25 Drowning – a neglected but preventable public health issue

A Neglected Public Health Issue

ISBN 978 92 4 156348 2 The aim of this Consultative Meeting was to discuss strategies for improving the quality and quantity of therapeutic antisera, essential drugs for the effective treatment of suspected rabid dog bites and envenoming by snake bites and scorpion stings. Inadequacies in the effi cacy, safety and production of these antisera have created a major global public health crisis, es...

Mental Health — An Issue Neglected by European Public Health Systems?

Screening of Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Neglected Public Health Issue

Sir, One of the prime causes of blindness in premature and preterm infants is retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as determined in vision 2020 program.[1] As globally the number of blind children figures to 1.4 million with 75% of them from third world countries, the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness targets ROP for prevention of blindness and treatment in an effort to r...

Medical Malpractice: A Preventable or Inevitable Issue

fall injury prevention-a neglected public health issue: challenges and way forward in the indian scenario.

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