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District AIDS Council Meeting in Jhang
A meeting of the District AIDS Council was held on October 21, 2020 at the CEO office District Health Authority Jhang. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Mehboob Qureshi, Chief Executive Officer, District Health Authority. Other participants of the meeting included...
Country Coordinating Mechanism’s Oversight Committee Visited CoPC+ sites Rawalpindi & Jhelum
The oversight committee of Pakistan’s Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) visited Nai Zindagi’s CoPC+ sites in Rawalpindi and Jhelum on September 30 and October 01, 2020 respectively. The committee was headed by World Health Organization’s representative, Dr. Irfan...
Training of project staff for the establishment of satellite CoPC+ sites in six districts of KP
Nai Zindagi is in the process of establishing satellite CoPC+ sites in Bannu, Swat, Lower Dir, Kohat, Mardan & Charsadda districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for the provision of HIV prevention and harm reduction services to people who inject drugs (PWID) and...
Provision of support packages to transgender key population during lockdown
Currently, when Pakistan struggles to control the spread of the corona virus, many in the country have gone out of earning opportunities owing to lockdowns, controlled mobility and the ensuing economic downturn. Continuing on its practice of helping poverty-stricken...
Forth Session of District AIDS Council meeting, Rahim Yar Khan
The forth session of the 'District AIDS Council' (DAC) meeting in Rahim Yar Khan, an initiative of Nai Zindagi under the Global Fund - HIV grant, was chaired by Mr. Jamil Ahmad Jamil, Deputy Commissioner Rahim Yar Khan. The meeting was well attended by Mr. Yousaf...
Obituary: Sad demise of Mr. Shahid Ranjha
Mr. Shahid Ranjha has left us to be with his Creator. He joined Nai Zindagi in its infancy and has since remained loyal and always a fearless person ready to face difficult times to ensure quality services for clients often in need and in distress due to stigma and...
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE RISING HIV EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN
In compliance to the directives of the Honorable Supreme Court, the recommendations suggested by the Committee constituted by SC bench (hearing the case) in response to the HIV AIDS victims case (Jallalpur Jattan 2008) are being shared with NGOs/iNGOs/CSOs/Technical...
Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar takes suo moto notice of HIV and AIDS
With reference to the Human Rights Case No.25819-P of 2018 (In the matter regarding AIDS victims of Jalalpur Jattan), Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar passed an order on 3rd August 2018 at Honorable Supreme Court Registry Lahore stating that...
Nai Zindagi presentation at the Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan
Nai Zindagi conducted a seminar on Parental Drug Awareness at the Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan on 23rd July 2018. Mr Tariq Zafar represented Nai Zindagi as the guest speaker. During the presentation the participants were briefed about the drug use...
Training of outreach staff on implementation of Female drug user program – Kenya
In a unique collaboration between Mainline (the Netherlands), Nai Zindagi (Pakistan) and MEWA (Kenya) a weeklong training on women who use drugs was kicked-off in Mombasa Kenya. The training manual was developed based on collective knowledge on how to best work with...