Magnitude and Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization in Kandahar City, Afghanistan by Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Mohammad Hashim Wafa, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Hadia Sayam

“…The present study aimed at determining the magnitude and determinants of antenatal care services’ utilization in Kandahar city. Methods. A community-based cross-sectional study involving 850 women with at least one delivery in the last 2 years was carried out in Kandahar city from January to February 2021. …”
Get full text

Assessment of hand hygiene practices among nurses at a regional hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study based on the World Health Organization (WHO) ‘Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene’ guidelines by Abdul Qadeer Baseer, Asmatullah Usmani, Shafiqullah Mushfiq, Mohammad Hassan Hassand, Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Abdul Wahid Monib, Mohammad Salim Daqiq, Parwiz Niazi

“…Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the self-reported hand hygiene practices of nurses at Mirwais Regional Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 141 nurses between August and October 2023. …”
Get full text

Anemia among Women Who Visit Bost Hospital for Delivery in Helmand Province, Afghanistan by Zabihullah Anwary, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Wali Mohammad Wyar, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Khushhal Farooqi

Get full text

Phytogenic feed additives as alternatives to antibiotics in poultry production: A review by Noor Aminullah, Allauddin Mostamand, Ahmadullah Zahir, Obaidullah Mahaq, Mohammad Naeem Azizi

Get full text

Afghan EFL lecturers’ beliefs about autonomous language learning by Hashmatullah Tareen

“…The present study contributes incrementally to our understanding of how Kandahar University fosters autonomous learning. This study offers practical implications for policymakers, educational institutions, and lecturers who are interested in adopting autonomous learning as a worthwhile educational goal.…”
Get full text

Minimum acceptable diet and contributing factors among children aged 6–23 months in Afghanistan: insights from the 2022–2023 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey by Essa Tawfiq, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Massoma Jafari, Ghulam Mohayuddin Mudaser, Zainab Ezadi, Sayed Ali Shah Alawi, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Omid Dadras

Get full text

A Comprehensive Review of the Diversity of Fungal Secondary Metabolites and Their Emerging Applications in Healthcare and Environment by Khushbu Wadhwa, Neha Kapoor, Hardeep Kaur, Eman A. Abu-Seer, Mohd. Tariq, Sazada Siddiqui, Virendra Kumar Yadav, Parwiz Niazi, Pankaj Kumar, Saad Alghamdi

Get full text

Quality of antenatal care services in Afghanistan: findings from the national survey 2022–2023 by Essa Tawfiq, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Zabihullah Anwary, Khalid Akbari, Hadia Sayam, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Omid Dadras

Get full text

Roles of Service Quality and Religiosity in Determining Customers’ Retention in Islamic Banks: Empirical Evidence from Southwestern Afghanistan by Ziarmal Abdullah, Salina Kassim, Shamsullah Shams, Sharofiddin Ashurov

Get full text

Therapeutic Innovations in Nanomedicine: Exploring the Potential of Magnetotactic Bacteria and Bacterial Magnetosomes by Yadav VK, Pramanik S, Alghamdi S, Atwah B, Qusty NF, Babalghith AO, Solanki VS, Agarwal N, Gupta N, Niazi P, Patel A, Choudhary N, Zairov R

“…., India; 8Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan; 9Department of Lifesciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 384265, India; 10Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center RAS, Kazan, Russian Federation; 11Aleksander Butlerov Institute of Chemistry, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russian Federation*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Virendra Kumar Yadav; Nisha Choudhary;, Email yadava94@gmail.com; nishanaseer03@gmail.comAbstract: Nanotechnology has emerged as a revolutionary domain with diverse applications in medicine, and one of the noteworthy developments is the exploration of bacterial magnetosomes acquired from magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) for therapeutic purposes. …”
Get full text

Hümayun’un Sürgün Hayatı by Hami Demir

“…İran’da ortaya çıkan ittifak ile birlikte Hümayun, Kandahar ve Kabil’i ele geçirerek kardeşlerinin yarattığı tehlikeyi bertaraf etmeyi ve Hindistan’daki tahtını geri kazanmayı amaçlamıştı. …”
Get full text

Depression and anxiety symptoms among Afghan war widows and their associated factors: A cross-sectional analytical study by Naqib Ahmad Dost, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Massoma Jafari

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2023, interviewing war widows from four community health centers in Kandahar, Afghanistan. We employed a validated Patient Health Questionnaire and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale. …”
Get full text

Public Health Risks Associated with Food Process Contaminants – A Review by Ahmadullah Zahir, Zhiwen Ge, Iftikhar Ali Khan

Get full text