Category: Key Highlights & Updates

๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐

๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐

Join us for this important episode on early danger signs in children, starting from pregnancy. ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ. ๐†๐ž๐ง. (๐‘) ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ข and ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐Š๐ก๐š๐๐ข๐ฃ๐š ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง discuss the importance of prenatal screening and how timely support for mothers can make a big difference. Learn about identifying risk factors after birth, the state of screening in Pakistan,

๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 

๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 

In todayโ€™s Podcast we have ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐›๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ก๐š๐› ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ณ๐š๐ข who is a Clinical Psychiatrist, joined by ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐Š๐ก๐š๐๐ข๐ฃ๐š ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง in Early Childhood Development Series. We delve into the profound impact of ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง on Early Childhood Development (ECD) and its impact on the overall fabric of the society. Maternal depression, encompassing both prenatal and postnatal

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

In this episode of Early Childhood Development (ECD), ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐š๐ช ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ช ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง, Global Technical Lead for Inclusive Education at Sightsavers discusses the need for inclusive education at early years including children with disabilities. ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐š๐ช and ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐Š๐ก๐š๐๐ข๐ฃ๐š shed light on the challenges faced by children with disabilities and their families including many who are

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ

Excited to share the latest episode of our podcast series on “๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ” Join ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ซ๐š ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค Clinical Psychologist at PsychCare and ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐Š๐ก๐š๐๐ข๐ฃ๐š ๐Š๐ก๐š๐ง as we dive deep into the world of neurodevelopment disorders and the critical importance of sensory stimulation for a child’s development. Dr. Semra emphasized on the

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