Quackery in Pakistan: a narrative literature review of a persistent public health threat

Waseem Sajjad, Sonali Priya Sahu, Sunaina Khan, Aswinipriya Bhaskar, Oisharja Fardeen Oishe, Zara Asif Dewan, Kabilesh Jothilingam, Najwa Nadeem, Shayan Nawaz, Seba Sayed Muhammed, Ammara Akram, Mubashra Aslam, Blessing DeNwigwe-Aggrey, Timothy Ojodare, Ihsan Qamar

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DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000005360
Published: 2026-08
Container: Annals of Medicine & Surgery
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@article{allodium:10.1097/ms9.0000000000005360,
  title = {Quackery in Pakistan: a narrative literature review of a persistent public health threat},
  author = {Waseem Sajjad and Sonali Priya Sahu and Sunaina Khan and Aswinipriya Bhaskar and Oisharja Fardeen Oishe and Zara Asif Dewan and Kabilesh Jothilingam and Najwa Nadeem and Shayan Nawaz and Seba Sayed Muhammed and Ammara Akram and Mubashra Aslam and Blessing DeNwigwe-Aggrey and Timothy Ojodare and Ihsan Qamar},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Annals of Medicine \&amp; Surgery},
  doi = {10.1097/ms9.0000000000005360},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/ms9.0000000000005360}
}

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AU  - Aswinipriya Bhaskar
AU  - Oisharja Fardeen Oishe
AU  - Zara Asif Dewan
AU  - Kabilesh Jothilingam
AU  - Najwa Nadeem
AU  - Shayan Nawaz
AU  - Seba Sayed Muhammed
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AU  - Timothy Ojodare
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Sajjad, W., Sahu, S. P., Khan, S., Bhaskar, A., Oishe, O. F., Dewan, Z. A., Jothilingam, K., Nadeem, N., Nawaz, S., Muhammed, S. S., Akram, A., Aslam, M., DeNwigwe-Aggrey, B., Ojodare, T., & Qamar, I. (2026). Quackery in Pakistan: a narrative literature review of a persistent public health threat. Annals of Medicine & Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1097/ms9.0000000000005360

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