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23rd March 2014: The Persons With Disabilities (PWD-
MQM) arranged a Carnival/family festival at Lal Qila
Ground. Team AEIRC joined the carnival and placed a
health awareness and counseling stall, in order to provide
people with free assessment of BP, BMI and BMR. The
carnival was visited by many key officials, media agencies,
students, special children and working officials of varying
fields. It was an effort to promote a healthy society and to
make Pakistan a nation comprising of individuals who are
self aware and are keen to take the mission of awareness
forward. AEIRC being a strong and keen supporter of
awareness programs, joined this event wholeheartedly in
order to play their part in spreading awareness.
Health Awareness Activity at Health Mela at PWD
12th April 2014 : The seminar on "traumatic stress" organized by Advance Educational Institute and Research Centre (AEIRC) and
Pakistan Society of Psychophysiology (PSPP) was the third session in the series of the SEVEN STRINGS OF STRESS launched by
AEIRC and PSPP. The session on traumatic stress was held on 12th April 2014 at Institute of Behavioural Sciences (IBS),
Karachi. The session started with tilawat by Ms. Iqra Zulfiqar (Ambassador, PSPP), followed by introduction to IBS by Ms. Shahla
Ahmed (IBS) and introduction to the seminar by Ms. Sadaf Ahmed (AEIRC). The guest of honor for the session was Senator Abdul
Haseeb Khan. The speakers included Mr. Shamoon Noushad (AEIRC), Ms. Sadaf Ahmed (AEIRC), Dr. Ajmal kazmi (IBS), Ms. Nida
Anwar (IBS), Dr. Asma Makhani (AKUH) and Professor Doctor Raza ur Rahman (DUHS). The seminar included talks on the stressors
of traumatic stress, signs and symptoms and related health consequences, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), psychological
interventions of PTSD and ways to deal with traumatic stress. Overall, it was an illuminating and highly informative session. The
abstract book for the seminar was provided to all the participants and also made available on the website.
Seminar on TRAUMATIC STRESS – Myth or Fact?
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3RD MAY 2014: Advance Educational Institute and Research Centre (AEIRC) in collaboration with Centre for Global Studies and
Research (CGSR) held a seminar on "Child Marriages" The idea was to bring light upon the issue of early marriages and the
related consequences, be it social or health related. A brief introduction of the seminar was provided by Mr. Sarfraz Ahmed. The
speakers for the session were Mr. Muqtida Mansoor (CGSR), Dr. Riaz Shiek (CGSR) and Ms. Sadaf Ahmed (AEIRC). They discussed
the realities with data from our society on forced early marriages and issues that surround such cases, the outcomes and
related social disasters were also discussed at length. It was an informative and absorbing session, appreciated by one and all.
Dr. Muqtida Mansoor indicated that he would like to further work with AEIRC in order to highlight social problems of our society,
Seminar on CHILD MARRIAGES at AEIRC
10th April 2014: Advance Educational Insti-
tute and Research Centre placed a health
awareness stall at University of Karachi
on occassion of the Golden Jublee cele-
brations of department of Pharmacy (UoK).
It was an effort to spread health care
awareness to one and all. AEIRC played
its role in the awareness campaign by
providing free tests on the "Three Bees
of Health": Blood Pressure (BP), Body
Mass Index (BMI) and Basal Metabolic
Rate (BMR). The efforts of spreading
awareness were carried brilliantly by the
team AEIRC .The team was surrounded
with people throughout the day who
came in search of their status of well
being and team AEIRC served them all
with answers to all their keen questions.
A great number of people kept swarming
around team AEIRC all day and got their
BP, BMI and BMR measured and went
better aware of what sort of lifestyle would be healthy for them. Overall, it was a day full of hardwork for team AEIRC and the
entire team remained zealous to the cause of awareness with the best attitudes.
