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Objectives of the study: The basic purpose of the study is to analyse the study on risk factors, vaccination status and outcome of tetanus in Pakistan. Methodology of the study: This cross sectional study was conducted in Combined Military Hospital, Multan during December 2018 to May 2019. The data was collected from 200 children of both genders. The diagnosis of tetanus was clinical, based on medical history and examination, determining the presence of at least three of the following clinical findings: severe trismus, refusal to feed, generalised muscle rigidity, opisthotonus or spontaneous tetanic spasms. Blood samples were taken within one hour of admission. Laboratory measurements included full blood count, electrolytes, creatinine and glucose. Results: The data was collected from 100 patients. There were 67(63.5%) males and 33 (36.5%) females. Overall, the mean age was 6.56+3.15 years, and the commonest age group at presentation was 6-10 years with 38(51.4%) cases. 50(67%) were unvaccinated, none (0%) had received booster dose and post-trauma immune prophyl axis. The case fatality was therefore 61.8%, and did not vary significantly over the 14 years (P = 0.536). Conclusion: It is concluded that this study has documented high case fatality rates in Pediatric tetanus in the study area.

The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of extracurricular activities (ECA) on academic performance of the students in Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) Dinajpur, Bangladesh. To define the effect more clearly we have disaggregated the extracurricular activities in to several parts such as sports activities, cultural activities, social work activities and political activities. A total of 270 students from nine faculties have been selected to collect data using stratified random sampling method. Students who have received at least two semester results have been considered for collection of valid information. Data were collected by face- to- face interview using a structured questionnaire .We used linear regression model and perform ordinary least square method (OLS) to estimate the regression coefficients. Findings of this study indicate that there is a negative but insignificant association between involvement in overall extracurricular activities and academic achievement. But when we separately estimates the models for different particular extracurricular activities we find that only the involvement in social activities has a significant negative impact on academic performance as measured by cumulative grade point average (CGPA) while other extracurricular activities like sports, cultural activities and political activities has no significant impact on CGPA of the student.