Semmelweis demonstrated the value of handwashing with antiseptic solutions, when he obtained considerable reduction in the death rate from puerperal fever. Lister was al…

Government of India launched the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) on 1st June 2011, a new national initiative, to make available better health facilities for wome…

Reproductive and child health approach has been defined as " people have the ability to reproduce and regulate their fertility, women are able to go through pregnan…

Currently, the most important scheme in the field of child welfare is the  Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) . The blue print for the scheme was prepared by t…

In addition to the Five Year Plans and Programmes, in 1975, the Government of India initiated a special activity. This was the 20-Point Programme, described as an agenda…

The Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) was introduced in the first year of the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-78) . The objective of the programme is to provide certain basic min…

A new approach to health care came into existence in 1978 following an international conference at Alma-Ata . This is known as "primary health care" . It has a…

Pyloric stenosis, an obstruction at the pyloric sphincter caused by a hypertrophy of the circular muscle, occurs soon after birth in baby . The stenosis usually develops…

Atresia of the esophagus with tracheoesophageal fistula is a congenital anomalies of trachea and esophagus. Esophageal atresia   (EA) is caused by a failure of the esoph…

Congenital aganglionic megacolon (congenital megacolon) is a congenital anomaly that is caused by a congenital absence of autonomic parasympathetic ganglion cells in the…