Blogs

National Leprosy Eradication Program
(NLEP)

For lecture on NLEP click: http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/national-leprosy-eradication-programme-...

Health Care Delivery in India

For Lecture on Healthcare Delivery in India click link below:
http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/health-care-delivery-india

Management Techniques in Healthcare - 3

lecture available on: http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/management-techniques-health
Management Techniques in Health Care Can Be Classified as Given Below

Hospital Waste Management Bio – Medical Waste Management

For lecture click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnLq4wqGbrk&list=PLm3g4QotzKaOWA7XjxS7sw...
Definition of Bio-medical waste (as per Biomedical rules (Handling and Management) rules, 1998), Min of Environment and Forests, GOI
Bio-medical waste means “any waste which is generated during
– the diagnosis,
– treatment or
– immunization of human beings or animals or
– in research activities or

Blindness

Lecture available on: http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/blindness
Definition of Blindness: WHO 2011
“Visual acuity of less than 3/60 (Snellen’s chart) or its equivalent”
Equivalent of < 3/60: Inability to count fingers in daylight at a distance of 3 meters
(3/60 is practically equivalent to counting fingers in daylight at a distance of 3 meters)
(Similarly, 1/60 is practically equivalent to counting fingers in daylight at a distance of 1 meters)
Leads to:

National Programme for Control of Blindness

Lecture available here: http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/national-program-control-blindness-npcb
• launched in the year 1976 as a 100% Centrally Sponsored scheme
• Goal: reduce the prevalence:
– From 1.4% ->0.3%
– (As per 2006-7 survey, the prevalence was 1.0%)
• Various activities/initiatives undertaken during the Five Year Plans under NPCB are targeted towards achieving the goal of reducing the prevalence of blindness to 0.3% by the year 2020.