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Misunderstandings regarding generics in Pakistan

This article is the third of three articles covering the results of a survey investigating the knowledge, perception and attitude of general practitioners (GPs) towards generic medicines in Karachi, P...

UN polio suspension hits 22,000 Pakistan children

Around 22,000 Pakistani children are at risk in Karachi after the World Health Organization suspended polio vaccinations over a spate of bloody shootings, a UN official warned Thursday.

Attitude of general practitioners towards generics in Pakistan

The second of a series of three articles reports on a survey aimed at exploring the knowledge, perception and attitude of general practitioners towards generic medicines in Karachi, Pakistan [1].

WHO: 'Brain-eating amoeba' kills 10 in Pakistan

(AP)—A Pakistani official with the World Health Organization says a waterborne parasite commonly known as a "brain-eating amoeba" has killed 10 people in the country's largest city, Karachi.

Q&A: Architect of change

Urban campaigner and architect Arif Hasan has been central to a sanitary revolution, transforming Orangi, Karachi, from informal settlement to thriving community. Using his technical know-how, residen...

Polio vaccination worker is shot and killed in Pakistan

The World Health Organization has described as a “hero” a polio vaccination worker who was shot and killed in Pakistan.Muhammad Ishaq was shot at a dispensary in Karachi on Friday evening, just th...

Community worker assisting with polio campaign in Pakistan shot, killed

In a statement on Saturday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said "a local community worker who helped an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan has been shot and killed in Karachi -- days after two...

November issue of WHO Bulletin available online

The November issue of the WHO Bulletin features an editorial examining the need for a new model for pharmaceutical research, a public health news roundup, a research article examining parental percept...

The antidiarrheal and spasmolytic activities of Phyllanthus emblica are mediated through dual blockade of muscarinic receptors and Ca(2+) channels.

This study was aimed at providing the possible mechanisms for the medicinal use of Phyllanthus emblica in diarrhea.

Rothia dentocariosa endocarditis with mitral valve prolapse: case report and brief review.

Neurology in Pakistan: Growing burden, low on priority, and a hope to keep alive.

Neurology is one of the most underrecognized and underappreciated specialties in Pakistan.(1) The beginnings of clinical and academic neurology in Pakistan can be traced to the 1960s when 3 neurology...

Spatio-temporal patterns of road traffic noise pollution in Karachi, Pakistan.

We studied the spatial and temporal patterns of noise exposure due to road traffic in Karachi City, Pakistan, and found that levels of noise were generally higher during mornings and evenings because...

New aromatic esters from Galinsoga parviflora.

Galinosoates A-C (1-3), new aromatic esters, have been isolated from the n-hexane soluble fraction of Galinsoga parviflora. Their structures were assigned from the spectral data including IR, HR-EI-MS...