Field Report by Regional Child Survival Officer, Gujarat

Effect of Health Education on Grass Root Level Health Workers regarding Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP Act)

Introduction: Despite being legally available in India since 1971, barriers to safe and legal abortion remain and unsafe and illegal abortion continues to be the problem. For proper knowledge of legal abortion medical, p...

 A study on the prevalence of use of tobacco amongst school going children (11 to 15 years age group) of Surendranagar

 Background: Despite increasing awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco, the use of tobacco in various forms continues to be a significant health risk factor amongst youth. Aims and Objectiv...

A study on relationship between various anthropometric measurements used as indicators of acute malnutrition in a slum of Kolkata

[b]Background:[/b] According to the 2008 Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition an estimated 19 million children under -5 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, some 55 million children age 5 o...

Awareness of cervical cancer and effectiveness of educational intervention programme among nursing students in a rural area of Andhra Pradesh