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The plague outbreak in Surat, India in September 1994 stirred a nationwide panic and a near international isolation of India. These are aspects that need serious attention. A large amount of damage to India's image and an immense economic loss occurred. Some advice for the future is suggested.
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Disease Outbreaks , Plague/psychology , Humans , India/epidemiology , Plague/economics , Plague/epidemiologySubject(s)
Aging/physiology , Aged , Aging/genetics , Cognition/physiology , Female , Humans , Life Expectancy , Life Style , Male , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Communicable Disease Control/trends , Global Health , Ecology , Health Transition , HumansSubject(s)
Disease Outbreaks , Plague/epidemiology , Population Surveillance , Yersinia pestis/isolation & purification , Animals , Antigens, Bacterial/analysis , Bacterial Proteins/analysis , Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Communicable Disease Control , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , Disease Vectors , Humans , India , Plague/microbiology , Plague/pathology , Plague/prevention & control , RNA, Ribosomal/analysis , Yersinia pestis/geneticsABSTRACT
This paper reinforces the idea of integrating more closely the social and medical sciences with an emphasis on people. The nexus between health and development is examined together with national research capability building as part of essential national health research progress. Suggestions are made identifying the most urgent requirements for further action.
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Health Promotion/trends , Health Resources/trends , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology , Communicable Disease Control/trends , Community Health Services/trends , Forecasting , Health Status Indicators , Humans , Mental Disorders/epidemiology , Research , World Health OrganizationABSTRACT
Millions of people suffer and many die from lack of minute traces of nutrients. Methods of prevention are cheap and simple. Their universal application could yield health and economic benefits comparable to those achieved by smallpox eradication.
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Avitaminosis/prevention & control , Trace Elements/deficiency , Vitamins/administration & dosage , Child , Child, Preschool , Feeding Behavior , Food, Fortified , Humans , Infant , Nutritional Requirements , Trace Elements/administration & dosageSubject(s)
Anemia, Hypochromic , Deficiency Diseases , Iodine , Nutrition Policy , Vitamin A Deficiency , Developing CountriesSubject(s)
Anemia, Hypochromic , Deficiency Diseases , Iodine , Nutrition Policy , Vitamin A Deficiency , Developing CountriesSubject(s)
Anemia, Hypochromic , Deficiency Diseases , Iodine , Nutrition Policy , Vitamin A Deficiency , Developing CountriesABSTRACT
The challenge to medical education as we enter the last decade of the century and face the next millenium is how to utilize the new knowledge of human learning to train medical students in applying the fruits of rapidly advancing science and technology to the moral imperative of fulfilling social needs. To bring about the reforms defined in the Edinburgh Declaration, adopted as globally applicable by the World Conference on Medical Education, intrinsic and extrinsic elements must act in synergy. The intrinsic elements are teachers, students and institutional frameworks; the extrinsic elements political will, administrative commitment and societal pressure. In the developing world, while there is much that medical schools themselves can do through intrinsic changes, their dependence on government support is so pervasive that such government support becomes an essential prerequisite for change. The creation of a cohesive organizational framework involving health and education ministries, the academic sector and professional bodies for a systematic and continuing study of medical education and for inducing and sustaining change are essential to facilitate the change process.
