First and foremost, we would like to thank Dr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, Dr. Robert Baker, Dr. Robert Maudsley, and Dr. Anwar Siddiqui for their assistance and guidance.

A tremendous amount of work has been put in by our team. The team included members of the Organizing Committee, Audio-Visual Department, Conference Secretariat, AKU Administration, Finance, Travel & Housing, Resource Development & Public Affairs, Electronics, Food Services, Housekeeping, Maintenance, Safety & Security, Transport, Dispatch, Purchase, All their efforts are greatly appreciated.

We gratefully acknowledge the outstanding contribution of Dr. Gaffar Billoo and the major sponsors:

1. UNICEF (as the major contributor to the symposium)
2. Merck Sharp Dohme of Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited
3. Sind Medical Stores (especially for their support of the CD)
4. GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan
5. Aventis Pharma Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.
6. Hilton Pharma (Pvt.) Ltd.
7. Eli Lilly Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

We also acknowledge the following pharmaceutical companies who participated in the Scientific Product Exhibition.

1. Otsuka Pakistan Limited
2. Bosch Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Limited
3. IBL HealthCare (Pvt) Limited
4. Pharmatec Pakistan (Pvt) Limited
5. SAMI Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Limited
6. Procter & Gamble Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited
7. Novartis Pharma (Pakistan) Limited

A special thanks to:

Dr. Jim Irvine, for outstanding assistance at all stages of planning and execution,
Dr. M. Perwaiz Iqbal, for providing valuable advice
Dr. Camer W. Vellani, for his guidance and support
Mr. Barkat Virani, for his unwavering diligence,
Mr. Jack Fernandes, for coordinating the poster design, and organising the entire CD to its completion.
Drs. Murad Moosa, Shehnaz Ibrahim and Shabina Ariff for organisation of publications and presentations,
Mr. Aslam Bashir, for his concept & art work of the poster and CD cover,
Mr. Ajmal Rizvi, for visualising, software designing and organising the contents of the CD.

This CD has been developed at the Audiovisual Department of AKU under Mr. S.A. Naqvi's supervision.

And last but perhaps the most important, we would like to thank the audience and the speakers for their attendance and participation.

Thank you.

Drs. Nadir Syed & Iqtidar Khan
on behalf of the Organising Committee