BACKGROUND Maternal mortality ratio in Pakistan remains high at 276 per 100000 live births (175 in the urban areas and 319 in rural) with a mother dying as a result of giving birth every 20 minutes. Despite the intervening years since the Safe Motherhood Initiative launch and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there have been few improvements in MDGs 4 and 5 in Pakistan. A key underlying ...

Background & aim: Active participation of men in antenatal care and their considerable knowledge about this issue is resulted in favorable pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practices of male partners regarding antenatal care (ANC) and their associated factors in district Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (KPK). Methods<...

Meraj Rahim1*, Mariam Rahim2, Masood Anwar Qureshi1, Shaheen Sharafat3, Zaman Shaikh4, Munim Abdul Rahim5 and Mubashir Zafar6 1Department of Physiology Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan 2Final year MBBS student, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan 3Department of Microbiology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan 4Departmen...

background: the aim of the study was to analyze the effective dose record of occupationally exposed radiation workers at bahawalpur institute of nuclear medicine and oncology department. materials and methods: annual effective doses of occupationally exposed workers were measured by film badge dosimetry by sending the dosimeters to radiation dosimetry laboratory (rdl), pakistan institute of nuc...

During 5 months in 2004-2005, buffalopoxvirus infection, confirmed by virus isolation and limited nucleic acid sequencing, spread between 5 burns units in Karachi, Pakistan. The outbreak was related to movement of patients between units. Control measures reduced transmission, but sporadic cases continued due to the admission of new patients with community-acquired infections.

Faisal SHAHZAD*, Muhammad ABDULLAH, Abdul Shakoor CHAUDHRY, Abu Saeed HASHMI, Jalees Ahmed BHATTI, Makhdum Abdul JABBAR, Hafiz Muhammad ALI, Tauseef Ur REHMAN, Farah ALI, Mian Muhammad Khubaib SATTAR, Fayyaz AHMED, Irfan IRSHAD University College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan Department of Livestock Production, University of Veteri...

1 Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 2 Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic International Medical College, Islamabad, Pakistan. 3 Department of Urology, Faculty of Medical and Dental Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan. 4 Department of Surgical Oncology, Shifa Tameer-e-Mill...

Farhat Ali Khan and Shabana Irum Department of Botany, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan Shazia Erum and Aish Muhammad Plant Genetic Resource Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan Faisal Nouroz Department of Botany, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan and Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Leicester, UK Saima Kanwal Food Scien...

The common coins in circulation in Pakistan are of denominations 1, 2 and 5 rupees. Rupee 1 coin (composed of bronze and aluminum and brownish in color) and Rupee 2 coin (composed of brass and aluminum and yellowish in color) were issued in September 1998 by State Bank. While rupee 5 coin (composed of copper and nickel and white in color) was issued later in December 2002. These coins, by compo...