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Human Development Foundation Pakistan & Pakistan Girl Guides Association National Headquarters jointly arranged a seminar on #orangetheworld -16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
Let's break the silence around sexual harassment & abuse and join the fight for a world free of violence against women. #ourstreetstoo #16DaysOfActivism
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Mr. Saeed ul Hassan, Executive Director Human Development Foundation Pakistan and Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood General body members are discussing Early childhood Education & its importance at HDF national office.
HDF and it's partners held press conference at the national press club on Thursday, Civil society urged Ministry of National Health Services to increase the graphic health warning on cigarette packs upto 85 percent to discourage smoking in country.
According to a survey by the Ministry of NHS, tobacco kills 160,189 people in Pakistan every year. Almost 15.6 million adults currently smoke tobacco in the country, and around 1,200 Pakistani children between the ages of six and 15 start smoking every day. #enhanceGHW #tobacoff
CEO HDF, Azhar Saleem, addressing media in press conference at National Press Club, urging Govt to enhance GHW on Cigarette packs.
Mr. Azhar Saleem said "graphic health warnings on cigarette packs are a proven and cost-effective measure to create mass awareness and reduce tobacco consumption. He said the significance of these health warnings have been proven through various research studies that show a reduction in consumption rate and intent to quit smoking".
#tobaccoff #enhanceGHW
Providing quality education to children in marginalized communities is our flagship program. HDF works hard to promote quality education for all children, ensuring girls realize their full potential.
We Dream of Pakistan where Every Child goes to School.
#SchoolForEvery
The problem of malnutrition is complex, multi-dimension
Stunting is irreversible after the age of two #First1000Days of child’s life has a profound effect on it’s future.
World AIDS Day celebrated every year all over the world. The main motto behind celebrating the day is to raise public awareness about AIDS regarding modes of transmission of HIV and advising people to seek scanning and treatment services at the HIV Centers.
Over 300 children, adolescents die every day from AIDS related causes- UNICEF Pakistan.
"In Pakistan, a joint United Nations team led the investigation into the HIV outbreak earlier this year in Larkana district of Sindh. Unsafe injection practices were identified as the main cause of the outbreak. Since then, around 37,000 people have been tested and 1,158 were found infected.
Unfortunately, 80 per cent of the infected are children under 13 year of age".
Over 300 children, adolescents die every day from AIDS-related causes: Unicef
Islamabad :Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, says Unicef’s annual statistical update on children, HIV and AIDS, released ahead of the World…
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HDF conducted a session on "Hazards of Tobacco Consumption: The Electronic Cigarette Epidemic" at Environmental Sciences department of Quaid-i-Azam University.
E-cigarettes are becoming popular especially among youth, studies have shown that gasses in e-cigarette vapors can harm the lungs, heart, brain and immune system,
1 drop of e-liquid = 7 puffs.
E-Cigarettes run on batteries and heat up nicotine, flavoring and other chemicals. They turn them into a vapor that you breathe in. Many chemicals that cause cancer are found in this vapor. That includes formaldehyde, heavy metals and particles that can get stuck in the deepest parts of your lungs.
#stopvaping #tobaccoff
HDF team in Mardan conducted training of community on “Waste and Hygiene management”, by recourse person from water & sanitation services company Mardan (WSSCM).
Our Sustainable Environment program aims to introduce new and sustainable activities with a focus on reserving the loss of environmental resources.
Our main objective is to preserve the ecosystem & to create a healthy environment by providing clean drinking water, better sanitation facilities, waste disposal, suitable adaptation to climate change and an increase in forest cover .
