The findings of an earlier study revealed that generally, even those women who were considered to be empowered, were actually constrained to exercise fertility control behaviour. It was hypothesised that socio-cultural influences are much too strong to yield any bearing on the decision-making...

Using data from the Pakistan Socio-economic Survey, 2002 (MIMAP), this study examines the disease incidence among male-female and urban-rural sub-groups of the population. The findings suggest that health care related programmes must be an important component of the Poverty Reduction Strategy of...

The diarrhoeal disease is the major cause of death among infants and children in Pakistan. The study is undertaken to highlight the importance of providing the WES facilities for the control of diarrhoel disease. The results of the study show that the incidence of diarrhoea is considerably...