OBJECTIVE To identify the factors that affect the accessibility and acceptability of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services among High Risk Groups for HIV in NWFP. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted in two districts of N.W.F.P. namely Peshawar and Abbotabad from August 2007 up till January 2008. A total of 153 participants were interviewed from high risk group by convenie...

BACKGROUND Deafness is the hidden disability of childhood, and leads to poor educational and employment prospects. There is little published information on deafness in Pakistan. Profound hearing impairment is more prevalent in countries where consanguineous marriages are common, such as Pakistan. This study aimed to assess causes of childhood deafness and association with parental consanguinity...

Scabies is a Contiguous skin disease characterized by generalized itching of skin. It caused infestation with Sarcoptesscabiei Vor hominis. Patients present and many other cutaneous complications. Objective: - Objective this study was to find epidemiology clinical profile scabies patients presenting OPD, Hayat Abad Medical Complex (HMC), Peshawar. Methods This non-interventional, cross-sectiona...

Several studies have been conducted to investigate the incidence of cardiovascular disease and to determine the possible risk factors for the disease. In this study, a Statistical method of odds ratio analysis was performed to look at the association of one of the type of cardiovascular disease known as myocardial infarction with various risk factors such as diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension,...

Vegetables hold very important and significant place in our diet, among vegetables chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) is one of the most vegetable crop Pakistan. The vegetable’s market integration major problem Pakistan symbol efficiency integrated markets. present study was conducted for domestic four markets by using their monthly wholesale prices eighteen years (June 2000 to July 2019) adopting Joh...