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The Aga Khan University Medical Centre, Minaz Nanji, Ian Charles Stewart

The Aga Khan University Medical Centre Archives

• The Aga Khan University graduates its first class of doctors
• The Medical College
• Patient Care
• Research
• The library
• New Programmes
• Faculty Training
• The School of Nursing
• Building the nursing profession
• The Aga Khan University Hospital
• Welfare at The Aga Khan University
• Tertiary care
• The challenge of funding health care
• The Aga Khan Health Services Network
• Finance and endowments
• Major resource for Third World

Local Anaesthetic Cream For The Alleviation Of Pain During Venepuncture In Tanzanian Schoolchidren, U. Hellgren, C.M. Kihamia, Zul Premji, K. Danielson

Pathology, East Africa

The analgesic effect and the usefulness of EMLA cream 5% in connection with venous blood-sampling was investigated in 42 Tanzanian schoolchildren. Approximately 2.5 g EMLA was applied to the right cubital fossa for a minimum of 120 min. The analgesic effect was pronounced - 93% of the venepunctures were pain-free and no child experienced severe pain. No adverse reactions were observed and the children could continue normal school work during the application time.

Monocyte-Platelet Interaction In Immune And Nonimmune Thrombocytopenia, Mansoor Saleh, D L. Moore, J Y. Lee, A F. Lobuglio

Haematology and Oncology, East Africa

Platelets from 24 patients with immune thrombocytopenia resistant to standard therapy (refractory ITP), 35 patients with nonimmune thrombocytopenia (non-ITP), and 32 normal donors were studied in regard to platelet surface-bound IgG (PBIgG) and the ability of these platelets to be bound by human monocytes in vitro (monocyte-platelet rosette assay). Fourteen (58%) of the platelet samples from refractory ITP patients but none (0%) from the non-ITP or control donors had PBIgG greater than 800 molecules IgG/platelet. Seventeen of 24 (71%) of the ITP patients had platelets which demonstrated increased monocyte- platelet rosette formation [rosette index (RI) greater than 2], whereas only …

Quinidine-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia, Mansoor Saleh, Nadhav Dhodaphar, Karren Allen, Albert Lobuglio

Haematology and Oncology, East Africa

D rugs may cause thrombocytopenia by three principal mechanisms: suppression of platelet production, direct platelet toxicity, or antibody-mediated platelet destmction (1). With the advent of assays specifically capable of detecting and quantifying IgG on the platelet surface (2), it has become increasingly possible to recognize cases of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia based on the detection of elevated levels of platelet surface bound IgG in association with ingestion of causative dmgs. Consequendy, dmg-induced immune thrombocytopenia is no longer a disease diagnosed primarily by exclusion. The occurrence of quinidine-induced thrombocytopenia, though uncommon, was documented as early as 1965 (3) and has been thought …

Clinical Use Of A Standard Kit-Preparation Of Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibody 96.5 In The Diagnostic Imaging Of Metastatic Melanoma., Mansoor Saleh, D M. Miller, L Peterson, C D. Russell, M W. Unger

Haematology and Oncology, East Africa

We studied the efficiency of a standard-kit preparation using 1 mg 111In-labeled 96.5 monoclonal antibody in combination with 19 mg of unlabeled antibody in the diagnostic imaging of 27 patients with documented metastatic melanoma. Twenty-three of 26 patients (88%) demonstrated immunoscintigraphic localization of tumor. Of 104 metastatic sites previously documented by conventional studies, 62 (60%) were identified by immunoscintigraphy. A total of 77 sites demonstrated localization of radiolabeled antibody. Fifty-four (70%) corresponded to known sites of disease; eight sites (10%) were "discovered" by immunoscintigraphy and subsequently confirmed by conventional studies; 15 imaged sites (20%) could not be confirmed by conventional …

Lectins, El-Nasir Lalani, M Wells

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

No abstract provided.

The Aga Khan Health Services - International Newsletter No. 17, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan Health Services Archives

• First Graduation at Aga Khan University
• Governor Felicitates Voluntary Workers
• First Aid Classes in Dar-es-Salaam
• Health and Nutrition Workshop for Day Care Centre Teachers
• Dr. Manji Elected Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Patient Information Computerised at Nairobi Hospital
• Distinguished Visitors at Aga Khan University
• Pakistani Philanthropist Gifts Rs. 1 Million
• Co-operative Society Donates Rs. 1 Million
• Mrs. Eunice M. Kiereini —
• Islamic Medicine From its Origins to Ibn Sina
• His Highness Receives Honorary Degree from McGill
• Challenges Faced by Our Nurses
• More Better Nurses
• The Aga Khan University in Pakistan Heralding New Era of Higher Education

The Aga Khan Health Services - International Newsletter No. 09, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan Health Services Archives

• Role of Hospitals in Primary Health Care

• Harvard Pledges Technical Assistance to Aga Khan University•

• Increased Tempo of Health Activities in India

• Annual Conference at Nagpur

• Mobile Health Unit Launched

• New Health Centres Established

• Ismaili Health Professionals in USA

• ibn Zuhr—Father of Dietetics

• French Visitors at Mombasa Hospital

• Role of Hospitals in Primary Health Care

• Robertson Bids Farewell

• Gulshan B. Lalani

• Exam Results Add Glitter to Lamp Lighting Ceremony

• The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam Appoints Medical Director

• Harvard Pledges Technical Assistance

• THE MUSLIM Editorial …

The Role Of Hospitals In Primary Health Care, Malcolm Dean

Selected secondary sources and publications with substantial content about AKU

Report of a conference sponsored by the Aga Khan Foundation and the World Health Organization. 22-26 November 1981, Karachi, Pakistan

Handbook For Lady Health Visitors And Midwives, Aga Khan Health Services, Aga Khan Foundation, Unicef

The Aga Khan Health Services Archives

This handbook was developed as a collaborative effort by the Aga Khan Health Services, the Aga Khan Foundation, and UNICEF to support mid-level healthcare workers such as Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) and Midwives in Pakistan and other developing countries. It includes detailed guidance on maternal and child health, pediatrics, obstetrics, nutrition, communicable and common diseases, and public health practices. The book emerged from a seminar aimed at identifying the health challenges faced by LHVs and provides practical, routine management solutions for common medical problems in low-resource settings.

The Aga Khan Health Services - International Newsletter No. 03, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan Health Services Archives

• 1979 Children Mortality 100 Times that of Hiroshima
• McGill signs Agreement with Aga Khan Foundation
• Small Pox— Scourge of Mankind Eradicated
• Conference in Bombay Formulates Systems for Evaluating Health Programmes
• Nutritional Deficiencies Major Cause of Sickness in Bombay Slums
• Cancer Camp in India Examines over 300 Patients
• Seminar in Nairobi Emphasises Role of Life Styles in Health
• Tanzania Nationalises Private Practice
• Ibn al-Haitham—Father of Optics
• Dr. MacKinnon Reviews Health Problems of Kenya
• New Maternity Home & Minor Medical Units Planned for Pakistan
• Aga Khan Foundation’s Logo
• School of Nursing Signs Agreement for Clinical Facilities in Karachi