The UNICEF in collaboration with the University of Karachi and Jaycees sponsored the project for the construction of soakpit latrines and the dissemination of basic health education materials for the improvement of sanitary conditions in slum areas of Karachi. Turk Colony in Baldia Town is one of the slum areas where the soakpit project has been established with the primary objective of improvi...

M uham m ad Saeed3, M uham m ad A bbas3, Khalid M oham m ad K hanb, and Wolfgang V oelter3 a Abteilung für Physikalische Biochemie, Physiologisch-chemisches Institut der Universität Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Straße-4, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany b International Center for Chemical Sciences, H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi-75276, Pakistan Reprint request to Pr...

To determine the perception of pathology as a future career choice among medical students of a private medical school from Karachi, Pakistan. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 201 students participated in this study. All Students were approached randomly to participate. A total of 201 students participant survey forms wer...

Injuries and deaths due to road traffic crashes (RTC) are major public health concern. The Road Traffic Injury Research and Prevention Center, collects RTC data on injuries and fatalities from five emergency departments in Karachi. Data generating process (DGP) for RTC from 2007 to 2014, for monthly number of fatal and injured victims were analyzed using autoregressive integrated moving average...

* Correspondence: [email protected] Department of Mathematics, University of Karachi, University Road, Karachi, Pakistan Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract In this article, we give more generalized results than in Anwar et al. (2010) and Latif and Pečarić (2010) in new direction by using second-order divided difference. We investigate the expone...

ABS11tACT: A study to measure the heavy metal pollution level in the sediment of coastal and offshore area indicates that high concentration of heavy metals were found around Manora channel and eastern coast of Karachi. In comparison with coastal areas, relatively low concentration of heavy metals was recorded in the offshore area. The result shows that sewage and industrial wastes are the main...

Drug use has been identified as a major public issue in Pakistan. A descriptive questionnaire survey in Karachi city was made to identify the socioeconomic profile and beliefs and practices of 500 drug users The most commonly used drugs were cocaine (19.0%) and crack-cocaine (15.0%), followed by amphetamine, (11.0%), alcohol, caffeine, barbiturates and benzodiazepines (10.0% each). Key psycholo...