4th
ANNUAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE
2 – 3 December, 2013
Public Health in Pakistan: A Decade of Past Experiences and Future Challenges
2nd
December, 2013
Registration (8:00 – 9:00 AM)
Inaugural (9:00 – 9:30 AM)
Recitation
Welcome Address: Dr. Assad Hafeez (Executive Director, Health Services Academy)
Chief Guest: Mr. Imtiaz Inayat Elahi (Secretary, National Health Services Regulations & Coordination)
Moderator: Samina N. Khalid (Assistant Professor, Health Services Academy)
Plenary Session-I (9:30 – 11:00 AM) Technical Resource Facility
Theme: Strategic Applications of Health Strategies
Chairperson Mr. Imtiaz Inayat Elahi (Secretary, National Health Services Regulations & Coordination.
Co-Chair Prof. Dr. Masoom Yasinzai (Vice Chancellor, QAU)
Co-Chair Mr. Farooq Azam (Team Leader, Technical Resource Facility)
Moderator Dr. Mariyam Sarfraz (Instructor, Health Services Academy.)
Rapporteur Dr. Amna Maqbool/Dr. Sheze Haroon (Public Health Students)
Key Note
Speaker Begum Shehnaz Wazir Ali (Chairperson, Population Association of Pakistan)
Speakers
KPK Health Strategy
Punjab Health Strategy
Sindh Health Strategy
Remarks by Chief Guest: Mr. Imtiaz Inayat Elahi (Secretary, National Health Services Regulations & Coordination)
Tea Break (11:00 – 11:30 AM)
Poster session (11:00 – 11:30 AM)
Sessions (11:30 – 1:30 PM)
Sessions I – (Hall A) IPAS-PNC-NCMNH II – (Hall B) World Health Organization
III – (Hall C) Iv – (Hall D)
Themes Preventing Unsafe Abortions in Pakistan Nutrition: A call for action towards Improved
Nutrition and food security
HMIS Policy /Strategy
Chair Dr. Zafar Ikram (ADG Health Services /Provincial
Coordinator MNCH, Punjab)
Dr. Nima S. Abid (Country Director, WHO) Dr. Birjees Mazhar Qazi (Executive Director,
NIH)
Mr. Farooq Haroon (Advisor, SRSP KPK)
Co-Chair Dr. Azra Ahsan (Consultant Obstetrician, Technical
Consultant NCMNH-Ipas Pakistan)
Dr. Baseer Achakzai (Director Technical, NHSR&C) Dr. S. M. Mursalin (Technical Coordinator, HIS,
WHO)
Dr. Fazal-e-Hakim Khattak
(Deputy Chief Health, Planning
Commission)
Co-chair Ms. Nighat Durrani (Registrar Pakistan Nursing
Council)
Dr. Kizar Ashraf (Program Officer, Nutrition, WFP) Dr. Muhammad Isa (USAID) Dr. Arshad Mehmood (Director,
Monitoring and Evaluation-JSI)
Moderator Ms. Rahal Saeed (Communication Specialist,
NCMNH)
Dr. Rukhsana Khan (Assistant Professor, Health
Services Academy)
Mr. Aijaz Ali (Instructor, Health Services
Academy)
Dr. Katrina A. Ronis (Assistant Professor,
Health Services Academy)
Rapporteur Dr. Ahmad Abdullah (PhD Fellow Health Services
Academy)/ Dr. Zamurd Khan
Dr. Rozina Khalid/Mr. Abdul Momin/ Dr. Waseem
Iqbal/ Dr. Kiran Yousaf
Ms. Aimen Saleemi/ Dr. Fatima Ali/ /Dr. Qaiser
Khan
Dr. Mehreen Mujtaba/ Dr. Imran Ms.
