Health indicators especially in the developing countries have been improving gradually but too slowly to be at par with the Millennium Development Goals closing date. Pakistan in the community of SAARC as well as EMRO countries has been struggling to achieve a decent position vis-à-vis the Neonatal Mortality Rate, Infant Mortality Rate, U5Mortality Rate, Maternal Mortality Ratio, Institutional ...

background: breast cancer is a life threatening disease affecting women. awareness should be created among women for early detection of breast cancer. nurses should provide information on bse to women population as a part of their profession. the aim of this study was to assess the attitude and practice of nurses in imparting knowledge on bse to female patients. methods: this cross-sectional st...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by a parasitic infection, is considered one of the most serious skin diseases in many low- and middle-income countries. Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis (OWCL) is caused by species found in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and India. The most commonly prescribed treatments are antimonials, but other drugs have been used with varying s...

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, religion has traditionally played a central role in the lives of the people. Following the Islamic Revolution in 1979, it has also become integral to the country’s governance. Since the Revolution, an exceptional synergy has arisen between the domain of religion and the health sector in the development of family planning policies, which have resulted in dramatic...

Despite declared political commitment to implement the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, many countries are experiencing challenges in moving to concrete action. The response to the 2011 UN political declaration and to the regional framework for action which was endorsed by the Regio...

The effects of Effective MicroorganismsTM, one type of microbial fertilizer commercially sold, on the growth of Wisconsin Fast Plants (Brassica rapa) and on the microbial density in soil were examined for this study. Two controls and three treatments were prepared, and plant height, diameter of stem, biomass of seed pod and plant, and the population of general microorganisms in soil were measur...