Community Medicine with Recent Advances 6/e 2022 (Old Edition)

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Suryakantha community medicine 6th edition was published in 2017 by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publisher. written by A.H. Suryakantha

The book is thoroughly revised and updated with the recent advances in the medical field.

Salient Features of Suryakantha community medicine 6th edition:

The major chapters include-

• The book contains chapters on Communicable diseases, also has the revised case definitions of tuberculosis and its effective treatment; advantages of directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS); Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) laboratory network; antiretroviral treatment in HIV; global multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB); epidemiology of hepatitis C; diagnosis and treatment of malaria; malaria control strategies; malaria vaccines, and many more important topics.
• There are Chapters on Preventive Obstetrics and Pediatrics, and the revised version has some guidelines on antenatal care in community medicine with recent advances. In addition, the National Health Mission includes all its components like Reproduction, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Adolescent (RMNCH+A) strategy India, New-born Action Plan, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram, Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, etc.

Other minor topics in community medicine with recent advances include-

• National Family Planning Indemnity Scheme and Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Technique Act, 1994.
• A detailed description of Millennium Developments Goals (MDGs) and sustainable goals for 2015-30.
• The chapter on National Health Programs includes programs on viral hepatitis, fluorosis, health care of the elderly, and Global Polio Eradication Initiative and Endgame Strategic Plan.
• Few topics of the National Programs have been added in recent advances in community medicine with the respective chapters to avoid disintegration and enhance the learning experience.
• For example, international public health care problems, Ebola-virus disease and Zika disease, middle-east respiratory syndrome, etc., have been introduced to the chapter on Emerging Diseases, recent advances in community medicine.