Introduction:Diabetes is an important public health problem of India. Studies have shown that increase in patients’ knowledge regarding the disease results in better compliance to treatment and decrease in complications. This study was planned to assess the knowledge about diabetes and its correlation with pharmacological and non-pharmacological compliance, among the diabetic patients attending rural health center from Sangli District, Maharashtra (India).Materials and Methods:The study was conducted during September to November 2014. The study subjects were all willing adult patients with type II diabetes mellitus attending a selected rural hospital. The study tool was pretested and self-administered questionnaire. Analysis was done using Microsoft Excel and SPSS-22.Results:Total study participants were 307 in number, with the mean age of 55.6 years. The mean morbidity with diabetes was 10.7 years. Only 23.8% had good knowledge regarding diabetes, while 19.2% participants had poor knowledge. Knowledge was significantly associated with the compliance to the pharmacological and non-pharmacological management.Conclusion:Although most of the patients were suffering with diabetes for many years there is lack of knowledge regarding the disease and self care. The compliance to the management of diabetes was better in patients with good knowledge. Seminars, counseling sessions and workshop should be arranged periodically for diabetic patients to increase their awareness.

INTRODUCTIONGood health and good education provide individuals to lead productive and satisfying lives. Physical activity, quality education with good health and nutrition are responsible for development of child's ability to attain her or his full potential. Children and youth are recognized as prime population. Academic success, optimal health and well-being of its children and youth predict national development. Schools are important settings for comprehensive health promotion. Schools exert maximum influence on the lives of children and youth; and can play a key role in supporting students' health and, by extension, the health of their families and communities. 1Children spend most of their time with their teachers during school years. It is recommended to have the knowledge and skills to reach their future goals and nurture hidden potentials during this period. Shaping ways of life and personality development of school children during elementary education is the key responsibility of school teachers and parents. Students follow what teachers do and say. Teachers are considered as role models to transmit values of life. School teachers by virtue of their training can influence a large number of children, thereby play major role in planning and ABSTRACT Background: Being an essential member of school, it is the responsibility of teachers to inculcate healthy habits amongst children which thereby makes the future generation of a country healthy. Objective of the study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of school teachers and compare them between urban and rural school teachers with special reference to school health services. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was carried out in 520 rural teachers and 185 urban teachers with an aim of assessing teacher's health related knowledge and skills. Results: Of the rural school teachers, 10.38% received school health training as compared to only 7.57% urban teachers. First aid training was received by 84 rural in contrast to only 24 urban school teachers. Mean percent knowledge score was similar for rural and urban school teachers. Mean percent attitude score amongst all schools, irrespective of their location, was 90%. Mean percent practice score among rural school teachers was 86.67% as compared to 76.67% among urban school teachers. Teacher performance score (sum of knowledge, attitude, and practices towards school health) in rural teachers was 79.64%, while that in urban school teachers was 72.21%. Conclusions: School teachers should be periodically assessed at various levels to get status of their knowledge and understanding regarding health education. It should be ensured that teachers should receive continued education and trainings related to health, especially importance of first aid and hygiene.

