2022 TB programme review in Pakistan: strengthening governance, with better patient diagnosis and treatment by M. van den Boom, K. Bennani, C. Sismanidis, C. Gunneberg, L. Khawaja, M.A. Safdar, C. Muhwa, E. Heldal, D.M. Cirillo, A.W. Khan, R. Fatima, B.J. Khan, S. Tahseen, M.G. ElMedrek, Y. Hutin, Pakistan Joint TB Program Review Mission

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Factors influencing utilisation of services provided by community midwives and their non-retention in district Thatta, Pakistan: a qualitative study protocol by Anam Shahil Feroz, Sarah Saleem, Bakhtawar M Hanif Khowaja

“…Introduction Drawing on the well-acknowledged evidence of community midwives services to address the issue of high maternal mortality, the Government of Pakistan initiated the Community Midwifery (CMW) programme in 2006 to provide skilled birth attendance to pregnant women living in rural areas. …”
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Critical Analysis and Application of Net-Metering Practice in MEPCO by Hassan Zahid, Farhana Umer, Zeeshan Rashid, Abdur Raheem, Rabia Shakoor, G. Amjad Hussain

“…This envisioning has encouraged the Government of Pakistan to install net-metering infrastructure at places which accommodate surplus renewable energy reserves. …”
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Effect of Emission Penalty and Annual Interest Rate on Cogeneration of Electricity, Heat, and Hydrogen in Karachi: 3E Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis by Mehdi Jahangiri, Ali Mostafaeipour, Habib Ur Rahman Habib, Hamed Saghaei, Asad Waqar

“…To meet the ever-increasing energy demand, the Government of Pakistan has decided to further harness wind and solar energies currently having a negligible share in Pakistan’s energy portfolio. …”
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The refugees and health crisis: migration policy management and government response to Afghan migrants by Kalsoom B. Sumra, Muhammad Mumtaz, Naqib Ullah Khan, Helen Huifen Cai, Qiong Yuan

“…Conclusions In spite of hosting Afghan refugees for the last forty years, the government of Pakistan has no clear systemized policy towards Afghans till now. …”
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The Impact of Lockdown on Air Quality in Pakistan during the COVID-19 Pandemic Inferred from the Multi-sensor Remote Sensed Data by Rehana Khan, Kanike Raghavendra Kumar, Tianliang Zhao

“…This is attributed to the limited transportation and control action plans of industrial activities including combustion sources taken by the Government of Pakistan for the DLP-2020 phase. During DLP-2020, a variable and least significant decline in surface particulate matter of size 2.5 µm (PM2.5) concentration was observed in the urban regions of KPK (–19.17%) followed by IBR (–0.82%) and BP (–0.26%). …”
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