National health programs: NVBDCP (vector-borne), NLEP (leprosy), NPCB (blindness)
Community Medicine · MBBS
Study notes
A district's malaria API falls below 1 — it shifts from control to elimination mode. NVBDCP stratifies by API (annual parasite incidence): high — IRS + nets + ACT; low — surveillance + foci response toward elimination. Dengue needs Aedes source reduction (clean stagnant water — coolers, tires) since no drug cures; kala-azar (Bihar — indoor residual spray + rK39 + amphotericin) nears elimination. The API is the compass — strategy follows the number.
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- Concepts of health and disease, levels of prevention
- Epidemiology: measures of disease frequency, study designs
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- Biostatistics: data types, sampling, tests of significance
- Screening: validity of screening tests, natural history of disease
- Communicable diseases: surveillance and control principles