Dr. Ram Prasad Subedi Health blog

I still remember when we i was suffering form  rice watery diarrhoea (cholera) during childhood days, my parent used to kept us inside home with separate utensils and bedding and clothing for roughly 5-6 days. That was also a quarantine. In this year most of the people of the people in this world  experienced  quarantine.  First of all quarantine was introduced for plague during 14th century. Lets see what other diseases has role of  quarantine with duration. Quarantine surveillance periods for some infectious diseases are as follows Cholera = 5 days  Plague = 40 days Rabies = 14 days Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ( SARS ) = 10 days Small pox = 21 days Yellow fever = 6 days Ref: Quarantine Regulations 2000 based on Quarantine Act 1908; Essential Public Health (Radcliffe Publishing, 2003) / page 398

Human Development Index (HDI)  • Human development index (HDI) is defined as "a composite index combining indicators representing three dimensions - longevity (life expectancy at birth); knowledge (mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling.  Before the year 2009, the indicators used were adult literacy rate and gross enrolment ratio) and income (GNI per capita in purchasing power parity in US dollars)".  • Thus the concept of HDI reflects achievements in the most basic human capabilities, viz, leading a long life, being knowledgeable and enjoying a decent standard of living. Hence, these three variables have been chosen to represent those dimensions.  • The HDI is a more comprehensive measure than per capita income. Income is only a means to human development, not an end. Nor is it a sum total of human lives. Thus by focusing on areas beyond income and treating income as a proxy for a decent standard of living, the HD! provides a more comprehensive...

CUSTOMS The mere existence of a society, the mere plurality of individuals gives rise to customs from which no single member of the community can escape. The 'highly developed' societies of the modern world are just as replete with social customs as the ' primitive societies' of the past. CULTURE The word "culture" is widely used in sociology. It is the central concept around which cultural anthropology has grown. Culture is defined as "learned behaviour which has been socially acquired". Culture is the product of human societies, and man is largely a product of his cultural environment. Culture is transmitted from one generation to another through learning processes, formal and informal. ACCULTURATION Acculturation means "culture contact." When there is contact between two people with different types of culture, there is diffusion of culture both ways. EMPORIATRICS   Term coined to describe the science of the health of travellers, Travelle...