Quality assessment and impact of parent literacy on national immunization days campaign in district Jamshoro Sindh-Pakistan

This study was designed to assess quality of National Immunization Days [NIDs] for Oral Polio Vaccination campaign by specific indicators like age, sex day wise attendance of children, their parents literacy level and distance from house to reach the camp. The arrangements for social mobilization and publicity material were also inspected. The study is descriptive and cross sectional carried on 187 under five children who were brought at fixed oral polio vaccination centre opened in EPI centre in OPD department of Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro branch. Study was conducted from 7[th] August to 11[th] August 2007 during NIDs round of five days. Data was analyzed on SPSS version 14. Children who were brought to OPV Centre were included in study. Children who were given drops by mobile teams at homes were excluded. The five day NIDS campaign data showed that 187 children of under five years were registered and vaccinated with oral polio drops, the mean number of children per day was 37.4 with Standard Deviation +/- 30.4 and Median was 33 children. 51.8% children were male and 49.2% were female. 9.1% in the age of 1 to 29 days and 25.1% in age between one month to 11 months. Majority of parents who brought children were illiterate and came from distance more than 5km. Quality of physical arrangements, like publicity material, social mobilization, site and furniture as well cold chain and vaccine supply was satisfactory. Study concluded that it was high quality NIDs campaign in Jamshoro District of Sindh and pointed that in 2008 Pakistan may he polio free country

Epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Taluka Johi, District Dadu, Sindh

The objective of the study was to investigate the epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Dadu District where this disease first emerged in 2002, and still is continuing in the district till the data of the study was collected in Oct. - Dec. 2004. A descriptive study with a total of 236 cases registered for various skin diseases in Taluka Johi District Dadu. Of these 108 cases were diagnosed as Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Place of work: Taluka Hospital Johi during October - December 2004. The highest sufferers from the Cutaneous Leishmaniasis were children and women. The upper limb was found 39.6% of the total lesions of the body while face, eyelids were 27.8% of the total lesions. There is a disease Epidemic form of Cutaneous leishmaniasis and more remedial measures are recommended as it is still a Public Health Problem

Touch imprints cytology of lymph nodes

Touch imprints [Tl] is an inexpensive and a rapid diagnostic technique that can be utilized during surgery. In this study touch imprints of 54 cases of lymphadenopathy were studied and reports were delivered on the same day. The results were correlated with histopathology later on. In 38 cases tuberculosis was diagnosed, 5 were Non Hodgkin's lymphoma, 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma, 7 metastatic tumour and 2 had reactive hyperplasia. From this study it was concluded that touch imprints give early diagnosis with more than 90% accuracy, so it can be used for intraoperative diagnosis in radical surgery