In the fourth edition, we have kept the same concise format in order to remain the only student-friendly reference guide of the subject. Yet we have added new contents and updates. All chapters have been thoroughly revised and improvised with the most recent guidelines. ...
ÔøΩ Updated as per the Competency-based Medical Education Curriculum (NMC). ÔøΩ A comprehensive guide to community medicine for undergraduates. ÔøΩ Exhaustive coverage of questions commonly asked in theory examinations. ÔøΩ Separate chapters assimilating different patterns of theory questions in-depth discussion about all the topics asked in practical and viva voce. ÔøΩ Written in an easily accessible manner and illustrative way. ÔøΩ Includes latest guidelines of different diseases and health programs in India. Some of the important updates ÔøΩ Revised National TB Control Programme ÔøΩ Revised Malaria control guidelines (2022) ÔøΩ Revised guidelines on initiation of antiretroviral therapy (2022) ÔøΩ COVID-19 updates (2022) ÔøΩ New vaccines being introduced in Universal Immunization Program (2017) ÔøΩ Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (2016) ÔøΩ National switch from trivalent OPV to bivalent OPV (2016) ÔøΩ ESI Act updates (2016) ÔøΩ New biomedical waste management and handling rules (2016) ÔøΩ New treatment guidelines on kala-azar (2015) ÔøΩ Revised IMCI guidelines (2014) ÔøΩ Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (2014) ÔøΩ RMNCH+A strategy ÔøΩ Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram ÔøΩ National Iron Plus Initiative ÔøΩ Most recent health-related statistics