This paper uses data from the 1990/91 Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) to examine the importance of socioeconomic, behavioural and biodemographic factors in the determination of neonatal, infant and child mortality in Pakistan with special focus on maternal education and health seeking behaviour. The central hypothesis of the study is that education of mother and health seeking behavio...

Despite six decades of government and private sector programs, CPR in Pakistan is among the lowest in the region. This article reviews published and grey literature to understand why despite sufficient time and usually sufficient funding, CPR remains low in Pakistan. This paper looks beyond the usual factors of quality of services, coverage and supplies and management issues to examine how fami...

A checklist of butterflies of the genus Junonia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) of Pakistan is presented with a new record for Pakistan i.e. Junonia (Precis) atlites. In total six species of genus Junonia are recorded from Pakistan. A key to the butterfly species of the genus Junonia of Pakistan and their distribution is given.

Saima Aslam BHARWANA, Shafaqat ALI*, Muhammad Ahsan FAROOQ, Naeem IQBAL, Amjad HAMEED, Farhat ABBAS, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel AHMAD Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Botany, University of A...

1Department of Biotechnology and Informatics, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and management Sciences (BUITEMS), Quetta. Pakistan. 2Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 3Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, (LUAWMS). Balochistan. Pakistan. 4Institute of Molecular Biology ...

Yasir BASHIR1,∗, Faisal NADEEM, Ayesha SHABBIR Faculty of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Wah Campus, Wah Cantt, Pakistan Faculty of Mathematics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, GC University, 68-B, New Muslim Town, Lahore, Pakistan University College of Engineering, Sciences and Te...

trypanosoma are extra-erythrocytic, protozoan parasites of domestic and wild animals. it is transmitted by biting flies and a cause of fever, anemia, myocarditis and corneal opacity. in the present study, trypanosoma infection is reported in a male bull dog of two years age at lahore, pakistan. clinical signs and symptoms of infection are re­corded. confirmation of case was done by microscopic ...

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OBJECTIVES This article sought to review and compare data of major earthquakes of the past decade and their aftermath in order to compare the magnitude, death toll, type of injuries, management procedures, extent of destruction and effectiveness of relief efforts. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study of the various aspects of management and aftermath of 5 major earthquakes of the past ...

Dengue fever is an emerging disease in Pakistan with uninterrupted increase in number of cases since 2006 Dengue fever epidemic in Lahore Pakistan. This study was planed to identify serotypes of dengue virus (DENV) involved in epidemic of 2008. The patients were screened in the microbiology laboratory with immunochromatographic kits then confirmed by antibody capture Enzyme linked immunosorbent...