Factors influencing the contraceptive prevalence in a tribal society

To determine the frequency of different factors which affect the contraceptive prevalence in a tribal society. The study was conducted at 'NAWAN KILLI', district Quetta. Nawan Killi is a pen urban area which is about ten kilometers away from the main city. At this place, mixed community of Baloch, Pashtoons and non-muslims live. The contraceptive prevalence rate was found to be 14.1%. Different misconceptions and socio-economic factors like fear of developing permanent infertility, fear of having side effects, strength of family, social status of mothers, large family for tribal clashes, restriction by the husband and in-laws, not satisfied with the knowledge of LHWs, high socioeconomic status, religious beliefs were found to be adversely affecting the use of contraceptives

Hospital waste generation and management in a tertiary care hospital in Quetta

To measure the type and quantity of infectious and non-infectious hospital waste in a tertiary care hospital. Descriptive study. This study was carried out at Sandeman Provincial Hospital Quetta, from March 2003 to June 2003. Per capita production of waste in departments and wards was measured. Waste was categorized into three types, "infectious", "sharps" and "municipal" and weighed. Moreover, the prevailing practices of waste segregation, collection, transportation and disposal by hospital staff were observed. The average waste generation rate in different wards was found to be 1.64 Kg/bed/day. The maximum infectious waste was being generated in surgical wards. The waste was neither properly segregated, nor transported and disposed of in a scientific manner, posing immense risks to the hospital patients and staff as well as the public at large. Solid waste was being dumped in the open within the hospital premises and on the footpath outside the hospital to be removed sporadically by the municipality. Untreated liquid waste was being discharged into the sewerage system. Collection and disposable system of the hospital waste was not satisfactory, and requires to be addressed as soon as possible as it poses serious threats to the hospital staff and to the public

Knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among females of tribal society

To determine the knowledge about females of tribal society of Quetta. Descriptive study. NAWAN KILLI, District Quetta from February to August 2005. A per-designed questionnaire was administered to see the knowledge about AIDS among females of age group 20-55 coming to BHU of Nawan Killi for consulting the staff of BHU. 93.8% had some knowledge about AIDS and 6.2% heard the name of AIDS for the first time. Only 40.9% knew one or more modes of transmission of the disease. Of the 229 respondents who had knowledge about mode of transmission of HIV/AIDS, 100% knew that the main mode of transmission was sexual contact. For 57.4% of respondents the source of information was T.V.