Corrections needed to Pakistani programme details

Corrections needed to Pakistani programme details.

I read the paper by Bhutta et al.1 published in the Bulletin with great interest and I congratulate the authors. Maternal and child health is a significant problem in developing countries. Factors such as poverty; cultural factors which restrict women’s autonomy, promote early marriage or support harmful traditional practices; nutritional deficiencies; reproductive factors like young age of mot...

A Balanced Approach for Corrections Policy Needed

the Internet causes social isolation. This t test design would have had considerably more statistical power than the correlational design that was used, in addition to eliminating the question of causal direction. I hope that such an experiment will be conducted in the near future. (1998). Internet paradox: A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being? Americ...

Availability of expanded programme of immunization services provided to children in a rural Pakistani village.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the immunization status of children under 5 years age, living in the Nurpur Shahan area and to identify various factors which influenced the rate of immunization. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted in which mothers of children under 5 years of age were questioned about the immunization of their children and the immunization services provided in the area. Syst...

Additions and corrections to names published in Cercospora in Iran

In this paper the taxonomy of some previously reported taxa as Cercospora apii s.lat. in Iran, is discussed and some new records are listed. Cercospora species on Abelia grandiflora (C. deutziae), Erythrina crista-galli (C. erythrinicola), Euphorbia heterophylla (C. pulcherrimae) and Zanthedeschia aethiopica (C. richardiicola) are new for mycobiota of Iran. Cercospora iridis which was previousl...

Number needed to treat (NNT); number needed to harm (NNH).