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Goswami, Shweta
- Rapid Assessment of Measles Catch-up Campaign in a Rural Block of Haryana
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Authors
Anuradha
1,
Jagbir Malik
1,
Pardeep Khanna
1,
Babita
1,
H. Raghavendra
1,
Shweta Goswami
1,
Mukesh Nagar
1
Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 4, No 5 (2013), Pagination: 1057-1060Abstract
Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children. With the introduction of measles vaccine in national programme since 1985, the disease burden has reduced. Coverage of the 1st dose of measles is 69.6% as per DLHS-3 survey. In the field conditions measles vaccine efficacy is 85% when given at 9 months of age and approximately 95% when given at >12 months of age. After second dose it becomes 99%. So India is conducting Measles Catch-up Campaign from 14 November to 15 December as supplementary activity as a part of global effort to reduce measles morbidity and mortality (MDG4). Rapid assessment of measles catch-up campaign in a rural block of Haryana. A cross sectional study was conducted in block Lakhanmajra of Rohtak district comprising of 24 villages. Fourty children were assessed randomly, twenty each, from every village and randomly selected school of that village by using standard WHO format for measles rapid assessment form 24.Assessment was done one day after the complete immunisation of that area. Total 1160 children (aged 9 month to 10 yrs) were assessed. A total of 66 children (5.69%) were found to be non-vaccinated, out of which 26 (2.24%)were male and 40 (3.45%)were female. The number of unvaccinated children found in schools were almost double (3.88%) of those found in homes(1.81%), and the difference was found to be statistically significant. the most common reason found by house to house survey was that, the child was out of station followed by unawareness of the campaign, while the most common reason at school was absence from school followed by needle phobia and other reasons. Altogether it is a successful programme. More attention should be focused towards better coverage in schools.Keywords
Measles, Catchupcompaign, Immunisation.- Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-Infected persons receiving antiretroviral therapy in Haryana
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Mukesh Nagar
1,
M. S. Punia
2,
Anita Punia
3,
Shweta Goswami
3,
Amandeep Kaur
3,
H. Raghvendra
3,
Anuradha
3,
Kiran Nagar
4
Affiliations
1 Medical Officer, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IN
2 Community Medicine Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
4 National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, IN
1 Medical Officer, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IN
2 Community Medicine Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
4 National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, IN
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Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 4, No 5 (2013), Pagination: 1124-1127Abstract
An estimated 2.39 million Indians are currently living with HIV. In 2004, the Indian government began providing free antiretroviral therapy (ART), through ART centers. Adherence to ART is the most essential component of treatment success in HIV care. ART demands a minimum of 95 percentage adherence to avoid viral resistance and treatment failure. There is limited information available from Haryana on adherence to ART and its predictors. So this study was planned to determine patient adherence to ART and associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted at the ART Centre at Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana from December 2010 to May 2011. A total of 400 patients aged 18 years and above were selected randomly and interviewed using a pretested semi-structured schedule, after taking their written informed consent. The data collected were compiled in MS Excel and analysed using appropriate statistical tests. The mean age of patients was 35.33 years. The median time on ART was 20 months. Average 7-day adherence was 94.34 per cent. 23.5% reported missed doses over the past 7 days; 65.5 per cent of them reported missing a full day's medications. Common reasons for missing doses were “traveling / away from home” (27.6 %), “simply forgot” (21.6%), “ran out of pills” (17.2%) and “busy with other things” (13.8 %). There is a need to create an understanding among patients, their families and health care providers regarding importance of adherence to ART; and develop validated low-cost interventions that optimize adherence.Keywords
Adherence, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), HIV.- Swine Flu:An overview of Recent Outbreak in India
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Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Medical Officer, Health Department, Haryana, IN
3 Indian Army, IN
4 VMMC and Safadarjang Hospital, New Delhi, IN
5 Department of Community, Medicine KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, IN
1 Department of Community Medicine PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Medical Officer, Health Department, Haryana, IN
3 Indian Army, IN
4 VMMC and Safadarjang Hospital, New Delhi, IN
5 Department of Community, Medicine KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, IN