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Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

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The grand illusion of polio eradication

A few days earlier, a high-level meeting was arranged on polio eradication. According to media reports, the meeting compared the polio cases data for...

24.04.2025 40

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

How is smog killing South Asians?

In our childhood days, winter used to bring heavy fog to many cities in Punjab. As kids, it looked so magical to us. It reminded me of the August...

10.11.2024 3

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Why are we failing to eradicate polio?

On the International Day for Polio, Pakistan got an unfortunate distinction. We identified another polio case, totaling 40 so far this year....

29.10.2024 2

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Monkeypox 2024: a new pandemic?

Monkeypox, which is now called Mpox, is not a new disease. It was first discovered in 1958 in monkeys kept for laboratory research, and later in...

21.08.2024 2

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Polio and Typhoid Marry

These days, a video clip is being widely circulated on social media about a senior medical doctor being arrested by the police for refusing to...

17.07.2024 3

The Express Tribune

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar