Golden Jubilee, 2008

The golden jubilee of vaccination against poliomyelitis.

Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), developed in the USA by Jonas Salk in the early 1950s, was field tested in 1954, and found to be safe and effective. The year 2004 marks the golden jubilee of this breakthrough. From 1955 IPV was used extensively in the US and polio incidence declined by more than 95 per cent. However, in 1962, when oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) became available, the nation...

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre celebrates golden jubilee

The establishment of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was a turning point for high‐standard postgraduate training in various medical disciplines in the country. The institute attracted many leading teachers and clinicians for its faculty from medical colleges in India and abroad. There was a congenial atmosphere to excel in all aspects of medical education, clinical services,...

The Golden Jubilee Number of the Anticeptic

The Golden Jubilee Conference: the outcome, success and opportunities.

he Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (JPGM) celebrated 50 years of its existence by organizing JPGM GoldCon, an international conference on medical writing, editing and pub lishing at the Seth GS Medical College from 23-26 September 2004. JPGM was the first indexed journal published by any medical college in India. Fittingly this first international conference in India was devoted to medical wri...

Overlapping Generations: The First Jubilee

Paul Samuelson’s (1958) overlapping generations model has turned 50. Seldom has so simple a model been so influential. Its “wow” factor, and the feeling of surprise at its originality and coolness have not paled with the years. The paper, in spite of its ripe age, still elicits wonder. Starting from the uncontroversial observation that “we live in a world where new generations are always coming...