AMA HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM

Donate Blood … it was meant to circulate

 

• Establishment of a Health Education Center within the premises of AMA for Workshops, Seminars and Lectures on important health issues concerning the country. 

• “Seminar  on Thalassaemia” on 8^th May 1997, International Thalassaemia Day, jointly organized by Ayub Medical College, Pakistan Thalassaemia Welfare Society & AMA^®.

• Lecture on Mal-Nutrition Diseases, by Dr. Mehmood Alam, Consultant Paediatrician, at P.O.F. Havelian, 28^th June 1998.

•   “Seminar on AIDS” at Frontier Medical College organized jointly by AMA, Free Legal & Medical Aid Trust & UNAIDS, on 5^th October 1998.

• “Seminar on HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis”on 9^th Sept. 1999 at Ayub Medical College, with collaboration with FHP & UNAIDS

• Three Days “Workshop of Training of Tutors” from Thandiani and Balakot, from  11^th–13^th September 1999 at Family Health Project office.

• “Workshop on HIV/AIDS” for Students of 14 Colleges of Abbottabad at “World AIDS Day”, jointly organized by AMA, UNAIDS & Family Health Project, at Abbottabad.

• Lecture on “Hazards of Smoking” on 28^th November 1999 at a local School of Abbottabad.

• “Workshops on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis” for Students of local school of Thandiani and barbers of Balakot, District Mansehra, December 1999

• National Strategic Workshop on HIV/AIDS at Bhurban, 16^th–19^th May 2000. Dr. Noaman Siddiqui, Secretary General AMA^® represented the Association at this Workshop.

• “NGOs Consortium Workshop”, 3^rd & 4^th July 2000 at Peshawar, AMA^® was one of the participants from the NGOs working against HIV/AIDS in NWFP. Secretary General AMA^® was elected as Divisional Coordinator for Hazara.

• WHO/NIH/Ministry of Health Workshop on “Blood Donor Motivation”, 25^th – 26^th August 2000, Divisional Health Development Center, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad

• “NWFP AIDS Consortium Workshop”, 9^th -10^th November 2000. Dr. Noaman Siddiqui, Secretary General AMA delivered a lecture on AIDS for participants from all over NWFP.

• “Workshop on AIDS” at World AIDS Day 2000, on 26^th Nov. 2000, for the teachers of Educational Institutions of Abbottabad, with collaboration of UNAIDS.

• “Workshop to Pre- Test Guidelines of HIV Antibody Testing”, Islamabad, 3^{rd -} 4^th December 2000, UNAIDS and National AIDS Control Programme Secretary General AMA attended this Workshop.

• “World T.B Day” 24^th March 2001, AMA was one of the organizers of this event, held in Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad.

• “Workshop on Waste Management / Biomedical Waste”, organized by IUCN, District Council, Abbottabad, AMA was one of the participants May 2001

• “Lecture on HIV/AIDS” by the Secretary General AMA at a local Homeopathic Medical College, 3^rd June 2001

• Lecture on “Common eye diseases” at Training Workshop for Village Health Worker, Plan International, Mansehra by Dr. Abdul Aziz Awan, Chairman AMA, 14^th June 2001.

• Lecture on HIV/AIDS for Students of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad 5^th  July 2001 by Dr. Noaman Siddiqui, Secretary General AMA Workshop Lecture by Secretary General AMA Workshop on HIV/AIDS for Pathologists and Lab./ Blood Bank Technicians Ayub Teaching Hospital   July 2001

• “Presentation on HIV/AIDS” at the 6^th International Congress on AIDS on Asia and the Pacific by the Secretary General AMA, 5-10 October, Melbourne, Australia. 

• “Presentation on HIV/AIDS” at the COMSATS institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, 28^th March 2002 for the staff and students.

• “Presentation on HIV/AIDS” at the Hazara University, Mansehra, 30^th March 2002 for the staff and students

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

•  “Pedigree Analysis of Thalassaemia Trait in Hazara division” a project jointly executed by AMA, PMRC, Ayub Medical College and the World Bank. A 7-8% carrier rate was identified for Thalassaemia Trait in the Hazara division, necessitating further action [unpublished study]  
• “Prevalence & preventive measures for Thalassaemia in Hazara region of N.W.F.P.”, Pakistan, (Journal of Ayub Medical College, Volume 10, No. 1, July-August 1998)
• “Workshops on Themes of World AIDS Days”, 6th International Congress for AIDS for Asia & the Pacific, Melbourne, Australia. (Abstract # 1220)
•  “Impact Workshops on HIV/AIDS Days” (Journal of Ayub Medical College, Volume # 13 No. 4, October-December, 2001, ISSN 1025-9589)
•  Editorial “Men Matter Most” (Journal of Ayub Medical College, Volume # 13 No. 4, October-December, 2001, ISSN 1025-9589)

POSTER / ESSAY COMPETITIONS

• Poster Competition topic, “Voluntary Blood Donation for Thalassaemic Patients” at Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad 8^th May 1997.

•  Poster & Essay Competition topic, “Hepatitis & HIV/AIDS, Listen, Learn & Live at Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad 9^th September 1999

• Essay Competition on  “Hepatitis & HIV/AIDS, Listen, Learn & Live at Ayub Medical College, 9^th September 1999

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