Impact of AKU On Society
- AKU holds clinics and teaching sessions at the katchi abadis or slums of Karachi
- AKU played a major role in the relief efforts after the 2005 Pakistan earthquake
- AKU flood relief coordination centre established medical camps in flood affected areas devastated by the fatal flood in the fourth quarter of 2010. Besides medical facilities the university collected data on flood affectees to provide monthly food items by coordinating with donors.
- The nursing program has helped give women a noble profession, and given them social standing in a community where women are not generally held in high standing.
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