Palliative Care: Necessity, Challenges and Actions to be Taken !
What is Palliative Care? Palliative care is the specialized care given to a patient suffering from long lasting illness or from the fatal illness, during […]
Month: August 2018
Rising Over The Counter (OTC) Drugs: Reasons for Increase, Its Benefits and Limitations !
What is Over The Counter Drugs? Over The Counter drugs, also known as OTC are the drugs/medicines sold without prescription They are also known as […]
Task Shifting: What Is Task Shifting and Why is it Needed?
What is Task Shifting? According to World Health Organization, Task shifting means, “the rational re‐distribution of tasks among health workforce teams. Specific tasks are moved, […]
Privatization in Health Care Services !!
Introduction: Simply, privatization in health care means involvement of private sector (private hospitals, clinics etc.) in health care services. It refers to the transfer of the […]
Anxiety and Depression: Causes, Symptoms and Long term Effects
Background: Most of us are often confused with the term ‘Anxiety’ and ‘Depression’ but these are two different medical conditions Depression and anxiety are both […]
Ergonomics and Its 10 Principles !
What is Ergonomics? Derived from the Greek words ‘Ergon’ meaning work and ‘nomos’ meaning laws. Thus, ergonomics can be simply defined as the how workplace […]
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Introduction: HACCP stands for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point. Originally developed in the 1960’s by NASA and a group of food safety specialists. According […]
Climate Change and Its Effect on Food Security
Climate Change: Earth is warming day by and the effect of climate change is more real than ever. IPCC defines climate change as “Climate change […]
What is Global Gag Rule (Mexico City Policy)?
What is Global Gag Rule (Mexico City Policy)? Global Gag Rule (GGR) Policy states that the organization that receives fund from US would no more […]
14 Differences between Acculturation Vs Enculturation
Acculturation: Acculturation is the process in which the people of one culture adopts the culture of the other that is not originally their own. The […]