وھبۃ الزحیلی بطور فقیہ: الفقہ الاسلامی وادلتہ کا مطالعہ

The development of Islamic Jurisprudence tradition over time produces the Juris-prudential product with different approaches, methodologies, and interpretations. Nowadays, the difference of opinion in the Islamic Jurisprudence is marked by the reconstruction of the jurisprudential tradition because they are no longer relevant to address the issue of masculinity. In this study, the author discusses one of the recent literatures of Islamic Jurisprudence, Al Fiqh Al Islami wa Adilatuhu, written by Wahbah Al-Zuḥaylī (1932-2015 AD). In this article, he tried to reach a compromise between classical jurisprudence with a contemporary one; this is due to some modern views that classical account is no longer able to solve the recent problems. Therefore Al-Zuḥaylī tried to integrate classical interpretation to the contemporary style with a consistent method. To find some pictures of his jurisprudential approach, the author discusses the different aspects of his masterpiece in this paper. Keywords: , ,  

Hepatitis B Vaccination Rate and Determining Factors Amongst Health Care Workers at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Aim: To determine Hepatitis B vaccination rate and determining factors for health care workers (HCWs) at AKUHN. Design: Cross sectional analytical study Study subjects and setting: Aga Khan University Hospital-Nairobi, is a 254 bed tertiary hospital, with 815 HCWs with occupational risk of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). The hospital has a HCW vaccination policy and vaccine available to HCWs as part of medical scheme Methodology: Two hundred and sixty six (266) eligible HCWs of all cadres were stratified then randomly recruited after giving informed consent. A questionnaire was then administered to assess knowledge, attitude and practice towards HBV infection, risk of infection, vaccination status and reasons for non vaccination. The analysis included vaccination rate, association between knowledge, attitude and practice with vaccination rates and reasons for non vaccination. Results: The hepatitis B vaccination rate is 56.01%. More than 95.5% of the HCWs know about hepatitis B, more than 86.8% know the routes of transmission. There is an association between knowledge of Hepatitis B and vaccination status (p=0.01). Fifty three percent (53%) of the non vaccinated HCWs either didn‟t know the need or procedure for vaccination, while 19.6% were concerned about side effects and costs of vaccination. Conclusion: The vaccination rate is low and efforts should be put in place to educate the HCWs on vaccination, offer reassurance on the safety of the vaccines and maintain updated vaccination records.