Barriers in Body Donations for Anatomy Teaching: Lessons Learned From Students and Donors.

Introduction Cadaveric dissection has remained the mainstay of anatomy teaching. However, there is an acute shortage of cadavers for teaching undergraduate students, postgraduates, and specialists, and to supplement the gap, voluntary body donation is gaining momentum. The present study aims to explore the barriers to body donations for anatomical dissection.

Spatiotemporal epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis cases of Dibrugarh district from 2014 to 2018: A hospital record-based descriptive study.

Background: Since 1976, several JE outbreaks have been reported from most of the districts of Assam.

Objectives: The present study aims to conduct a descriptive and spatial analysis to understand the spatiotemporal distribution of JE cases of Dibrugarh district.

Methods: Spatiotemporal distribution of JE cases from 2014 to 2018 at village level was described in maps using Geographical Information System.

Pattern of Gross Congenital Malformations in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Northeast India.

Objective: To explore the prevalence of structural congenital malformations among newborns and study some of the fetal and maternal characteristics of the malformed babies in North east India where such systematic study on congenital malformation has not been undertaken before.

Methods: A cross sectional study was undertaken from May 2010 through Feb 2013 for estimation of gross congenital malformations among live birth and stillbirth children born in Assam Medical College. All live births were clinically examined for detection of gross congenital malformations and autopsy was carried out on still births and neonates dying within 24 h of birth to detect gross congenital malformations in the internal organs.