Health Awareness Stall at Pharmacy , University of Karachi
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Seminar on METHOD IN CLINICAL RESEARCH at Baqai University
24th April, 2014:
Team Advance Educa-
tional Institute and
Research Centre
(AEIRC) facilitated a
seminar on "Methods
in Clinical Research"
at Baqai Institute of
Pharmacuetical Scienc-
es. It was a session
conducted to train the
students on norms
and ethics revolving
around clinical re-
search, since human
subjects are invlolved
it is mandatory to be
very clear on the
basics rules and
methods. The session
was addressed by Mr.
Shamoon Noushad
who spoke on Back-
ground of clinical research, Ms. Sadaf Ahmed delivered her talk on Introduction to clinical research, pre clinical research and
Phases of clinical trials. Mr. Syed Zain Azher spoke about ICH- GCP guidelines and Saima Khan discussed Case Studies in this
regard. It was an effort recognized by the students and staff of BIPS alike and the Dean commended AEIRC on their hard work
and dedication.
Health & Spring Mela at Dr. A Q Khan Institute of Behavioural Sciences
17th May 2014: Team Advance Edu-
cational Institute and Research Cen-
tre (AEIRC) placed a health aware-
ness stall along with fun and games
for children at the Family health Day
and Fun mela at Dr. A.Q. Khan Centre
Institute of Behavioral Sciences (IBS) .
Team AEIRC joined IBS in their
Health day in order to embark the
necessity of good hhealth and to
spread awareness to the general
populace. The stall placed by AEIRC
contained BMI, BMR and BP evalua-
tion, free for all and the fun desk
placed for children included face
painting, balloon dedications and
games such as "finding the correct
key to the lock" and "locating the
sharpened pencil" . The games were
enjoyed by children and the Health
awareness mission of the team proved successful as people visited the stall, got their health check done and left satisfied with
answers towards a better and healthier life. Team leaders achieved their task with grace along with strong support from the team
ambassadors who put in their efforts to make the aim of the health and fun stall a success.
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Seminar on Young Writing World in Collaboation with Youth
Affair Department Govt. of Sindh
20th May 2014: One day seminar on "Young Writing World" was organized by Advance Educational Institute and Research Centre
(AEIRC) with the support of Sports and youth affairs department, Government of Sindh at Regent Plaza, Karachi. It was an effort
to provide youth with a chance to explore their potential in terms of writing and to gain key knowledge about bringing their ideas
into well written formats and penning down their thoughts constructively and innovatively with authenticity. The speakers for the
session included Ms. Ufaq binte Jamal (UIT) who spoke on "Creative writing", she discussed the key points in this regard and
encouraged the participants to believe in their abilities and write. Mr. Muqtada Ali (CGSR) talked about Column Writing Urdu/
English, in his talk he emphasized the need to have grip on the language in order to write well. Mr. Naveed Noushad (Axact)
delivered his talk effectively on "Resume writing", speaking about effective resume he said that one should be concise and well
balanced in their writings in order to grasp the attention of the reader. delivered his talk effectively on "Resume writing", speaking
about effective resume he said that one should be concise and well balanced in their writings in order to grasp the attention of
the reader. Mr. Mazhar Ahmed spoke about "Business writing" and clarified the dire need of writing efficiently as it is a
requirement in every field and a building brick in case of business. Ms. Sadaf Ahmed (AEIRC) spoke on "academic writing", she
spoke with her experience as a teacher and highlighted the need of well written drafts by students, since everything has to be
written down and presented well for fulfillment of academic requirement. Moreover, she spoke about writing as a way to step up
and explore because all research has to be written down and being efficient as a writer can prove helpful in that case. Mr.
Shamoon Noushad (AEIRC) delivered his talk on "Ethics in writing", he emphasized on the need to review our basics and learn
where we are going wrong. Speaking about ethics he discussed a few cases and experiences where plagiarized work was put
forward, he also highlighted that there is a need to understand the guidelines and norms before we step further in anything and
writing follows the same format, it has to be original in order to be unique.
Writing is a skill that needs grooming and practice!!!!
