For lecture click here: http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/hospital-waste-management
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
– in production or testing of biologicals and
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.
Lecture available here: http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/management-techniques-health-1
For lecture click: http://www.ihatepsm.com/resource/health-planning
Health Planning is defined as: The process of
Commonly used tests of significance are
For qualitative data: (comparing two proportions)
For quantitative data: (comparing two means)
Chi – square test
• Applied on qualitative data
• Equally applicable on small and large samples
• Can be applied if there are more than 2 categories
Definition of an ‘Epidemic’
The occurrence in a community, of cases of a particular disease in numbers which are clearly ‘in excess’ of that ‘expected’ for that population and for that time of the year
The first blog in the series was Epidemiology-1.
Incidence:
It is number of NEW cases occurring in a defined population during a specified period of time.
Formula of Incidence:
(no.of NEW cases in a defined population during a specified time period )/(Population at risk during the same time period) X 1000
Prevalence:
Definition of ‘Epidemiology’
The study of distribution and determinants of health related states in specified populations and the application of this study to control the health problems.
Aims of Epidemiology
1. Describing disease and health related events in specified populations
2. Understanding causation of disease and
3. To provide data for planning of health services
Types of data:
I. Qualitative-
India’s achievements on Millennium Developmental Goals (MDG)
Link: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-way-behind-on-world-health-organisation-health-targets/article7202411.ece
