The past decade has seen remarkable progress in our understanding of the scale global typhoid fever problem,1 alarming emergence south Asia extensively drug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S Typhi) threatening effective treatment,2 and WHO prequalification a conjugate vaccine,3 new tool to prevent disease. In Lancet, Firdausi Qadri colleagues report analysis 18 months follow-up clu...

background: the aim of this study was to measure137cs levels in soil and brick samples to set the baseline data and an indicator of fallout radioactivity for this part of the world. this study will help to probe, if there is any health threat posed by 137cs exposure to the residents of the area. materials and methods: twenty five samples of soil and 6 samples of bricks were collected from diffe...

A functional referral system for addressing maternal and child health issues requires coordinated efforts by stakeholders community. Using Rural Health Program (RHP) Thatta as platform provided an academic institution, district community of Mirpur Sakro taluka were engaged to strengthen the emergency emergencies through active engagement. Through combined consultation, plan was developed. Commu...

BACKGROUND Despite the increasing relevance of trans-cultural healthcare issues in public health policies, knowledge is still very restricted about migrant communities' perceptions and use of traditional medicines (TMs) within multicultural societies in Western countries. In this field study, an in-depth study was carried out of the herbal drugs still in use among Pakistani migrants from Mirpur...

Collodion baby is a rare genetically determined congenital condition that follows an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance resulting in parchment-like tight, shiny skin present over the newborn. Due to this condition, body surface newborn remains invisible. The current study was aimed enlighten case collodion District Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In case, born with membrane-like sheet c...