Naveed Z. Janjua|Saeed Akhtar|Yvan Hutin
Injection use in two districts of Pakistan: implications for disease prevention
Aga Khan University|Aga Khan University|Kuwait University|World Health Organization
estimate annual number injections per person sindh province pakistan describe distribution regard prescribers settings safetya populationbased crosssectional study julyseptember 2001lyari urban town karachi district digri rural subdistrict mirpur khas districtwe selected populationbased cluster sample 1150 individuals aged 3 months interviewed one person per household number encounters health care providers number types injections received safety circumstances cost injections past 3 months main outcome measure number injections per person per yearafter adjusting age sex 68 participants received least one injection previous 3 months 136 injectionspersonyear majority respondents received injections clinics qualified general practitioners n 571 67 dispensers 644 76 injections n 3446 96 curative purposes freshly opened syringe used 454 53 injections average fee receiving injection rs 51 us 08injections overused pakistans sindh province ratios injection per capita found among highest ever reportedare needed substantially reduce injection prescription among private health care providers prescribe injections received population