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A survey of the training and working arrangements of general practitioners providing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care in a rural area of Maharashtra State
Conclusion: Many GPs practising “modern medicine” only had qualifications in Ayurveda/Homeopathy and fewer GPs are involved in the management of COPD as compared to asthma. These are important factors that form the context for initiatives seeking to improve the quality of community-based care for people with CRD in Maharashtra state in India.
Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - December 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dhiraj Agarwal Makrand Ghorpade Pam Smith Sanjay Juvekar Hilary Pinnock Source Type: research

Medical Education, Practice, and Regulation of Acupuncture in India
Med Acupunct. 2022 Oct 1;34(5):294-298. doi: 10.1089/acu.2022.0008. Epub 2022 Oct 17.ABSTRACTAcupuncture is one of the most-utilized forms of integrative medicine therapy across the globe, owing to this modality's wide range of therapeutic benefits. The history of acupuncture use in India is 3000 years old; however, the first documented use of acupuncture in India emerged in 1959. Presently, acupuncture is included as an independent therapy in the yoga and naturopathy (Y&N) category, an indigenous system of medicine under the purview of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Y&N, Unani (Perso-Arabic Medicine), Sidha (Indian Med...
Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - October 31, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Pradeep M K Nair Mamta Jagwani Gita Sharma Deepika Singh Hemanshu Sharma Gulab Rai Tewani Source Type: research

Insights into disaster management scenario among various health-care students in India: A multi-institutional, multi-professional study
Conclusions: Participants in the present study revealed that they were willing to partake in disaster management. The participants also reported poor behavior and knowledge scores but appropriate attitude scores. The present study highlights the need for curriculum changes and policy implications for effective integration of various sectors for disaster management, particularly in developing nations such as India, which have a definite scarcity of resources.
Source: Indian Journal of Community Medicine - June 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gururaghavendran Rajesh Almas Binnal Mithun B H. Pai S Vijayendranath Nayak Ramya Shenoy Ashwini Rao Source Type: research

Providing Quality Abortion Care: Findings from a Study of Six States in India
ConclusionTo provide comprehensive quality abortion care, India needs to expand the provider base by including doctors from the Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy streams as also nurses and auxiliary midwives after providing them necessary skills. Medical and nursing colleges and training institutions should expand their curriculum by offering an in-service short-term training on vacuum aspiration (VA) and medical methods of abortion.
Source: Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare - January 31, 2020 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research