India certified
as maternal and neonatal tetanus free by WHO
New Delhi: At an event organised in the
capital city, the World Health Organisation presented India the certificates
declaring elimination of yaws, maternal and neonatal tetanus.
“India’s focused approach on making
maternal and newborn care accessible to all and addressing health care equity
more generally has made these remarkable successes possible. These victories
are not only India’s but all of humanity’s as the country accounts for
approximately one-sixth of the world’s population,” said Poonam Khetrapal
Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organization South-East Asia Region.
In May this year, WHO certified India
yaws-free after a team of experts verified interruption of disease transmission
in the country.
India gained the tag of neonatal and
maternal tetanus free country in 2015.
Khetrapal
said both yaws and maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminations were achieved
using the existing health system and health workforce.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
15.07.2016
Diabetes mellitus in India likely to hit 79.4 million by 2030: Doctors
New Delhi: The
incidence of diabetes mellitus, a chronic, lifelong condition that affects the
body's ability to use the energy found in food, is likely to increase 79.4
million in India, a 15 per cent increase from the current 31.7 million, said
doctors. They also said apart from India the cases are also rising in other
parts of the world with the figures likely to touch 366 million by 2030 from
171 million a decade ago.
According to doctors,
pregnant women of today's era are highly prone to suffer from Gestational
Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), if they have obesity before marriage and also are
above 25 years of age.
“Gestational diabetes can be very hard on women as the burden
of diabetes on women is unique, because it can affect both mothers and their
unborn children. Diabetes can cause difficulties during pregnancy such as a
miscarriage or a baby born with birth defects,” said Rajesh Khadgawat,
Additional Professor of Endocrinology at All India Institute of Medical
Sciences(AIIMS). According to AIIMS, GDM has increased by 16 to 27 per cent in
several race, ethnicity groups during the past 20 years.
Explaining the
condition better, Ajay Aggarwal, endocrinologist from Fortis Hospital said,
“The placenta(a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant) supports
the baby as it grows. Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But
these hormones also block the action of the mother's insulin in her body. This
problem is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance makes it hard for the
mother's body to use insulin. She may need up to three times as much insulin.”
In another study, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
has said the prevalence of gestational diabetes is as high as 9.2 per cent.
Gestational diabetes starts when body is not able to make and
use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose
cannot leave the blood and be changed to energy.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
15.07.2016
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