Epidemic diseases act 1897, India: Whether sufficient to address the current challenges?

• Main Authors: Binod K Patro (Author), Jaya Prasad Tripathy (Author), Rashmi Kashyap (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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In this age of noncommunicable diseases, communicable diseases still contribute 30% of disease burden in India. Hundreds of epidemics occur each year and we fail to respond and contain most of them. Apart from various biological and behavioral public health interventions, we need to closely look at...