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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Dr. Tahir Hussain, Assistant Professor from Department of Microbiology presents research at ECCMID-23 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Tahir Hussain, working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology was awarded a fully sponsored travel grant by Health Security Partners, USA to present his research work on, “The strategies for containment of AMR in Pakistan” in the international conference, titled, “33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID-23)”, held on April 15-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Every year the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) hold an annual congress in one of the selected European country. The 2023 ECCMID was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The congress provides an opportunity for the scientists, researchers and students from around the world working in the domains of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases to share their research experiences with the global scientific community. ECCMID is regarded one of the most prestigious and largest events in microbiology in the Europe.

Dr. Tahir Hussain presented his exciting findings at the conference, and was able to make collaborations with scientists and policy makers from USA and Europe, which will be very beneficial in terms of research and educational opportunities for the students of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.




Friday, March 24, 2023

World Water Day 2023 Celebrated at The Department of Environmental Sciences, AWKUM

 

Department of Environmental Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan with the financial support from WaterAid Pakistan organized one day seminar after concluding a week-long awareness campaign in Schools and Colleges in District Mardan to commemorate and contribute the global movement for accelerating change to achieve SDG 6 – clean water and sanitation for all.  This was a part of the series of events organized by WaterAid Pakistan across the country to celebrate and contribute toward the global observance to raise awareness about the importance of fresh water and issues around poor WASH services. Participants from academia, civil society organizations, NGOs, water and sanitation service providers, practitioners and government line department officials attended the event.

Dr. Dilawar Farhan Shams, Chairman Department of the Environmental Sciences, AWKUM welcomed the participants and discuss the aims and objectives of the seminar. It was revealed that globally over 3.6 billion people, almost half of the world population, do not have access to safely managed sanitation at their home. Similarly, in Pakistan 4.5 million population don’t have access to drinking water along with 141 million to safe drinking water and 70 million people have limited access to sanitation facilities. Dr. Shams Ali Baig delivered a keynote talk on the theme of accelerating change to achieve the SDG targets. He highlighted the reason of the off track in achieving SDG 6 and linked with the climate change induced disasters. The importance of adequate WASH services in adhering good hygiene practices to improve the overall quality of life were briefly discussed by the panelists including, Dr. Wali Ullah Khan, Department of Chemistry, Dr. Dilawar Farhan Shams, Department of Environmental Sciences, and Mr. Rahat Ullah, Customer Service Manager WSSCM Mardan in the panel discussion.

At the end, Dr. Muhammad Idris, Director Administration, AWKUM in his closing remarks reiterated the importance of clean drinking water and thanked WaterAid Pakistan for the financial support and choosing AWKUM for this event. He also distributed certificates of appreciation and shield among the participants and organizer. The event ended with a walk within the campus to raise awareness on the World Water Day.