Tuesday 19 July 2016

India is yaws, maternal/ neonatal tetanus/ Polio / Guinea Worm/ Small Pox free.

India is yaws, maternal/ neonatal tetanus/ Polio / Guinea Worm/ Small Pox free.

Dr K K Aggarwal

This is the strength of Modern Medicine. 1. In May 2016 WHO certified India yaws-free. India is the first country under the 2012 WHO neglected tropical diseases (NTD) roadmap to eliminate yaws, a disease known to affect the most underserved population. It is said ‘where the road ends, yaws begins’. 2. Until a few decades ago the country reported 150 000 to 200 000 neonatal tetanus cases annually. After India’s success in MNTE (maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination), Indonesia was validated for the same on 18 May this year. With this the entire WHO South-East Asia Region has achieved elimination of maternal and neonatal tetanus. WHO SEAR is the second WHO region, after European Region, to achieve MNTE. Indonesia and Timor-Leste are now the only remaining countries with yaws transmission in the WHO South-East Asia Region. 3. India is already Polio free 4. Guinea Worm disease free in February 2000 5. Smallpox free

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