Hand Hygiene-its Significance

Posted by Dr.Seema.Nigar.Alvi on Wed, 23 Mar 2011

We all know that the spread of communicable diseases is by direct contact. Hand-to hand contact is probably the quickest and the easiest mode of disease transmission. Hand hygiene is an important aspe...

Countering the emerging infectious diseases: Learning from Ebola

Posted by drsanverma on Mon, 18 Aug 2014

Introduction  “The best way to prevent an (Ebola) outbreak on U.S. soil or anywhere else is to contain the virus in West Africa.”  The statement was made by Tom Frieden, Head of United States Centre ...

Covid19 And The Vulnerability Of Elderly Community

Posted by Antony76 on Wed, 25 Mar 2020

Immune System: There are both physical and social reasons as to why older people are more prone to such infections and the high number of fatalities across the world. Older individuals don't have as s...