This small-scale research was conducted to propose a way forward for the post pandemic online teaching in universities of Sindh. Data from 15 university representatives were gathered identify issues and best practices concerning learning higher education settings Sindh, Pakistan during spread COVID-19 Pandemic. The data revealed that Sindh face student related, instructor related interaction si...

Qadir Bux alias Imran Latif*, Ismail Abdul Rahman*, Ahmad Mujahid Ahmad Zaidi**, Kamran Latif, Aftab Hameed*, Sasitharan Nagapan * * Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia University (UTHM), 86400, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia ** Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM), 57000, Kem Sungai Besi, ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of the causes of non-polio acute flaccid paralysis in the paediatric population of Sindh. STUDY DESIGN: descriptive/ cross sectional survey. SETTING: it is a community based study carried out in all the districts of the province of sindh from the year 2000 – 2009 METHODOLOGY: The study included all cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) aged 0<15 years, res...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infections are a serious global and national public health problem. Earlier studies have reported increasing rates of hepatitis infection in Pakistan, particularly in rural areas. Pakistan has no active surveillance program to monitor trends of these infections. The objective of this study was to verify this trend in blood donors from the rural Sindh are...

Recommendations for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B infection in children Uzma Shah1, Iqbal Memon2, Huma Arshad Cheema3, Salman Ali4, Sohail Thobani5, Rashid Mirza6 Aga Khan University Hospital1, Dow University of Helath Sciences2, Karachi, Children’s Hospital3, Lahore, Combined Military Hospital4, Rawalpindi, BMI Polyclinic5 Karachi, Mideast Medical Centre, Karachi, Sindh Institute of Uro...

Frequency of byssinosis in 276 workers from 5 ginning factories of rural Sindh are described. Twenty-four (9%) had byssinosis, 178 were asymptomatic and the remaining 74 had other respiratory symptoms. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was present both in symptomatic and asymptomatic workers and was equally distributed amongst smokers and non-smokers. A possible involvement of some factors ...

Pakistan Country Profile of Cancer and Cancer Control 1995-2004 Yasmin Bhurgri1,2, Asif Bhurgri1,3, Sania Nishter4, Ashfaq Ahmed5, Ahmed Usman6, Shahid Pervez2, Rashida Ahmed2, Naila Kayani2, Ahmed Riaz1, Hadi Bhurgri1,2, Imtiaz Bashir7, Sheema H. Hassan2 Karachi Cancer Registry1, Aga Khan University2, Karachi, Sindh Medical College3, Karachi, Heartfile4, Islamabad, Ministry of Health, Federal ...