An acute gastroenteritis outbreak associated with a contaminated water supply system, Turkey, 2018.

Disruption of routine monitorization and chlorination of the water supply system during a week-long holiday led to a multi-organism gastroenteritis outbreak in a district with limited laboratory support. More than a 10-fold increase in patients with gastroenteritis was reported. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Enteroaggregative E.

Attitudes about honour killing among men and women--perspective from Islamabad.

Background: The concept of honour has cultural, social and moral underpinnings that determine its expression and perseveration. Women are viewed as the bearers of family honour with chastity equated with abstinence from premarital or extramarital relationships and obeying norms determined and dictated by traditions and societies. The objective of this study was to determine the opinions of men and women pertaining to killing in the name of and saving one's honour.

Comparative analysis of attitudes and perceptions about rape among male and female university students.

Background: Rape and other forms of violence against women have been reported to be common in Pakistan, and police is often reluctant to register a rape complaint. We assessed and compared the attitudes and perceptions of male and female university students towards rape of females by males.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey with convenience sampling was conducted among the male and female students of Quide-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

Internet access and utilization for health information among university students in Islamabad.

Background: Internet has changed the way we live and work. Advent of this technology has fundamentally transformed our lives the way invention of automobile changed how our lives and cities looked and worked before. Practically no information is available on the use of Internet for health by the people of Pakistan.

Prescribing privileges for psychologists among university students in Islamabad.

Psychologists as part of a team, make important contributions for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. New Mexico and Louisiana in United States have recently granted prescribing privileges to psychologists who have successfully completed additional training. This study determined the opinions of conveniently selected university students in Islamabad on clinical psychologists being granted similar prescribing privileges after additional training and certification by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC).

Job satisfaction among male physicians: perspective from Northern Iraq.

Objective: To determine the level of job satisfaction among male physicians in northern Iraq.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Three public hospitals in the cities of Erbil and Kirkuk in northern Iraq, from May to June 2004.