Category: Guidelines

Infants and younger children to stay under immediate care of parents/guardians

Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that mainly affects people who are on medication for other health problems that reduces their ability to fight environmental pathogens.

Cataract is the second leading cause of preventable blindness on the globe. Among the global population (2015) with moderate or severe vision impairment and blind, cataract accounted for 52·6 million and 12·6 million, respectively.

In India, two outbreaks in human were reported from Siliguri (2001) and Nadia (2007), West Bengal. Fruit bats of Pteropus genus are the natural reservoir of NiV.

The Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) has subsequently worked on this document and published these guidelines with a view that IPS will hold all members to its ethical standard

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has released an updated breast cancer screening guideline placing emphasis on shared decision-making between women and their health care providers.