The aim of this study was to determine hematological profile of sickle cell disease (SCD) from Surat, South Gujarat, India. This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Pediatrics and Sickle Cell Anemia Laboratory, Faculty of Pathology, Government Medical College, Surat, India, between July 2009 and December 2010. Patients included in this study were in their steady...

background as per the vaccine management policy of the government of india all vaccine vials opened for an immunization session were discarded at the end of that session, irrespective of the type of vaccine or the number of doses remaining in the vial prior to 2013. subsequently, open vial policy (ovp) was introduced in 2013 and should reduce both vaccine wastage as well as governmental healthc...

killing at least 200 and injuring thousands. Shock, agony, anger, and fear spread from the clouds of smoke and debris. Then came corrosive anxi-ety—the hallmark of our age. Belief in fate and karma kept us going as we learned to live and cope with terrorism. Then, just as monsoon follows Indian summer, another tragedy came. In September, an earthquake near Latur, Maharashtra, flattened villages...

Background Outbreak of syphilis, i.e., 16 cases of rapid plasma reagin (RPR) reactive cases of syphilis was reported in Community Based Organization (CBO) Sahyog of Surat, India, from April to August 2014. The aim of the study was to find risk factors and take immediate actions to prevent spread. Materials and Methods Outbreak investigation of 16 Female Sex Workers of CBO Sahyog in Surat who ...

Results: The overall wastage factor for BCG vaccine was 1.83, for OPV was 1.33, for DPT was 1.19, for Hepatitis B vaccine was 1.26 and for Measles vaccine was 1.39. The WF was highest for sessions held at ICDS for BCG vaccination (3.38) followed by sessions held at mobile sites for BCG vaccination (2.50). The WF was lowest for sessions held at UHC for DPT vaccination (1.11) followed by sessions...

Surat is a highly developed, thickly populated cosmopolitan character city with full of various activities going on day and night. Any natural calamity which causes loss of lives to property and infrastructure along with effects on industrial processes going on has serious impact on economy of the state. Therefore, it becomes highly necessary that flood events are studied and analyzed properly ...

BACKGROUND India is responsible for 30% of the annual global cohort of unvaccinated children worldwide. Private practitioners provide an estimated 21% of vaccinations in urban centers of India, and are important partners in achieving high vaccination coverage. METHODS We used an in-person questionnaire and on-site observation to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of private immunizati...

no doupt that the qur'anic expression contains secrets and aesthetics and artistic touches and images which show that the quran art intended to support this opinion that it isn’t people speech. so, this research is going to study sura «sad» using a stylistic approach, which focuses on data general linguistic and deals with the role of image and music sounds  and vocabularies in  sura, and ...