fall injury prevention-a neglected public health issue: challenges and way forward in the indian scenario.

Fall Injury Prevention-a Neglected Public Health Issue: Challenges and Way Forward in the Indian Scenario

Falls in the elderly is not just a physical or medical problem; it has adverse physical, medical, psychological, social and economic consequences. Nearly 30% of people aged 65 and over fall each year (1) which increases significantly with age. In developing countries like India where the elderly population is steeply rising, the burden of fall injuries is bound to grow manifold due to lack of i...

A Neglected Public Health Issue

ISBN 978 92 4 156348 2 The aim of this Consultative Meeting was to discuss strategies for improving the quality and quantity of therapeutic antisera, essential drugs for the effective treatment of suspected rabid dog bites and envenoming by snake bites and scorpion stings. Inadequacies in the effi cacy, safety and production of these antisera have created a major global public health crisis, es...

Health challenges in Africa and the way forward

Africa is confronted by a heavy burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Cost-effective interventions that can prevent the disease burden exist but coverage is too low due to health systems weaknesses. This editorial reviews the challenges related to leadership and governance; health workforce; medical products, vaccines and technologies; information; financing; and services delive...

Mental Health — An Issue Neglected by European Public Health Systems?

Screening of Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Neglected Public Health Issue

Sir, One of the prime causes of blindness in premature and preterm infants is retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as determined in vision 2020 program.[1] As globally the number of blind children figures to 1.4 million with 75% of them from third world countries, the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness targets ROP for prevention of blindness and treatment in an effort to r...

health scope in iran: the way forward