Abdominal trauma may pose a significant diagnostic challenge to the trauma surgeons as well as radiologists. Clinical findings are often unreliable and have low sensitivity for diagnosis of intra-peritoneal injuries following such injuries. Ultrasound imaging is a common method of diagnosing intra-abdominal injuries. This study was conducted to determine the role of USG in detecting intra-abdominal injuries. Objective: To determine the frequency of correct findings of abdominal ultrasonography compared with CT scan in detection of solid intra-abdominal visceral injuries in patients coming to...

The Ministry of Health (MoH), Government of Pakistan in financial assistance from Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and technical as well as management assistance from Micro Nutrients Initiative (M I) is going to embark upon a new initiative "National Wheat Flour Fortification Program (NWFFP)". The program aims at improving health status of the nation through minimizing the effects of iron deficiency in children and women. The introductory experiences of fortified flour in various countries present a number of potentials of reducing neural tube disorders in new born (NTDs), low...

Measles (also known as morbilli, English measles, or rubeola - not to be confused with rubella) is an infection of the respiratory system caused by a virus, specifically a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. Morbilliviruses, like other paramyxoviruses, are enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a generalized, maculopapular, erythematous skin rash, the symptom for which measles is best known. Measles is spread through respiration (contact with fluids from an infected persons nose and mouth, either directly or...

The Nutrition Wing, Ministry of Health Pakistan has fully committed to flour fortification as a valuable approach to anemia prevention and control therefore it has initiated a National Wheat Flour Fortification Project (NWFFP). Preparatory activities leading towards national scale flour fortification are underway. NWFFP aims to introduce the universal fortification of wheat flour by the year 2013. The instant study "Implementation and Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Research to Understand Consumer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Surrounding Fortified Wheat Flour in Pakistan"...