Kanza Kaleem
Discussant Dr. Gul Rashida (Director HR &Trainings, Population
Council Pakistan)
Dr. Shakila Zaman, (Professor, LMDC) Mr. Abdul Wahab (Project Coordinator,HRIS,
DoH Punjab)
Dr. Muhammad Najeeb (Director, External
Publicity Wing, Ministry of Information
Technology)
Key Note
Speakers
Professor Ghazala Mehmood (Dean
QPGMI/Executive Member SoGP)
Dr. Sania Nishtar (President, Heartfile) Dr. Ejaz Qadeer (Program Manager, NTP) Dr. Babar T. Shaikh (Program Manager,
AKHS)
Speakers 1. Post-abortion complications and care in
1. Inter-sectoral action for nutrition - pportunities
and challenges for Paskistan (Dr. Shehla Zaidi)
1. Assessment of Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics in Pakistan- 2013’ (Dr.
1. Post-Devolution Strategies for
Family Planning in Pakistan (Dr.
Pakistan – findings from the national study (Dr.
Zakir Hussain Shah)
2. Expanding provider base for safe postabortion
care in Pakistan – Experience and lessons
learned from Ipas-PNC-DoH project on
integration of PAC (misoprostol) into the Mid
Level Providers’ curriculum and trainings in
Punjab – District Chakwal (Dr. Ghulam Shabbir
Awan)
3. Moving forward on Policy - PRHTAC experience
(Dr. Zahida Sarwar)
4. Institutionalizing Misoprostol and MVA - Clinical
Trainings for safe Postabortion care in Pakistan-
NCMNH-Ipas Experience” (Dr. Nasira Malik)
5. Experience sharing on Pre-service Tutors and
Mid Level Providers’ trainings on MPAC (Ms.
Clara Pasha, Mrs. Nighat Yasmeen, Ms.
Naheed Akhtar)
6. Advocacy For Post Abortion Care Services In
Pakistan (Ms. Rukhsana Faiz)
2. Knowledge Attitude and Practice Regarding
Folic Acid Deficiency; A Hidden Hunger (Dr.
Aliya Hisam)
3. Knowledge And Counselling Skills Of Lady
Health Workers Around Complementary
Feeding In Gujar Khan (Dr. Sobia Khalid)
4. A Public Health Nutritional Assessment Of
Elderly In Islamabad (Mr. Abdul Momin
Rizwan)
5. Nutrition and Food Security (Dr. Walter A.
Sanchez)
6. Scaling up Nutrition in Pakistan (Dr. Khizar
Ashraf)
7. "Association of Vitamin D deficiency with
Tuberculosis in Adults (Dr. Fawad Mashhadi)
8. Consumption Of Calcium Rich Foods By
Lactating Women From Different
Socioeconomic Groups (Ms. Arooj Ejaz)
S. M. Mursalin)
2. Workload Indicators of Staffing Needs
(WISN) of Doctors working in
Department of Ophthalmology, Kuwait
Teaching Hospital, Peshawar (Dr.
Mehran Qayum)
3. Inventory study involving three data
sources: revised TB incidence Pakistan
(Dr. Ejaz Qadeer)
4. E-Governance in Health Care’ (Mr.
Anayat Ali)
Farid Midhet)
2. Public Private Partnership in
Health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: KPH
is making a difference. (Dr. Fazal
Qayum)
3. Socio-economic Inequalities in
Nutritional Status of Women
(SINSow) in Pakistan (Prof. Abdul
Gaffar Billoo)
4. Engaging Young and Low Parity
Couples in Adoption of Family
Planning for Birth Spacing:
Opportunities and Challenges. (Dr.
Abo-ul Hassan)
5. Governance for Equity in Health
Systems Program International
Development Research Centre
IDRC CRDI Canada (Dr. Qamar
Mahmood)
6. Reaching Out For Timely Planning
Of Birth (Dr Muhammad Najeeb
Khan, Musharraf Rasool Cyan, Dr.
