RESUMO
This communication describes the findings of a hospital and community survey conducted in the UHC catchment area of solapur city to find out clinico-epidemiological profile of cases of chikungunya fever during mid 2006. A total of 208 cases who attended UHC and 962 community members were studied. 20-44 was the mostly affected age-group and Females outnumber male hospital attendees. Major presenting features were fever, joint pain, bodyache, headache, nausea. In majority of patients, joint pain lasted for two months and subsided by 6th month. Of 21 samples tested, 19 showed IgM positivity for chikungunya.
RESUMO
A KAP study was done in the area of Disaster Management in urban slums of Pune City. The Youth Organisations' members and the members of Mahila Mandals were the study subjects. It was found that there was marked improvement in the knowledge and attitudes of these subjects towards disasters. It is recommended that members of Mahila Mandals and members of Youth Organisations can act as 'frontline workers' in the situations of disasters after imparting some training in disaster management.