Background Hypertensive emergency is an emergent case which all prompt consideration should be taken. Due to control of hypertension less cases of emergent hypertension is seen nowadays; so the data from April 2012 to Dec 2012 in internal ward of the regional hospital shows 305 cases (113 males and 192 females) recorded aged between 16 90 years with the average of 49 years. Number of admitting ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate how much time teachers in sampled schools Herat Province Afghanistan spend teaching literacy early grade classrooms, they use the time, and what factors lead instructional loss. We found that actual spent often shorter than allocated time. also identified a few shared practices indicate poor Time loss included teacher student absenteeism tardiness, u...

Background & aim: Four decades of war in Afghanistan has led to an increased rate of depression among the population. Given the importance of depression in adolescents, it is essential to introduce an appropriate tool for the early detection of depression in adolescents. Therefore, this study was conducted to standardize the Maria Kovacs Questionnaire among schoolchild...

BACKGROUND Afghanistan has one of the world's highest fertility rates and, related to this, an infant mortality rate far higher than its South Asian neighbors. Contraception enhances family spacing, improves women's safety in child birth and, as a result, reduces infant and child mortality. Until recently, there has been a paucity of information on the comparative rates of contraceptive practic...