Utilization of Supplementary Nutrition Food Packets by Pregnant and Lactating mothers in urban areas of Valsad, Gujarat

Background: Supplementary Nutrition is provided under ICDS to pregnant and lactating mothers. Still the prevalence of malnutrition is high. The study conducted to find out reasons behind it. Objectives: 1. To study utili...

An epidemiological investigation of outbreak of Project Malaria in PHC area of Rajkot district, Gujarat, India, 2014

 Introduction/ Background: Gujarat is an endemic state for malaria with Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) between 1 and 2. During this calendar year, total 3291 cases of malaria were reported till October month in Ra...

Current Health Status of Women in India - Issues and Challenges

Trend and Epidemiological Profile of Dengue Fever/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever in Ahmedabad City, Gujarat, India

Introduction: Dengue fever is an acute viral disease of public health importance having the potential of causing large scale outbreaks. Recently Dengue cases are increasing alarmingly in various parts of the country and...

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...