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مرے خدا مری شاخِ سخن میں نم رکھنا

مرے خدا ! مری شاخِ سخن میں نم رکھنا
مرے حروف کے غنچوں کو تازہ دم رکھنا

اِرادہ نعت کے لکھنے کا ہے مرے مولا!
حضورِ شاہِ عربؐ کچھ مرا بھرم رکھنا

سخن کے دشت میں نکلا ہوں پُھول چُننے کو
سو میرے دستِ ہنر پر بہت کرم رکھنا

گھرا ہوا ہوں مصائب کے گُھپ اندھیرے میں
نبیؐ کے صدقے میں مولا! بہت کرم رکھنا

شفاعتوں کا ہو جب سلسلہ قیامت میں
مجھے بھی زیرِ نگاہِ شہِ اُممؐ رکھنا

کبھی کبھی تو مری حاضری کی صورت ہو
مرے سفر میں خدایا! رہِ حرم رکھنا

یہ شہرِنعت ہے اس میں ادب تو لازم ہے
نہیں ہے کھیل تماشا یہاں قدم رکھنا

Interaction of Household Wealth and Women’s Working Status on Child Malnutrition: Evidence from PDHS-2013

Theoretically, it is supposed that women’s working status and household wealth independently contribute towards the children’s dietary status. The working women of the inferior socio-economic class are generally engaged in the informal sector or low paid work. It may be argued that such kinds of service cannot contribute to the nutritious prestige in children. To solve this puzzle whether woman's working status in all socio-economic setups is contributing to children’s nutritional status or not? This is the main focus of the research. A sample data of 1169 households from PDHS (2012-13) are used to explore the influencing factors of child malnutrition. The study employed the binary logistic regression which observes the likelihood of malnutrition in the children. Malnutrition is measured through CIAF. The interaction terms of the woman’s working status and five quintiles of wealth index have been created. The results disclose that working women belonging to the household of the first two quintiles of the wealth index and the fourth quintile of the wealth index are not contributing to the nutritious prestige of the children. Furthermore, in the third quintiles, the working status of women contributes to the nutritional prestige of children. It may be inferred that the socioeconomic status of the household is important for the nutritional welfare of the children, not the woman's employment. However, it may be concluded that women’s employment should be of the level that can support the socio-economic status of the household.

Hepatitis B Vaccination Rate and Determining Factors Amongst Health Care Workers at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Aim: To determine Hepatitis B vaccination rate and determining factors for health care workers (HCWs) at AKUHN. Design: Cross sectional analytical study Study subjects and setting: Aga Khan University Hospital-Nairobi, is a 254 bed tertiary hospital, with 815 HCWs with occupational risk of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). The hospital has a HCW vaccination policy and vaccine available to HCWs as part of medical scheme Methodology: Two hundred and sixty six (266) eligible HCWs of all cadres were stratified then randomly recruited after giving informed consent. A questionnaire was then administered to assess knowledge, attitude and practice towards HBV infection, risk of infection, vaccination status and reasons for non vaccination. The analysis included vaccination rate, association between knowledge, attitude and practice with vaccination rates and reasons for non vaccination. Results: The hepatitis B vaccination rate is 56.01%. More than 95.5% of the HCWs know about hepatitis B, more than 86.8% know the routes of transmission. There is an association between knowledge of Hepatitis B and vaccination status (p=0.01). Fifty three percent (53%) of the non vaccinated HCWs either didn‟t know the need or procedure for vaccination, while 19.6% were concerned about side effects and costs of vaccination. Conclusion: The vaccination rate is low and efforts should be put in place to educate the HCWs on vaccination, offer reassurance on the safety of the vaccines and maintain updated vaccination records.
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