Zafar Ishaq)
Lunch Break (1:30 – 2:15 PM)
Sessions (2:15 – 4:00 PM)
Sessions V – (Hall A) VI – (Hall B) MEDVC VII – (Hall C) VIII – (Hall D)
Themes Demography and Environmental Health Disease Vectors in Pakistan: Insecticide Resistance
Management
Pharmacy: Pharmacists in Primary Health
Care
Social Sciences
Chair
Dr. Zahid Pervaiz (DG Health, Punjab) Dr. Zahid Hussain (Executive Director, FGSH) Mr. Arshad Khan (Drug Regulatory Authority
of Pakistan)
Maj. Gen. Viqar A. Khan
(Commandant/Dean, AFPGMI)
Co-Chair Mr. Tauseef Ahmad (Country Representative,
Pathfinder International)
Dr. Zulfiqar Khan (Coordinator HSS, WHO) Dr. Gul Majeed (Chairman Faculty of
Pharmacy, QAU)
Dr. Shaista Habibullah (Director, NIRM)
Co-Chair Mr. Marc Saba (Country Representative, UNAIDS) Dr. Qutab-u-Din Kakar (Focal Person-Dengue, WHO) Khalid Saeed Bukhari (WHO, Essential
Medicine, Country Pharmacist)
Dr. Naila Azam (Coordinator MPH, AFPGMI)
Moderator Dr. Ramesh Kumar (Instructor, Health Services
Academy)
Ms. Tallat A. Faridi (Instructor/Researcher)
Ms. Fakhra Nazir (MEDVC Specialists)
Mr. Azhar Hussain (Director, Pharmacy
Department, Hamdard University)
Dr. Rozina Khalid (Assistant Professor,
Health Services Academy)
Rapporteur Ms. Aiman Saleemi/Dr. Saima Paracha Ms. Asma Sana (MEDVC Specialist)/Mr. Ali Arslan Dr. Haseeb Ahsan / Ms. Wajiha Shoaib Dr. Zamurd Khan/Dr. Uzma Mumtaz/ Mr.
Uzair Mukhtar
Discussant Dr. Tayyab Masud (Sr. Social Sector, Economist) Dr. Hamayun R. Rathor (Professor MEDVC) Mr. Ayyaz Kiyani (Consultant, Public Health
Pharmacist)
Dr. Siham Sikandar (Consultant, Public
Health Specialist)
Key Note Dr. Ali Tauqeer (CEO, Lead Pakistan) Dr. Hamayun R. Rathor (Professor MEDVC) Dr. Shehla Zaidi (Prof. Community Medicine,
AKU)
Prof. Abdul Hafeez (HoD, Anthropology,
QAU)
Speakers 1. Effects of male literacy on family size
(Dr. Humaira Mahmood)
2. Female's health issues in disasters focusing
on Floods and Earthquakes of Pakistan
(Ms. Razia Sharif)
3. Public Health Risk and Vulnerabilities
Assessment of In the Context of Disaster
Management (Mr. Junaid Ahmed)
4. Environmental Framework on Disaster and
Public Health Issues Associated With
1. Review of insecticide resistance status in
Pakistan: Strategies for insecticide
resistance management (Prof. Dr.
Hamayun Rashid Rathor)
2. Insecticide resistance monitoring (Dr.
Munir Ahmad)
3. Insecticide resistance status of Dengue
vectors in Pakistan (Mr. Soaib Ali Hassan)
4. Insecticide resistance status of Malaria
vectors in Pakistan (Mr. Imtinan Akran
1. Pharmacist role in malaria care and
control - (Ms. Madiha Khalid)
2. Drug Policy and its implication in PHC
(Mr. Azhar Hussain)
3. Community Pharmacies as primary
care centers – (Mr. Ayyaz Kiani)
4. Recent developments in pharmacists
role in PHC – (Mr. Khalid Saeed)
5. Access to Essential Medicines in
Pakistan: Policy and Health Systems
1. Disabilities And Rehabilitation (Dr.
Tahira Gul)
2. Health And Social Problems Of
Female Prisoners Of Adiala Jail
Rawalpindi (Ms. Saima Bairam)
3. Excessive use of mobile phones is
disturbing our social fabric (Dr.
