Pakistan: The Pivotal State

The Current State of Poison Control Centers in Pakistan and the Need for Capacity Building

Background: Chemical exposure is a major health problem globally. Poison control centers (PCCs) play a leading role both in developed and developing countries in the prevention and control of poisonous chemical exposures. In this study, we aimed to assess the current state of PCCs in Pakistan and highlight capacity building needs in these centers. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of the two re...

The State of Cancer Registration in Pakistan.

Sir, Cancer registration is a neglected area in our part of the world. Therefore, it is difficult to compute the exact statistics on cancer incidence and mortality within our population. However, estimates on incidence, mortality, and prevalence have been generated and released recently by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a sub-office of the World Health Organization, usi...

THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF CRANIAL NERVER DECOMPRESSION

Reported are a total of 81 microsurgical operations for cranial nerve root decompression comprising of 66 trigeminal, 10 facial, one vestibular, one vagus and three accessory nerve dysfunction syndromes from 1983 to 1990. Almost all cases of trigeminal neuralgia (TNG) secondary to vascular (59 cases) and minute mass (10 cases) compression, and those with hemifacial spasm (HFS) (nine out o...

State of children in Pakistan--confronting reality.

Survey on the State of Agile Practices Implementation in Pakistan

The agile development methodologies have become increasingly popular since early 2000 and can offer significant improvements in business. There have been previous research papers showing evidence to either approval or disapproval of this assertion for the software houses in different parts of the world but so far there has been no such survey done for the software houses in Pakistan. In order t...