Combined home/GP hypertension control program successful in Pakistan

A simple strategy of training general practitioners about hypertension control once a year, combined with teaching lay healthcare workers to educate people in their homes, led to significant reductions in blood pressure among those with hypertension, in a study performed in Pakistan. The proportion of adults with controlled BP was increased by nearly twofold among [...]

Aga Khan University: World COPD Day 2009

Aga Khan University Department of Continuing Professional Education in collaboration with Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine; National Alliance for Tobacco Control, World Health Organization (Pak) and Pakistan Chest Society invites you to commemorate World COPD Day 2009: Breathless not Helpless.
Time, Date and Venue
2:00 – 4:30 pm
November 17, 2009
AKU Auditorium, Karachi, [...]

Ismaili Student Network introduces young Ismailis to university life

This autumn, many young Ismailis in the United Kingdom, like myself, began the transition to university. Although it is a time of excitement and eagerness for independence, many of us will also feel apprehension at the prospect of living away from home for the first time, and being responsible for ourselves.
Suddenly, the idea of managing [...]

Pak-US varsities join hands to help poor

KARACHI – The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) signed a memorandum of understanding today to advance their common goal to promote equitable human advancement and social justice in the less privileged parts of the world. The agreement was signed at the Capitol Building in Sacramento by Haile T. [...]

Article: Prince Karim Aga Khan – A True Leader of Islam

11. July 2007 marks a milestone in the history of the Ismaili Muslim community, since that day the age of 50 Year of Imamat the leader of the Ismaili Muslim community marks, Prince Karim Aga Khan 1V. He is the current (49.) Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. His contribution in the field of [...]