A study to assess awareness regarding Diabetes Mellitus and factors affecting it, in a tertiary care hospital in Kancheepurum District

 Background: World will have 300 million diabetics by 2025. The disease leads to high levels of morbidity and mortality and has huge financial impact on individuals and national budgets. Knowledge of the disease wil...

Social and Behaviour Change Communication – Essential Component of Contemporary Health Care

Study of Complementary feeding practices among mothers of infants aged six months to one year

 Introduction: Infants and young children are at an increased risk of malnutrition from six months of age onwards, when breast milk alone is no longer sufficient to meet all their nutritional requirements and comple...

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...

Patient Satisfaction Survey: To Improve Quality of Care at Tertiary Care Center, South Gujarat

Introduction: Mismatch between patient expectation and the service received is related to decreased satisfaction. Aims and Objectives: To measure level of satisfaction and identify the obstacles in availing services amon...