Malaria during pregnancy and childhood is the major public health problem and about half of the population is at risk of developing malaria in the world. During pregnancy, it causes severe anemia, low birth weight babies, abortion and many other severe complications. Knowledge pl...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i11754
HIV/AIDS has affected nearly every country on the planet. The effect of this surge has brought all major modes of HIV/AIDS transmission to the attention of public health professionals worldwide. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), which are a major mode of transmission, incre...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2022/v11i2147
Pakistan has a double burden of disease, with more than 40% of the population suffering from infectious diseases. Therefore, in order to lower the risk of dangerous, avoidable infections among patients and healthcare staff, effective hospital infection control programmes are cruc...
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2022/v13i430193
Background and Purpose: Malaria is potentially a severe disease caused by infection of red blood cells with protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Malaria is an important cause of death, illness in children and pregnant women, especially in Africa The present study aimed to...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v13i330300
The case study aimed to assess the efforts being carried out by the public sector to decrease Maternal, Neonatal, and Child mortality in Pakistan to establish an information base for future planning, and assessment of the Maternal, neonatal, and child health services being provid...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2022/v15i430168
Objective: Present studies were carried out to examine the susceptibility of larvae and adults of Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) from laboratory and field populations of Lahore city against four major groups of commonly used insecticides; Imidacloprid 5% SC, phenyl-pyrazoles* (fipro...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2022/v10i430259
Objective: Seasonal prevalence of female Aedes aegypti was studied to determine its habits and its transmission season in Lahore, Pakistan. Methods: The study was carried out by placing black modified ovitraps indoor & outdoor in 25 different households per town in ten admini...
Purpose: Mosquitoes are medically important vector and transmit several viral diseases which cause devastating effect on human. New classes of insecticides, such as neo-necotinoids (imidacloprid) and phenylepyrazoles (fipronil) which were registered. Although these group of insec...
Objective: Aedes aegypti is a known vector mosquito transmitting world’s deadliest disease dengue fever. Vector control by chemo and bio pesticides is popular method for control but due to resistance development in adult and larvae of Aedes aegypti, it becomes a serious threat. P...
Objective: This study aimed to assess the current community’s perception status of dengue fever in the (Yuhana Abad) slum area of Lahore. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in Yuhana Abad, a suburb of Lahore, Pakistan. It is the largest majority Christian...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v11i2215