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28th May 2014: Team Advance Educational Institute and Research Centre (AEIRC), held a session on "YOUTH BEHAVIORAL
DEVELOPMENT" at Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) with the kind support of Sports and Youth affairs department, Government
of Sindh .The aim of this session was to foster a sense of responsibilty and light the spark of better living in the young
generation of our society. The most
emphasized point was the stress
burden on youth and ways to
minimize it on order to train young
minds to tackle their problems and
be able to see tough situations as
potential teachers in order to
handle things better. The speakers
for this session included Mr.
Shamoon Noushad (AEIRC), Ms. Nida
Anwar (IBS), Ms Amna Aftab (IBS),
Mr Azher Naqvi (Geo Television), Mr
Naveed Noushad (AXACT), Ms. Sadaf
Ahmed (AEIRC) and Ms. Asma
Makhani (AKUH). They spoke on
Youth behavioral development by
various angles including the
stressors and burdens that youth
faces in our society, the challenges
relating to finding a job, performing
better in organizations/exams/
interviews. The reasons and
prevalance of depression on
adolescence was also discussed. The
need of having a positive approach,
an open mind and easy going
attitude was emphasized. Ms. Asma
Makhani's session was solely
dedicated to mind meditation and
relaxation in order to learn better
and have positivity as a take-home
message. It was an effort
appreciated by all the participants
and AEIRC hopes to carry the task
of motivating youth by holding more
such sessions in future. The efforts
of the organizing committee and
ambassadors were appreciated by
means of certificates and shields.
Dr. Zafar Iqbal (BIDE) also bestowed
the efforts. The Sadaf Stess Manual
has been launched and published on
the same date and was practiced at
Stress Evaluation booth. The manual
Contains the methods of operationa
and scoring criteria of SSS that can
help any user to evaluate stress of
seven different types. The authors
Sadaf Ahmed & Shamoon Noushad
were there to explain the significance of
its use and distributed it to the
participants. were h his presence and
Seminar on Youth Behavioral Development & SSS Manual Launch SSS
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Seminar on PYSCHOSOCIAL STRESS
17th June 2014: The 4th session of the “seven strings of stress” was on PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS, organized by Advance Educational
Institute and Research Centre (AEIRC) and Pakistan Society of Psychophysiology (PSPP) at Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute (Institute of
behavioral sciences). The agenda of the session was to cover the stressors that cause psychosocial stress, the impact that others can create
on a person. The speakers for the session were Mr. Shamoon Noushad (AEIRC, vice president PSPP) who discussed the relation of stress
with health, Ms. Sadaf Ahmed (AEIRC, President PSPP) who talked upon the role of brain in identifying and managing psychosocial stress,
Ms. Amna Karimi (IBS), Mr. Qaiser Abbas (IBS) and Ms. Hina Naz (IBS) who all talked on ways to manage the psychosocial aspects of
depression. Dr Salman Shahzad (ICP) talked about the aspects of psychosocial stress. Dr. Asma Makhani (AKUH) made the participants
indulge in an activity of meditation. The session was attended by students of various universities and professionals of health science field.
The chief guest for the session was Dr. Raza ur Rehman (DUHS) who congratulated and commended AEIRC on their efforts of conducting
MIDWIVES TRAINING PROGRAM
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One Day Workshop on YOUTH IN CONFLICT
19th June 2014: Sports & Youth Affairs DepartmentGovernment of Sindh in collaboration with Advance Educational Institute and
Research Centre (AEIRC) organized a workshop on "Youth in Conflict" in Karachi. The speakers for the session were Mr. Momin
Khan Momin (CGSR), Mr. Muqtida Mansoor (CGSR) and Ms. Sadaf Ahmed (AEIRC). The idea behind the workshop was to clarify
the affects of violence, to make youth abreast of their role in the society and to empower them with the knowledge to deal with
tough times, to encourage them to think positively and develop a patient attitude. The need of discussion was emphasized in
order to avoid conflict and hence keep the weeds of violence away from our society. It was also suggested by speakers and
participants alike that there should be more such workshops held in order to bring the social issues in light and to find possible
solutions together.
