AIDS is a global pandemic that affects 34 million people worldwide. According to United Nations programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), 3.4 million of these are less than 15 years old. Extensive labor migration, low literacy levels and lack of awareness about the disease are further exacerbating the HIV-AIDs level in India. The Government of India has also raised concerns about the role of intraven...

global tuberculosis (tb) report (2013) has revealed that an estimated 8.6 million people developed tb of which, india accounts for almost 26% of the cases. these estimates clearly suggest that the country’s efforts to achieve millennium development goal 6 by 2015 have not delivered the desired output. in india, the tb prevention and control activities are supervised and implemented under the re...

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Since the 1970s, the federal government has spearheaded major national education programs to reduce the burden of chronic diseases in the United States. These prevention and disease management programs communicate critical information to the public, those affected by the disease, and health care providers. The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), the leading federal program on diabetes s...