World Hepatitis Day is observed every year on 28th July to help raise awareness and understanding of hepatitis – a major global health problem causing acute/chronic liver infection (inflammation) that may lead to a life-threatening disease. Affecting 1.5 million people globally each year (World Health Organization, 2019), hepatitis is one of the key focus areas …

COMSATS organized a session on World Hepatitis Day 2021 bearing the theme “hepatitis can’t wait”. Hosted by Dr. Azeema Fareed (Principal Medical Officer and Focal Person, COMSATS Telehealth Programme), the session was a Q&A-based interaction with the Focal Person for Hepatitis and Zoonosis by the Government of Pakistan, Dr. Huma Qureshi. Currently practicing in the …

The Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) inaugurated its Belt & Road International Innovation Development Institute Network (ANSO-BIDI Institute Network) on 7th July 2021. COMSATS is a member of ANSO since 2019 and actively participates in its activities as well as seeks to form active liaison with its other members. The inauguration ceremony was held …

A four-member delegation of COMSTECH visited COMSATS Telehealth Resource Centre housed at COMSATS Internet Services, Islamabad, on June 23, 2021. The visit was a follow-up on earlier discussions and deliberations made during a meeting between senior officials of COMSTECH and COMSATS with an aim to develop collaboration between the two organizations in the field of …

COMSATS and COMSTECH have agreed to work together to initiate a regional Telehealth program to benefit their member states, especially in the wake of the ongoing pandemic. COMSATS’ team held discussions in this regard with the Coordinator General COMSTECH, Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, in his office. COMSATS was represented by Dr. Azeema Fareed, Principal Medical …

Mr. Nadeem Irshad Kayani, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan, who is also the interim Executive Director COMSATS, made his maiden visit to COMSATS Secretariat, on 14th June 2021. The purpose of the visit was to review the administrative and financial affairs as well as programmes of COMSATS with its senior …

COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme-International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP) organized a virtual conference to commemorate the World Environment Day. The conference bearing the theme of the Day – Ecosystem Restoration – was held on 7th June 2021 with speakers from China, Colombia, Ghana, Jamaica, Jordan, …

Under an MoU signed with the Centre of Environmental Economics of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CEE-UCAS) in July 2020, COMSATS is conducting the second phase of training on “Sustainable Development and Leadership Enhancement”. Held virtually, the training is being conducted in collaboration with Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) and CEE-UCAS. The …

COMSATS Joint Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (CCIB) was inaugurated on 14th April 2021, in Tianjin, China. The Centre has been established in collaboration with COMSATS Centre of Excellence in China, the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB). Mr. Linhao Chen, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology, China; Mr. Weidong Wang, …

COMSATS’ Lecture Series on “South – South and Triangular Cooperation for Socio-economic Development in the South” continued with its eighth session on 9th March 2021, featuring talk on “Capacity building in the Global South: The Contribution of TWAS”. Delivered by Prof. Dr. Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy, the …