7th April is World
Health Day and will be
dedicated to Food Safety this year.
20th April is World
Malaria Day and will be dedicated to invest in future, defeat malaria.
To earmark both the days, IMA
will be sensitizing 2.5 lac doctors in the country through SMS and emails,
about Food Safety and prevention of Vector Borne Diseases.
Giving the details, Padma
Shri Awardee Dr A Marthanda Pillai,
National President & Padma Shri Awardee, Dr K K Aggarwal, Honorary
Secretary General, IMA said that more than 3 lac children in the age group 0 to
5 years of age die every year because of food and water related diseases.
The core messages of the Five Keys to Safer Food are: (1)
keep clean; (2) separate raw and cooked; (3) cook thoroughly; (4) keep food at
safe temperatures; and (5) use safe water and raw materials.
One should not keep food in
room temperature for more than two hours.
Vector Borne Diseases
specially Dengue are likely to increase this year. Therefore, mass
sensitization of doctors is required to check the disease. IMA has decided to
enter into an understanding with the NVBDCP, Govt. of India to work in this
area.
Malaria mosquito is a night biter
and a noise causing mosquito.
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