Tahira Amjad)
4. Access to Safe Water and Sanitation
Facilities to school children is still
Internally Displaced People Within The
Context of Pakistan (Ms. Haleema Sadia)
5. Comparison of oral hygiene among school
children of rural and urban setting in
Rawalpindi (Dr. Um-e-Kalsoom)
6. Relationship between perceived marital
conflict and life stress in adolescent (Ms.
Shehnaz Akhtar)
7. Evaluation of water and soil samples
for Naegleria isolation from Azad Kashmir,
Pakistan (Dr. Abdul Mateen)
8. Awareness About Causes Of Bleeding Gums
Among School Students (Dr. Ghazala
Wazir)
Khan)
5. Dengue knowledge and its management
among physicians of Pakistan- A Multi-
Centre study (Dr. Ibrar Rafique)
Research Concerns (Dr. Shehla Zaidi) Socially, Environmentally or
Politically neglected agenda (Ms.
Sahar Yasmeen)
5. Maternal and Social Risk factors
associated with low birth weight in
Rawalpindi (Dr. Farah Rashid)
6. Prevalence of Overweight in
Teenage Students in a Public High
School in Urban Islamabad:
Relationship with Socioeconomic
Status and Lifestyle (Dr. Shireen
Rafeeq)
3rd
December, 2013
Plenary Session-II (9:30 – 10:30 AM)
Theme: Public Health – Future Directions
Chairperson Dr. Jehanzaib Aurakzai (Director General Health, National Health Services Regulations & Coordination)
Co-Chair Professor Dr. Muhammad Umar (Principal, Rawalpindi Medical College)
Co-Chair Dr. J. P. Steinman (Principal Advisor Health Sector Support Program, GIZ)
Moderator Dr. Samina N. Khalid (Assistant Professor, Health Services Academy)
Rapporteur Mr. Aijaz Ali (Instructor, Health Services Academy) Dr. Saima Paracha/Dr. Tahira Gul (Public Health Students)
Speakers
Dr. Inayat H. Thaver (Professor Public Health, Health Services Academy)
Dr. Sania Nishtar (President, Heartfile)
Dr. Farid Midhat (Chief of Party, MCHIP, Jhpiego)
Tea / coffee break (10:30 – 11:00 AM)
Sessions (11:00 – 1:00 PM)
Sessions IX– (Hall A) Save The Children
X – (Hall B)
XI – (Hall C) XII– (Hall D)
Themes Reproductive & Child Health Infectious Diseases Primary Health Care Psychosocial Health & Well Being
Chair Mr. Ghulam Asghar Abbasi (Chief Health Section,
Planning Commission)
Dr. Iqbal A. Lehri (Director General, NEPHRAN)
Dr. Nabeela Ali (Chief of Party, JSI) Dr. Farah Qadir (HoD, Behavioral
Sciences, FJWU)
Co-Chair Dr. Naseer A. Baloch (DG Health, Balochistan) Prof. Dr. Muhammad. Iqbal (Sarhad University of
Sciences)
Dr. Matee-ur-Rehman (Quality Manager, Shifa
International Hospital)
Mr. Martin Dawson (Program Manager,
DFID)
Co-Chair Mr. Ghulam Qadri (Deputy Country Director, Save
the Children)
Dr. Zahid A. Butt (Associate Prof. Public Health, Shifa
Trust Hospital)
Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmad (Chief Executive,
Health & Nutrition)
Ms. Zehra Kamal (Behavioral
Scientist)
Moderator Dr. Asma Badar (MNCH Specialist, Save the
Children)
Dr. Kiran Saqib (Instructor, Al-Shifa Trust Eye
Hospital)
Dr. Nelofer Amir (Instructor, Health Services
Academy)
Dr. Rukhsana Khan (Assistant Professor,
Health Services Academy)
Rapporteur Dr. Zakir H. Shah/Ms. Maha Malik /Mr. Ali Raza Mr. Mudassar Mushtaq (Instructor, Health Services
Academy)Dr. Maria/ Ms. Aimen Saleemi
Dr. Zakir H. Shah (/Dr. Sobia Memon /Dr.
