The study that deals with the scrutiny of sweat pores is known as Poroscopy. They were located as little openings over the frictional ridge skin near the distal end of digits & in palms and soles. The study was conducted in central India among 400first year MBBS students of both sexes within the age limit of 18 to 23. Thumb prints of left hand were taken with Kores printer's ink over the executive bond paper and are then processed with Ninhydrin chemical. The Latent prints thus obtained are cautiously scrutinized using light source microscope. Prints are observed for number of round shaped pores per 1cm ridge and noted carefully. Images were captured with digital camera. Largest number of round shaped pores per cm ridge on left hand thumb impression were ranging from 2-4 were identified among both the sexes. It has also been observed that males presented highest number of circular or round pores with a range of 2-4 in 1cm ridge as compared to females. Thus the poroscopic study based on the shapes of pores in 1cm ridge of thumb prints plays a significant role in sex determination

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Background: Reliable and rigorously collected sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) data in humanitarian settings are often sparse and variable in quality across different humanitarian settings. To address this gap in quality data, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a core set of indicators for monitoring and evaluating SRMNCAH services and outcomes and assessed their feasibility in four countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the goal of aggregating information from global consultations and field-level assessments to reach consensus on a set of core SRMNCAH indicators among WHO partners. Methods: The feasibility assessment in DRC focused on the following constructs: relevance/usefulness, feasibility of measurement, systems and resources, and ethical issues. The multi-methods assessment included five components; a desk review, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, facility assessments, and observational sessions. Results: The findings suggest that there is widespread support among stakeholders for developing a standardized core list of SRMNCAH indicators to be collected among all humanitarian actors in DRC. There are numerous resources and data collection systems that could be leveraged, built upon, and improved to ensure the feasibility of collecting this proposed set of indicators. However, the data collection load requested from donors, the national government, international and UN agencies, coordination/cluster systems must be better harmonized, standardized, and less burdensome. Conclusions: Despite stakeholder support in developing a core set of indicators, this would only be useful if it has the buy-in from the international community. Greater harmonization and coordination, alongside increased resource allocation, would improve data collection efforts and allow stakeholders to meet indicators’ reporting requirements.