Abdul Gaffar Billoo Explained

Abdul Ghaffar Billoo
Birth Name:Abdul Ghaffar
Birth Date:1937 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Junagadh, Gujarat, India
Fields:Pediatric, Philanthropy
Workplaces:Aga Khan University
Memon Medical Institute Hospital
HANDS Pakistan
Pakistan Centre for Autism
Known For:HANDS Pakistan (founder and chairman)
Awards:Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2007)

Abdul Ghaffar Billoo (Urdu: عبد الغفار بلّو born 14 January 1937) is a Pakistani philanthropist who founded HANDS International a Nonprofit organisation in Pakistan which has been working since 1975.[1] As a paediatric endocrinologist, he served at the Aga Khan University (AKU) where he serve as professor of clinical paediatrics.[2] He was awarded with Sitara-i-Imtiaz for public services the most prestigious civilian award by then-President of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf in March 2007.

Early life

Billoo was born in Junagadh in 1937. He received his early education from his native town in India after partition of India his family was migrated to Pakistan.[3]

Education

Billoo obtained his MBBS degree from Dow Medical College in 1959. He received his Diploma in Child Health, Tropical Medicine, and Hygiene from the United Kingdom in 1962. He was qualified for his MRCP in 1964 and appointed a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1986.[4]

Career

Billoo started his professional career in 1959 from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. He joined Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on 1962 located in Glasgow. He was appointed as Registrar in Pediatrics at Seafield Sick Children Hospital Ayrshire, Scotland in 1962 where he worked for three years. After four years in the United Kingdom he came back to Pakistan and started practicing as Pediatrician later in September 1998 he joined Aga Khan University Hospital as chairman of Department of Pediatrics in the university.[5] He not only served as professor and Head of Pediatrics Department in Dow Medical College but also was the part of University of Karachi as Dean Faculty of Medicine for three years.

Honors and awards

Publications

Billo has more than 200 publications top 20 publications in United States National Library of Medicine as follows:

Philanthropy

Billoo founded Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) with his few close friends which has been serving humanity since 1975.[31] It works on health, human rights, education, disaster management[32] and poverty alleviation.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nearly 72% of girls in Sindh get married before they turn 18 Retrieved The Express Tribune, January 22, 2013 . 19 September 2013 . 5 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105204007/https://tribune.com.pk/story/497144/nearly-72-of-girls-in-sindh-get-married-before-they-turn-18/ . live .
  2. http://www.aku.edu/collegesschoolsandinstitutes/medicine/pakistan/Faculty/Pages/Abdul_Gaffar_Billoo.aspx Aga Khan University Profile
  3. http://education.kalpoint.com/pow/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=30 Personality of the Week Program – A Renowned Pediatrician
  4. http://www.schildnews.com/gbillo Brief profile
  5. http://hospitals.aku.edu/karachi/Pages/physiciandetails.aspx?Mnemonics=GBIL&Name=GAFFAR%20BILLOO&letter=G&speciality=&location=&gender&keyword=&profile=1 Physician Profile The Aga Khan University Hospital
  6. Web site: HANDS Pakistan i-Care Fund America Profile . 19 September 2013 . 6 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140406222813/http://www.i-care-america.org/hands/ . live .
  7. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\story_24-3-2007_pg7_19 26 Civil Awards Conferred in Sindh
  8. http://archives.dawn.com/2007/03/24/local3.htm Civil awards conferred
  9. http://beta.dawn.com/news/765182/aku-confers-degrees-on-321-students AKU confers degrees on 321 students
  10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16874872 Role of a Probiotic
  11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19576150 Comparison of oral versus injectable vitamin-D for the treatment of nutritional vitamin-D deficiency rickets.
  12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19213377 Incomplete Kawaski disease: are we missing it?
  13. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22368919 Perception and practices of breastfeeding of infants 0–6 months in an urban and a semi-urban community in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study.
  14. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18940129 Familial chylomicronemia in a nine months old infant
  15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18541093 A family with acute intermittent porphyria
  16. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16769354 Pulmonary agenesis—vascular airway compression and gastroesophageal reflux influence outcome
  17. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16438277 Association of literacy of mothers with malnutrition among children under three years of age in rural area of district Malir, Karachi
  18. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15924837 Association between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizures
  19. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15552284 Profile of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia—a hospital study.
  20. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11768937 Impact of socioeconomic conditions on perinatal mortality in Karachi.
  21. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9404906 Cefixime: an oral option for the treatment of multidrug-resistant enteric fever in children.
  22. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9071859 Detection and management of pneumonia by community health workers-a community intervention study in Rehri village, Pakistan.
  23. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8920597 Rehabilitation of grade III protein energy malnutrition on out patients basis.
  24. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8920607 Risk factors of persistent diarrhoea in children below five years of age.
  25. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7602739 Expanded programme of immunization in Karachi.
  26. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7933454 A change of Plasmodium species infecting children in Karachi over the last decade.
  27. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1787282 A traditional diet as part of oral rehydration therapy in severe acute diarrhoea in young children.
  28. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3118071 Comparative clinical trial of acceptability of flavoured vs non-flavoured ORS (WHO formula)
  29. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/350496 Efficacy of co-trimoxazole in infantile gastro-enteritis.
  30. https://web.archive.org/web/20161105100158/http://applications.emro.who.int/library/Databases/wxis.exe/Library/Databases/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xic&base=imemr&form=A&user=guest&lang=i&nextAction=search&indexSearch=%5EiAU%5ExAU%20%5EyINVERTED%5EuAU_&exprSearch=Billoo%2C%20A.G. Articles in World Health Organization Imemr database
  31. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-155642-Child-marriages-most-prevalent-in-Sindh-moot-told HANDS on Child Marriages Issue
  32. http://www.pulsepakistan.com/archives/15_02_2011/news3.htm Rehabilitation of Flood Affectees by HANDS Pakistan
  33. http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/human-rights-news/5830/experts-want-victims-of-child-abuse-rehabilitated Child Abuse Rehabilitated

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