Abdul Hameed/Dr. Arshad Arain
Dr. Imran Marwat/Dr. Sadaf Sardar/Dr.
Nazish Batool/Dr. Sidra Malik
Discussant Dr. Huma Khawar (Gavi Representative, Save The
Children)
Dr. Rana Saleem (Associate Prof. Punjab University) Mr. Shakeel Ahmed (Chief Operating Officer,
PSU, KPK)
Dr. Ali M. Mir (Director Programs,
Population Council)
Key Note Speaker Dr. Tabish Hazir (Consultant Pediatricians, PIMS)
Dr. Zaheer Abbas (Principal, FMDC)
Dr. Brig. Nasira Khalid (Head of Management
Sciences, AFPGMI)
Dr. Ayesha Khan (R&DD) Dr. Rakhshanda Perveen (CEO, Sachet)
Speakers 1. EPI status in the country and how EPI
guidelines and strategies can bridge the
gaps in immunization coverage (Dr.
Muhammad Tariq Iqbal)
2. Experience sharing from immunization
service delivery in Balochistan (Mr. Sardar
Iftikhar)
3. Effect of Antenatal Counseling on Exclusive
Breastfeeding (Dr. Ume Sughra)
4. Q/A session and wrap-up
5. Frequency of Co-Existence of Dengue and
Malaria in patients presenting with Acute
Febrile Illness (Dr. Aliya Hisam)
6. “Investigation of Measles outbreak among
children of Hazro, district Attock, January
2013.” (Dr. Ambreen Chaudhry)
7. ''Dengue Epidemics: Knowledge perhaps is
the only key to success'' (Dr. Ambreen
Ansar)
8. TB Prevalence Survey Pakistan: TB Burden
higher then estimates (Dr. Ejaz Qadeer)
9. TB Patients Learning About Second Hand
Smoke (TBLASS) – A randomized controlled
trial (Dr Nauman Safdar)
10. Retrospective analysis of acute hepatitis E
infection in hospitalized pregnant cases (Dr.
Najma Javed Awan)
11. Infectious diseases: Remains leading cause
of neonatal mortality among low birth
weight infants in a tertiary health care
centre, Karachi, Pakistan (Dr. Ibrar Rafique)
1. Learning from evidence: Advice
seeking behavior among Primary
Health Care physicians in Pakistan
(Dr. Asmat Ullah Malik)
2. Capacity Enhancement through Multi-
mix Trainings of Health Care providers
Brings Positive Behavior Change
Among them to Deliver Quality Care
Services related to Birth Spacing (Dr.
Khalid Parvez)
3. Health care utilization and cost of
treatment in Pakistan (Dr. Imran Bari)
4. "Outcome evaluation of component 2
of USAID’s MCH Program Sindh"
(Prof. Sohail Agha)
5. Impact of Terrorism on Public Health
Programmatic Intervention in
Pakistan (Mr. Rehan Khan)
6. Improving quality of health care in
public and private sector in Pakistan:
Role of public- private partnerships,
the Challenges and Way Forward (Dr.
Erum Zafar Malik)
7. Ambulatory care management of drug
resistance inTB patients (Dr. Ejaz
Qadeer)
1. Stress, Anxiety, Depression, and
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) Among Individuals Exposed
to 2010 Floods in Pakistan' (Mr.
