'Nallamaana Thamilagam' to prevent NCDs!

Non-Communicable diseases have now become more common. A programme called 'Nallamaana Thamilagam' will be initiated by Tamil Nadu Government in the first week of November 2010. With it, it is aimed to improve the health status if rural population in Tamil Nadu by reducing the risk factors associated with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). It is also hoped that it will increase the awareness about the risk factors and adopting healthy lifestyles to prevent the NCDs.
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Mosquitoes to check Dengue and Malaria!

News from a daily:
For tackling Dengue menace, Genetically modified male mosquitoes (GMMs) are to be released in our environment.

Excerpt::
"The GMMs will copulate with the female (Aedes and Anopheles) mosquitoes and cause the larvae to die due to the presence of killer genes. This will make them(Aedes and Anopheles) refractory to transmit Dengue virus and Plasmodium," said Dr.B.K.Tyagi, Director in-charge, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME), at Madurai.

Note this:
Malaysian Government would be releasing about 2000 GMMs this year. Read more about it here:
Malaysia to carry out GM mosquito trial
Malaysia adopts GM mosquito

Our College Medical Exhibition

Here is a news from our College published in a daily:

Madurai Medical College medical exhibition will be held from 12th to 17th November, 2010. It is named as "Syncytium." Latest techniques and trends in Medicine and Surgery are to be highlighted in it. It is conducted after a gap of six years.

Identify our College portion!

Can you identify the portion of our Madurai Medical College and the place from which the photo has been clicked? Reply in 'Comments' section.

News about vaccine against Pneumococcus

Read news about the launch of a new vaccine to prevent Pneumococcal diseases in infants and children.

Excerpt:
‘The World Health Organization (WHO) has sought the inclusion of Prevenar in the National Immunization Programmes of developing countries as a high priority especially where under five mortality is more than 50 per 1,000 live births or where more than 50,000 children die annually. In India’

Click here to read all the news --> Pneumococcal vaccine

Batch-mates promoted!

Congratulations to our Batch-mates who have been now promoted as Joint Directors of Medical & Rural Health Services in the Tamilnadu Government Medical Services! They are:
Dr.Azikannammal
Dr.Raju
Dr.Gnanavel

A batch meet organizer's letter

Read here a response mail from Dr.Ramesh on behalf of the Organizers of the Batch Meet:

Dear friends
Thanks for all your mails appreciating our efforts. But our efforts would have been in vain, but for all your active participation, enthusiasm and tolerance
I am happy to be a part of the organizing team of the Mahabalipuram meet. . I thank all the participants and their family on behalf of the organizing team
Dr.Ramesh