Comparison of Burden of Injury at a Tertiary Care Centre of National Importance: Pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 Era.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, precautionary guidelines to shut down non-essential services had an impact on the pattern of hospital trauma admissions. We compared the trauma cases handled in our hospital from 24th March 2020 to 30th November 2020 during the restricted movement period with statistics from 2019. The objectives of this study is to assess the prevalence of trauma during lockdown and restricted movement phase of COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze the epidemiology factor associated with trauma in pre COVID-19 and COVID-19 era in a tertiary care hospital of National importance in central India.

A cross-sectional study on stigma and discrimination confronted by HIV positive patients in the economic capital of India.

Context: HIV/AIDS is a serious public health, economic and social problem. Stigma is a common human reaction to disease and discrimination follows stigma. Stigma and discrimination act as impediments to uptake of HIV testing, treatment, care and adherence to treatment.

The knowledge assessment and reducing the errors of medical certificate of cause of death with sensitization training of physicians: A quality improvement intervention study.

Background: A Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) is a vital document issued by a doctor and has a prescribed format published by the World Health Organization. It is an essential tool to obtain scientific and reliable information in terms of the cause of mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge about MCCD and to evaluate the impact of sensitization training on the MCCD among the physicians working in the trauma and emergency department in a Tertiary Care Centre.

Magnitude of malnutrition among underfive children in urban slums of commercial capital of India and its multifactorial causation: A community-based study.

Context: Malnutrition in children is common globally and may result in both short- and long-term irreversible negative health outcomes. It is not a simple disease with single causative factor but it is a disease with multifactorial causation.

Aims: 1) To estimate prevalence of malnutrition in underfive children using "Z" score.