakistan's Daily Times reports. The organization in July 2005 compiled the report after testing about 6,000 IDUs in the Pakistani cities of Faisalabad, Lahore, Sargodha and Sialkot. The report finds an HIV prevalence of about 6.2% among IDUs who were tested in the four cities, according to Nai Zindagi CEO Tariq Zafar. According to the report, the majority of those tested said they had heard of HIV/AIDS but did not know how it was transmitted. In addition, the report said that condoms are "hardly used with regular partners when compared to casual partners" among those tested (Hameed, Daily Times, 5/12). About 50% of the IDUs were married and sexually active, and about 10% were between the ages of 18 and 24, according to the report summary (Executive summary, May 2006). Most of the IDUs tested began injecting drugs between the ages of 25 and 28. The report recommends that harm reduction programs in the four cities provide services to at least 60% of IDUs, that harm reduction services be provided in prisons and that the media disseminate HIV awareness messages (Daily Times, 5/12).
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/43472.php
Hepatitis in Pakistan
Last Updated (Friday, 21 March 2008 02:41) Written by Admin Friday, 06 October 2006 22:29
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that 10 million people are suffering from Hepatitis in Pakistan. Dr Muhammad Khalil Billay, WHO country representative, told Voice of America that there were five types of the disease, A, B, C, D and E. The A and E types are transmitted because of water problems and C, B, and D are blood related diseases. The government was going to launch a nationwide programme to control the disease, he said. The programme aims to provide the Hepatitis-B vaccination to every newborn child in the country. Dr Muhammad Akram Kalhu, Pakistan Council for Research on Water Resources chairman, said contaminated water was the main cause of the disease. “We have started work on a national water quality programme,” he said. Shaving material, blood transfusion equipment and used syringes were other causes of the disease, he said. Around four to five million people in Pakistan are suffering from Hepatitis B and about four to six million suffer from Hepatitis C.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_7-3-2005_pg7_34