Efforts made in small scale with pure intentions always have great impact. Team AEIRC collaborated with Abuzafar Institute of
Medical Sciences at Kohi Goth Hospital, Karachi to train and teach Midwives and Nurses for Human Physiology and Research.
KOHI GOTH TEACHING & RESEARCH PROJECT
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Pre-Conference Workshop:
24TH June: The conference started with a pre- conference workshop on 24th June at PMA house , Karachi. The workshop was
entitled “Self identity and positivity”, based on the thought to promote and boost self esteem and to develop a positive attitude.
The pre conference workshop was attended by students mainly from health science background, doctors and other professionals.
The speakers for the session were Shamoon Noushad (AEIRC) who discussed the outcomes of stress on women health,
highlighting various stressors, such as pregnancy induced physical stress, traumatic stress resulting from harassment, mental
stress induced due to societal pressures, the psychosocial stress issues that burden the health in general and effect the self
esteem negatively, he discussed the stressors and their outcomes at length, emphasizing the need to further indulge and
investigate ways for women to positively deal with it. Sadaf Ahmed (AEIRC) highlighted the role of positivity which is the key to
live a better life, to have a sound mind is necessary to be healthy and to live a life of your choice, to make the participants feel
the positivity, she called upon few of her students who shared the problems faced by them being girls and how their positive
attitudes have changed their journey towards a better living. She jotted down some key points in developing self identity via a
positive attitude. Asma Makhani (AKUH) along with Ali Suleman (AFRICA) made the participants work upon techniques to release
stress and feel positive. They made the participants abreast of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) which is a combination of
meditation techniques to make one feel positive and relieved.
PRESSCONFERENCE AT KARACHI PRESS CLUB
23rd June: The press conference was held at Karachi
Press Club to mark a three-day international women
conference – jointly organized by the PMA, Tehrik-e-
Niswan, All Pakistan Women’s Association and the
AEIRC – which will begin from June 24 at PMA,
PNFWH president Dr Shershah Syed, Pakistan Medi-
cal Association (PMA) Karachi general-secretary Dr
Qazi Wasiq and AEIRC CEO Sadaf Ahmed were
among those who spoke about women’s health relat-
ed issues, rights and status and measures taken for
them across the country during a conference organ-
ised to empower women.
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Inaugural Session of Ist International Conference on Women Empowerment
25th June: The inaugural session was
held on 25th June 2014 at APWA
auditorium, Karachi. The participants
in this session included students,
parents, working professionals, people
from different NGOs mid-wives and
nurses. It was a session for the
general public , covering discussions
on the basic problems and
highlighting the core issues of
women. Sadaf Ahmed(AEIRC)
welcomed the participants and
guests and introduced the theme
and idea of the conference “Create,
Nurture and Transform; The
International Conference on Women
Empowerment” . Hamid Manzoor
(PMA) discussed about hepatitis in
pregnancy, he talked about the threat that it poses to the health of young women. Naheed Sultan (DUHS) talked about the issues
associated with Breast Cancer and how it effects the empowerment of women. Erum Kazim (Civil Hospital) highlighted the need to
identify and follow the ways leading to prevent Breast Cancer. Qaiser Sajjad (PMA) talked about Mouth Cancer in women. Sonia
Naqvi (Sir Syed Medical College) discussed about Cervical Cancer and ways to prevent it, highlighting the need of awareness
among the general population. Sadiqa Salahuddin (Indus Resource Centre) highlighted the position and state of education of
young girls in rural areas. Habiba Hassan (AURA) talked about empowerment in general and highlighted the poor state of women
in our society. Beverly Hill (USA) talked on “Infanticide in Asian Women” . Nighat Shah (AKUH) discussed the need of Family
planning as it is a dire need of our society. Shershah Syed (kohi Goth Women hospital) discussed violence against women in
Pakistan, talking about the social burdens on women of our society. Wasif (PMA) delivered his talk on “Women with escort soul”.
Sheema Kirmani (Tehrik –e-Niswan) gave a brief account of the role played by Tehrik-e-Niswan in highlighting the rights of women .
