Field Report by Regional Child Survival Officer, Gujarat

 

Profile of Patients of Ocular Trauma Visiting Municipal Eye Hospital Ahmedabad in the Months of August and September 2016

Introduction: Globally, more than 55 million eye injuries occur per year, while there are approximately 1.6 million people with blindness from ocular trauma. The prevalence of ocular trauma in India was reported as 2.4%....

One More Step to Bid Good Bye to Polio – Switch from t-OPV(trivalent- Oral Polio Vaccine) to b-OPV (bivalent – Oral Polio Vaccine)

Poliomyelitis, a crippling infectious disease caused by any one of the three polioviruses – poliovirus type 1, type 2 or type 3. Vaccination of child against polio is the most effective and important preventive measure t...

Epidemiological Determinants for Malaria in Rajkot Municipal Corporation, Gujarat

Introduction: In recent years, Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs) have emerged as a serious public health problem. Many of these, particularly Malaria now occur in epidemic form almost on an annual basis causing considerable m...