Naeem Aslam)
2. Back into the fire: Relapse of under
20 years drug addicts after their
phase of rehabilitation in the year
2012 (Dr. M. Salman Qureshi)
3. Self efficacy and life orientation
among burn survivors (Ms. Sumaira
Muhammad)
4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
disorder at Boys High School
students Rawalpindi (Dr. Nosheen
Zaidi)
5. Psychological Resilience and Social
Adjustment among University
Students of Pakistan. (Ms. Hiba
Noor)
6. Exploring Quality of Life and Mental
Health Related Concerns among
Adults with Disabilities (Ms. Ayesha
Yaqoob)
7. Implications of Weight on Levels of
Life Satisfaction and General
Wellbeing among Female University
Students: A Comparative Study
Using Asian BMI scores (Ms. Nayab
Chaudhary)
8. Predicting exercise and dietary fat
intake behaviors of child-bearing
age women in Pakistan (Dr.
Farhana Shahid)
9. Impact of Acid Attacks on
Interpersonal Relationships of
Victims (Ms. Arooj Mujeeb & Anila
Kamal)
Lunch Break (1:00 – 2:00 PM)
Poster session (2:00 – 2:30 PM)
Sessions (2:30 - 4:00 PM)
Sessions XIII – (Hall A) XIV – (Hall B) XV – (Hall C) Research &Development
Solutions
XVI – (Hall D)
Themes Maternal Health Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Adolescent Sexual-Reproductive Health
Mainstreaming SRH Information and Rights
Beyond 2015
Public Health (Free Papers)
Chair Prof. Rizwana Ch. (Consultant Gynecologist,
HFH)
Dr. Huma Qureshi (Executive Director, PMRC) Prof. Dr. Mehmood Jamal (Executive Director,
PIMS)
Prof. Saima Iqbal Ahmed (HoD Community
Health Sciences, Shifa Hospital)
Co-Chair Dr. Saima Hamid (Assistant Professor, Health Services
Academy)
Dr. Riaz Hussain Solangi (Project Director, White
Ribbon Alliance)
Prof. Aslam Shah (Principal Rawal Medical
College)
Dr. Zafar Hayat Maken (Project Director,
FMDC)
Co-Chair Dr. Najma Lalji (MNCH Advisor, TRF) Dr. Arif Noor (Country Director, Mercy Corps) Dr. Tania Goldner
(Deputy Country Representative, UNICEF)
Dr. Ghulam Shabir (Country
Director, IPAS)
Moderator Dr. Samina N. Khalid (Assistant Professor, Health Dr. Shahzad A. Khan (Assistant Professor, Health Dr. Rozina Khalid (Assistant Professor, Health Dr. Ahmed Abdullah (Sr. Instructor, Shifa
Services Academy) Services Academy) Services Academy) College of Medicine)/Dr. Qaiser Khan
Rapporteur Mr. Aijaz Ali/ Dr. Kausar Khan /Dr. Kiran Umeed Dr. Shahid Mehmmod Qazi /Dr. Muhammad Bilal Mr. Mazahar Nisar/Ms. Haji Bibi/Ms.
Shumaila Mushtaq
Dr. Zeeshan (PhD Fellow)/ Dr. Abdul
Momin/Mr. Ali Raza
Discussant Dr. Shamsa Rizwan (Public Health Consultant) Dr. Muhammad Tariq (USAID, DELIVER│PROJECT) Dr. Ayesha Khan (RnDS) Prof. Dr. Majeed Rajput (Islamabad Medical
Dental College)
Speakers 1. Characteristics of active Community
Midwives in five rural districts of Sindh,
Pakistan (Dr. Farid Midhet)
2. Overcoming Supply and Demand Barriers to
Postpartum Care (PPC) towards Achieving
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
in Rural Pakistan (Dr. Hammad Habib)
3. Integration of Services leading to Improved
Contraceptive Uptake during postpartum
period “ Experience Sharing from District
Mandibhauddin (MBD) (Dr. Fauzia Assad)
4. Screening of Pregnant Cases for HCV and the
Barriers Faced By Positive Cases in Their
Management at District Jaffarabad
(Balochistan) (Dr. Abdul Waheed)
5. Public Private Partnerships For Improving
Maternal & Neonatal Health Service Delivery
(Dr. Rehana A. Salam)
6. Bringing Sustainable Behavior Change
through Improving access to Birth spacing
opportunities and services through
Community based workers and private
health care providers in Rural Remote Areas
(Mr. Zulfiqar Sario)
7. "Impact of Increased Skilled Birth
Attendance in Pakistan between 2006 and
2012" (Prof. Sohail Agha)
1. Extent of Passive Smoking in Teenage
Group and Associated Symptoms (Dr. Aliya
Hisam)
2. Enhanced Diabetes-CVD Management
Through Primary Health Care in Pakistan
(Dr. Naila Qaiser)
3. Lung Function Abnormalities Among Fuel
Filling Workers In Karachi, Pakistan (Prof.
