Efficacy of Zinc Fortified and Fermented Wheat Flour (EZAFFAW): A randomized controlled trial protocol.

Background: Zinc deficiency poses significant health risks, particularly in low-income settings. This study aims to evaluate the impact of agronomically zinc biofortified (fermented and non-fermented) and post-harvest wheat flour flatbread on zinc status and metabolic health in adolescents and adult women in rural Pakistan.

Methods: A four-arm triple-blind randomized controlled trial will be conducted in a rural district of Pakistan.

Pediatric craniopharyngioma: a 20-year study on epidemiological features, clinical presentation, and survival outcomes in a tertiary care center from LMIC.

Introduction: Craniopharyngioma constitutes approximately 10% of primary brain tumors in children. It can cause considerable morbidity and mortality due to the local aggressiveness of the tumor itself or its management affecting the hypothalamus-pituitary axis and optic pathway involvement. There is very scarce data available from LMIC which makes the management controversial where multidisciplinary teams are already not available in most of the centers.

Process evaluation of paediatric fellowship training programs at a University Hospital in Pakistan.

Background: Fellowship programs offer training in a subspecialty focusing on distinct and advanced clinical/academic skills. This advanced postgraduate training allows physicians, who desire a more specialized practice, to further develop clinical, academic, research, and leadership/administrative skills. The Aga Khan University (AKU) is one of the few institutes offering paediatric sub-specialty training in Pakistan.

Complementary Feeding Pattern and Nutritional Status of Children.

Objective: To determine the complementary feeding patterns and their association with malnutrition.

Study Design: Prospective observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Outpatient clinics of Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan, from June to November 2019.