Rabies is an acute viral disease which causes fatal encephalomyelitis in virtually all the wann blooded animals including man. The virus is found in wild and some domestic animals, and is transmitted to other animals and to humans through their saliva (i.e. bites, scratches, licks on broken skin and mucous membrane). In urban areas, the disease is mainly transmitted by dogs, being responsible for about 96% of animal bite cases..
We all know about the growing menace of the Kidney and Related Diseases (KRD) all over the world. In India the KRD is becoming a social as well as economic problem beyond the health sector due to increasing number of persons with KRD making negative impact. Presently Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Hypertension (HTN) are the major causes for the KRD. More than 40% of the General population is now had DM&HTN..
Diabetes, a global public health problem is now emerging as a pandemic and by the end of 2025, three quarter of the world’s 300 million adults with diabetes be in non industrialized countries and almost a third in India and China. The prevalence of diabetes in India is showing a sharp upswing as is evident from secular trends from different parts of the sub continent..
Indian Alcohol Policy Alliance (IAPA) is a Non Governmental Organization, established and registered under the Indian Trust Act in 2004, to prevent alcohol related harm through evidence based policy intervention, advocacy and capacity building. IAPA is affiliated to the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) and is supported by FORUT – Campaign for Development and Solidarity..
ADIC-India was established in 1988 as the outcome of a State Level Seminar convened by the stalwarts of the Temperance Movement in Kerala Late Mrs. Lakshmi N. Menon (Former Union Minister for External Affairs, Govt of India), Late Mr. A. P. Udayabhanu (Veteran Social Worker, who has also served as the Chairman of the Kerala Government Prohibition..