Fauzia Imtiaz)
4. Prevelance And Predisposition of Smoking
Among The Female University students of
Islamabad, Pakistan (Dr. Hashim and Dr.
Ejaz Ahmed Khan)
5. Pollution of Picturesque Soan River (Dr.
Nabeela Fazal Babar)
6. Delivering Enhanced Cvd Hypertension
Care Through Private Health Facilities In
Pakistan. Making Birthing Safe For Pakistan
Women (Dr. Shifa Saleem)
7. Perception of Naswar as a Risk Factor in
Causing Oral Cancer (Dr. Sarah Ihsan)
8. Awareness About breast cancer among
women of reproductive age (Dr. Farah
Rashid)
1. SRH and MH information needs of
adolescent girls (Dr. Ayesha Khan)
2. Leadership development in girls –
successes and pitfalls
3. Adolescent friendly centers –
convincing the communities to enable
girls (Mr. Rashid Javed)
4. Life skills education – uptake and
outcomes (Mr. Qadeer Biag)
5. Understanding Maternal, Neonatal,
Sexual and Reproductive Health of
Adolescent Girls and Young Mothers’-
AGYM for advocacy in Pakistan (Dr.
Yousaf Hayat)
Ms. Khawar Mumtaz (NCSW)
Dr. Farzana Bari (QAU, Gender
specialist)
Dr. Samia Rizwan (UNICEF)
Mr. Rabbi Royan (UNFPA)
Dr. Saba Khattack (Former Member
Social Sector Planning Commission
1. EPI Immunization status of
neonates visiting Kuwait Teaching
Hospital during the year 2010
2. Hospital Course Of Children Less
Than Five Years Age Suffering From
Acute Watery Diarrhea With Pre-
Hospital Antibiotic Exposure Vs.
Non Exposed Children Visiting
Pediatric Opd In Three Teaching
Hospitals In Peshawar From 2006
To 2009
3. Pre-Hospital Antibiotic Exposure In
Children Less Than Five Years Age
Suffering From Acute Watery
Diarrhea Visiting Pediatric Opd In
Three Teaching Hospitals In
Peshawar From 2006 To 2009
4. Pre-Hospital Exposure To
Antibiotics In Children Suffering
From Acute Watery Diarrhea –
Differences In Acute Illness Scores
At Presentation To Emergency
Room In A Tertiary Care Hospital In
Peshawar
5. Seasonal Variation of Common
Pediatric Infectious Diseases in
Children Less than Five Years Ages
Visiting OPD in a Local Teaching
Hospital in Peshawar, Khyber
PakhtunKhwah
6. Seasonal Variation Of Acute
Gastroenteritis In Less Than 5 Years
Children Visiting Pediatric Opd In
Three Teaching Hospitals In
Peshawar – 2 Year Surveillance
Data
Closing Ceremony, Health Services Academy (4:00 – 5:00 PM)
Concluding Session “The Window of Opportunity”
HRH Graduation Ceremony
Conference Proceedings
Awards Ceremony
Remarks by Partners
Remarks by Chief Guest: Honorable Mrs. Saria Afzal Tarar
(State Minister, National Health Services - Regulations a& Coordination)
Closing remarks by Executive Director
Vote of Thanks