Each and every talk was followed by question and answers session, with a healthy discussion on every aspect of the discussed
topic at length, covering the issues, symptoms and consequences and ways of prevention of the disease, also highlighting the
cures for each discussed health issue.
The discussions were followed by a
stage play “RaqsKaro- Story of women
through the ages” prepared and
performed by SheemaKirmani and her
group (Tehrik-e-Niswan). This stage play
portrayed the status of women in our
society and how they are kept
oppressed and backward. It was carried
out in such a way that made the whole
picture clear in the minds of the
people, lightening up the minds and
hearts and compelling people to ponder
upon the state of living in our women.
“RaqsKaro”
Tehrik-e-Niswan
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Ist International Conference on Women Empowerment; Scientific Session
The Scientific session of the conference was held on 26th June 2014 at PMA house, Karachi. Since it was purely a research study based talk, the audience included stu-dents, doctors, professionals from other medicine related fields, people working with various NGOs, universities, organizations etc. The session contained key note lectures, oral and poster presentations all revolving around studies conducted on the health
issues and certain social aspects. The first talk was on “Genetics of Breast Can-cer” by Syed A. Aziz (University of Ottawa, Cana-da), who discussed at length the genetic aspect of Breast Cancer and the increasing prevalence of this particular disease . Shershah Syed (PMA) presented his talk on “Lesson Learn Safe Motherhood”. Kausar S Khan (AKUH) held a panel discussion on “Where is power in women’s empower-ment?”, she highlighted the need to define what we mean by empowerment of women and to build a structure upon which to work in this regard. Nelofer Sultana (SMBBMC) talked on “Alzheimer in women”, highlighting the need of education for women, to keep the brain working in a healthy manner. Sajjad Ahmed Siddiqui (NFUHS) talked on “The unfair burden of fertility regulation; a
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Rozina Karmaliani (AKUH) held a panel discussion on “Violence against women in Pakistan”, emphasizing upon the need to identify the key components in fighting the violence against women. Simi Kamal (Aurat Foundation) held a panel discussion on “Controlling our lives; Women’s empowerment in Pakistan”. Azmat Jehan Khan (AKUH) talked on the prevalence of emotional and psychosocial abuse among the female healthcare providers. Nausheen Salim (AKUH) discussed about Vaginal discharge and the need of understanding when to consult a doctor. Rozina Somani (AKUH) talked on sexual harassment towards nurses in Pakistan. Shireen Shehzad (AKUH) discussed her study on Resilience and the validation of the Urdu version of resilience scale to measure the state of resilience among the married women living in urban settings of Karachi, Pakistan. Saima Khan (AEIRC) talked about the Correlation of Breast self examination among females having positive family history. Sohail Amir Ali Bawani (AKUH) talked about the need to develop a basic framework in order to work upon the violence against women. Rafique Wassan (AMRDO) talked on empowerment through female entrepreneurship in rural Sindh. Komal Daredia (Marie Stopes Society) talked on the need of education towards family planning in the rural areas of Pakistan. Unzela Ayub (AEIRC) talked about the trends and barriers towards physical health among the married and unmarried females . Salima Akbar (AKUH) talked about Fistula , its psychosocial impacts and ways of coping with it. Poster presentations on topics related to women health were also presented, evaluation was done by the panelists: Zafar Iqbal Abbasi (BIDE), Hamid Manzoor (PMA) and QaziWasiq (PMA).
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Ist International Conference on Women Empowerment; Oral/Poster Sessions
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As an outcome of two significant projects of Psychophysiology Research Division & Breast cancer Research
Division, AEIRC has launched two annual publications INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT &
ANNALS OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY. Moreover Vol. 2, Issue 1. of International Journal on Endorsing Health Science
Research has been successfully published both in online and print versions. The original articles, case studies,
reviews and case series are invited for publication in all journals.
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Poster Sessions Winners
IST: HIRA MAJEED (AEIRC), 2ND: TAYYABA KANWAL (AEIRC)
3RD: MAHNOOR NADEEM (AEIRC)
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