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Polio will Return

War is the biggest risk to health. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024-07-21/ty-article-opinion/.premium/cease-fire-the-only-way-to-prevent-polio-epidemic-among-gazan-and-israeli-babies We need an end to war. Now! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgrxjn9rkpo

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Rural Sensitization at Chandan Keyari

Medicos in Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand or nearby. This is a 3 day camp to introduce you to work in rural hospitals and villages. Meet like minded young people and also those already working in innovative settings

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Air Quality - Health of Coal affected Communities

Presented at CMC Medicine Annual Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkUHEvzk_vo&list=PL2nlMfUEVRS6Kcwn371lSs9Qd3O0IhqLB&index=2 More on NCD at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2nlMfUEVRS6Kcwn371lSs9Qd3O0IhqLB Other topics at https://www.youtube.com/@departmentofmedicinecmcvel3802/playlists

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Community Health Officers join the team at Health Centres

Have visited Health and Wellness Centres in at least 3 states (W Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh) since 2018 (even before Modi inaugurated Ayushman Bharat, Chattisgarh had Apna Aspatal in Korba). And met the first CHOs in Jabalpur MP too, as I was involved in vetting the IGNOU syllabus for the Bridge Course. The active CHO I met in West Bengal and the number of patients with reports and medicines…

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Tribals and "plastic"/ fortified rice

https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/plastic-rice-why-union-govts-experiment-with-an-artificial-grain-is-hard-to-swallow-for-rural-adivasis A long time ago, in the true age                                        Sedai tahe khan jugdo tahekhan There were many creepers in the forest                         Bir buru se dare nari ho tahekhan A breeze brought rain from the sky in the               …

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WHO leads very high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

18 November 2023 StatementReading time: 3 min (716 words)Earlier today, a joint UN humanitarian assessment team led by WHO accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to assess the situation on the ground, conduct a rapid situational analysis, assess medical priorities and establish logistics options for further missions. The team included public health experts, logistics officers and security…

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Sickle Cell- Hindi सिकेल सेल एनीमिया

आदिवासियों में क्यों ज़्यादा होती है ये बीमारी दरअसल सिकल सेल एनीमिया एक अनुवांशिक बीमारी होती है. 22 साल की स्वाति इसी बीमारी से ही पीड़ित हैं. गुजरात के तापी ज़िले के एक गांव में रहने वाली स्वाति के परिवार के सभी सदस्य सिकल सेल बीमारी से पीड़ित हैं. वे बीबीसी से बातचीत में कहती हैं कि मेरे परिवार के सभी पांच सदस्यों में ये बीमारी है और उन्हें सातवीं या आठवीं कक्षा में ये पता चला कि उन्हें…

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Any Future for Antibiotics?

https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/pdf/20230718-antibiotics.pdf @[email protected] #MedMastodon “But the real reason is that there is much more profit in drugs that are used for treating diseases like cancer or diabetes. There is even more profit in doing research and bringing to the market drugs that are made for what are called orphan diseases—rare diseases that may afflict only a few…

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