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Adolescent period is signalized by marked physical activity and rapid growth spurt; therefore, they need additional nutritional supplements and are at utmost risk of developing nutritional anaemia. Anaemia play a major role in affecting the adolescents especially girls. On September 2019, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of India directed to all state and district health authority to conduct Test, Treat and Talk (T-3) anaemia camps for celebration of nutrition month (Poshan Maah) in all government schools and colleges. The present study aimed to assess prevalence of anaemia and factors associated with it among school going adolescent girls attending T-3 camp in Delhi.

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 203 adolescent girls in government girls' school in central district of Delhi. Hb estimation was done by HemoCue 201 and data regarding socio-demographic details, deworming, dietary preferences were collected. Clinical examination and anthropometric measurements were done by resident do with anaemia. There is need to conduct T-3 camps at regular interval in all schools to curb the problem of adolescent anaemia.

Chronic lower back pain (CLBP) and Vitamin D deficiency are two common conditions presenting to primary care physicians.

To study the vitamin D status in North Indians presenting with nonspecific CLBP and the correlation between vitamin D levels and pain severity by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).

An observational study. Record of all CLBP patients presenting to the outpatient department in 2019, were analyzed, retrospectively.

All the patients of age 18 to 65 and either sex with nonspecific CLBP were included. Patients were divided into two Vitamin D deficient (Group 1) and normal (Group 2) with cut off Serum Vitamin D values at 30 ng/mL. Demographic data and Visual Analogue Scale scores (VAS) of both groups were recorded.

Correlations between Vitamin D values and VAS scores were investigated using the Spearman coefficient, and the results with P of ≤ 0.05 were contemplated significant.

Of total 376 patients with nonspecific CLBP, the majority were adults, females, married, vegetarians, overweight or obese, and had a mean sun exposure time of two hours. Vitamin D deficient Group 1 had 302 (80.32%) patients with significantly lower (

< 0.0001) mean vitamin D levels compared to Group 2 (74 patients i.e., 19.68%). Spearman's rho coefficient between vitamin D and VAS, showed a negative correlation (-0.554), with a

value < 0.00001.

This study indicated a high probability of vitamin D deficiency in the nonspecific CLBP population and a negative correlation between vitamin D status and pain severity.

This study indicated a high probability of vitamin D deficiency in the nonspecific CLBP population and a negative correlation between vitamin D status and pain severity.

This retrospective review was done to gauge the preliminary experience of COVID-19 in pregnancy during first 50 days of lockdown in a tertiary care hospital of India.

This was a single-centered study, wherein all the suspected women (as defined by ICMR guidelines) who were tested for SARS-CoV 2 infection by nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabs, and rendered to RT-PCR, were included. Parallel evaluation was performed for women in both groups for sociodemographic and obstetric attributes, risk factors, clinical presentation and feto-maternal outcome. Categorical variables were presented in number and percentage. Qualitative variables were equated using Chi-Square test/Fisher's exact test. A

value of < 0.05 was counted as significant.

Amongst 112 suspected cases, seven (6.25%) were found to be positive for SARS COV2. Majority of COVID-19 positive women hailed from urban hotspot areas (57.7%) and were un-booked (57.1%). Most were mild cases, and symptomatic (85.7%), with fever (57.1%) being predominant feature in all suspects; no adverse effects seen on pregnancy and fetus, with uneventful postpartum period.

No adverse outcome in mother and baby after acquiring SARS-COV2 infection was observed, with maximum cases being mild; fever was the predominant symptom in all suspects, with significantly higher percentage in COVID-19 positives.

No adverse outcome in mother and baby after acquiring SARS-COV2 infection was observed, with maximum cases being mild; fever was the predominant symptom in all suspects, with significantly higher percentage in COVID-19 positives.

High vaccine wastage results in escalation of budget of immunization program.

To analyze vaccine wastage at three levels of service delivery under public sector, such as at district level, community health Centre (CHC), and sub center (SC).

A retrospective cross-sectional record based study in a north Indian state.

The record from January to June 2016 was taken from randomly selected 5 districts of the state at 3 levels; for number of doses of vaccine used and number of children vaccinated for BCG, OPV, Hepatitis B, Pentavalent, DPT, IPV, Measles, and TT (vaccines being given in state in the study year). A total of 67,550 vaccine doses in routine immunization were studied.

Data were presented in mean ± standard deviation. One-way ANOVA test was used to compare the means among three levels.

Vaccine wastage for Pentavalent was remarkably low (4.86% at district level, 8.35% at CHC and 11.50% at SC) in contrast to other similar 10 dose vials of vaccines like DPT, TT, Hep B. CPI-1205 manufacturer For both the lyophilized vaccines, interestingly BCG wastage was not only significant but over the permissible levels at 60.39%, whereas it is not so for measles. Result indicated that mean difference of the vaccine wastage among three levels was significant for the BCG, OPV, Hepatitis B, Pentavalent, and TT (

< 0.05); while insignificant for the DPT, IPV, and Measles (

> 0.05).

Not all vaccine wastage is preventable, but pruning the corners where feasible and allowing where it is desirable should depend on prioritizing stakeholders at the receiving end.

Not all vaccine wastage is preventable, but pruning the corners where feasible and allowing where it is desirable should depend on prioritizing stakeholders at the receiving end.