Meeting Prof. Dr. Faisal Dar at PKLI: Insights from a Leadership Interview By Executive Director, Discover SOULS As part of my professional work with Discover SOULS, a U.S.-based nonprofit focused on awareness and donor engagement for kidney and liver care, I visited the Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute and Research Center (PKLI) in Lahore to...
November 14th comes around every year as World Diabetes Day. For Pakistan, though, this isn’t just another date on the health calendar. It’s a reminder of something that’s already unfolding in homes across the country. Diabetes has become one of the leading causes of kidney failure, heart disease, blindness, and disability here. Yet somehow, it...
Hepatitis C remains one of Pakistan’s most serious health concerns, affecting millions of people across the country. In recent years, however, Pakistan has made real progress toward eliminating this disease through a coordinated national effort led by the Ministry of National Health Services, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute...
Hepatitis has been a silent destroyer in Pakistani communities for decades, claiming lives while many remain unaware of the threat. As a living kidney donor turned kidney health coach who travels from the USA to work directly with rural communities in Sohawa, Punjab, I’ve witnessed an alarming pattern during my advocacy trips over the past...
Community-Based Screening Programs and the Role of Healthcare Workers in Frontline Detection and Treatment: Pakistan's Fight Against Hepatitis
