Yearly Archives: 2023

shortage of medicines

Rehri Goth residents decry shortage of medicines

Free medical camp deepens realisation of lack of healthcare facilities. A medical camp, offering free healthcare services, at the Sindh Government Hospital in Rehri Goth, pronounced the lack of basic facilities available to residents in the area. Decrying a lack of healthcare facilities, a resident, Younis Khaskheli, questioned, “Why should there be the need for a non-governmental organisation (NGO)- Greenstar Social Marketing (GSM) in this case – to set up a medical camp here?” Then, answering his own question, he spat, “Because this hospital

family planning

International Conference on Family Planning

Team Greenstar participated in International Conference of Family Planning (ICFP) happened in Pattaya, Thailand. The theme for the conference “Shifting to a Platform Mindset: Locally Led Solutions for Scaling Sustainable High-Impact Practices.”

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Death during childbirth

Almost 1,400 women die during childbirth each month’ ‘The population bulge if not taken seriously, will destroy us all’ March 24, 2023 Karachi: The repeated pregnancies weaken the health of a mother and without proper family planning; her life is always at risk. The health experts in a penal discussion titled ‘Maternal and Child Health issues in Pakistan: Challenges and opportunities’, urged the youth to be aware about the reproductive health and its impact on the future of Pakistan. “About 1,400 women die during the

Country heading for population emergency, say experts

Call for busting myths about side-effects of intra-uterine contraceptive devices. Karachi: Leading obstetricians and gynaecologists (OBGYN), health sector policymakers, and members of the academia gathered to discuss the Road Map to Family Planning 2030. Sindh Reproductive and Genetic Health Centre-Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU), in collaboration with Cost Implementation Plan (CIP) Sindh and Pathfinder International organised the discussion at a local hotel on Wednesday. Road Map 2030 Family Planning aims at achieving targets of Population Planning and Policy, and boosting contraceptive prevalence (CP)

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Best Workplace Award

Greenstar bagged two awards as “Best Place to Work in 2021” by the Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management (PSHRM) – the highest HR Council in Pakistan in the categories of Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and Medium-Sized Organization