INTRODUCTIONEducation is a best indicator for lifelong health with improved quality of life. Those with more years of schooling tend to have better health, well-being and healthier behaviors. Education is an important mechanism for enhancing health and well-being of individuals as it reduces the need for health care, associated costs of dependence, lost earnings and human suffering. It also helps promote and sustain healthy lifestyles and positive choices, supporting and nurturing human development, human relationships as well as personal, family and community well-being. 1,2Safe, secure and healthy environment for children to learn better and face the challenges of future life can be achieved by school sanitation and hygiene education. In India, more than one fifth of our child population of 5-14 years of age usually opts for primary and secondary education. The number of children enrolled in schools are 80% whereas the rest remaining out of school. Out of the enrolled children, 65-85% is regularly attending school, on an average 200 days (54.79%) in a year. Thus, majority of the time is spent in school. School health is a social concern in different populations, places, and time. Investigators suggest that education causes health; however, the pathways through which education leads to better health and longer life expectancy are still not clearly understood. We know that education, health, and social outcomes are very closely interdependent. Success in school and years of schooling are major factors in determining social and occupational status in adulthood and health status throughout life. 4 ABSTRACT Background: Safe, secure and healthy environment for children to learn better and face the challenges of future life can be achieved by school sanitation and hygiene education. The objective of the study was to study School health performance score and compare between rural and urban school performance. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out. It included randomly selected 46 rural schools and 11 urban schools. Both the school was compared in terms of school health services parameters. Results: In our study, 33854 students in total were enrolled from 46 rural schools as compared 9904 students from 11 urban schools. Mean number of students per school was noted to be 735.95±303.72 in rural schools and 900.36±172.83 students in urban schools. From the 46 rural school teachers, 7 teachers had semi-English as their mode of teaching as compared to 39 teachers whose mode of teaching was Marathi; while all the 11 urban school teachers taught their students only in Marathi. Conclusions: It was found that the school performance score overall as well as on individual item studies was significantly better in urban schools than the rural schools.

Background: Schools are crucial platforms for comprehensive health protection and promotion. It is important for the health authorities to assess the importance of schools in establishing school health policies and its successful implementation.The existing study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices about school health services in school teachers from urban and rural areas. Material and Methods: A Cross sectional study was executed on 700 secondary school teachers in urban and rural areas of Sangali District of Maharashtra. A self-administered, pilot-tested questionnaire was formulated including KAP related questions about health services. It was distributed to teachers and responses were gathered. The data analysis was done by using SPSS Version 22 Software. Results: The mean percentage knowledge score of the rural school participants was 60.42% which was nearly similar to that of the urban school teachers (60.64%). P <0.05delineates that; there was a significant difference in the median knowledge score of these two groups. Conclusions: The majority of the school teachers had satisfactory knowledge, attitudes and practices about health services. However, there is need for frequent training of teachers in similar aspects to promote positive health of students, families and communities.

Malaria is a febrile mosquito borne infectious disease which is caused by plasmodium. Malaria is one of the most deadliest and serious tropical disease ever witnessed by humanity. There are five species of plasmodium which are reported to infect humans. Out of the five species plasmodium falciparum has been reported to be the most deadliest form of plasmodium.A systemic self-study was planned to analyze and study the current prevalence of malaria globally. With the application of electronic databases we searched PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, WHO website, Medline Plus, Health line & Cleveland Clinic web which were published in English language. This systemic self-study have reviewed the facts which were published earlier to determine the current scenario by vast study of statistics and derivation of facts. Vast analysis and along with proper examination of data were made to evaluate with final conclusion.We observed and analyzed various surveys and studies conducted by World Health Organization which has stated that malaria have affected 90 countries and also territories in tropical and subtropical regions. In 2019 World Malaria Report documented over 96% of malarial death has occurred in African region. According to World Malarial Report, India also accounts for 3% of global burden of malaria. We also have observed in over 50% of estimated cases of malaria in India Plasmodium vivax have been the most infectious type of plasmodium. Irrespective of any country in the world India has by far the greatest plasmodium vivax incidences.We hereby conclude our systematic self-study and vast analysis by stating these following facts that malaria is a mosquito borne infectious disease which is highly infectious and is caused by a unicellular microorganism known as plasmodium. Malaria is one of the most serious and fatal tropical disease ever witnessed by humanity. We analysed several studies and found that World Health Organization have estimated globally about 241 million clinical cases of malaria followed by 6,27,000 deaths of people. We also derive the fact that most of this death related malaria occurred in the African region. In 2019 World Malarial Report also confirmed that 96% of global death has occurred from the African continent. We further studied that India have also accounted 3% of total global burden of malaria. We further inferred based on our observational analysis that over 50% of urban malaria in India is caused by plasmodium vivax. We studied that there are five types of malaria along with the prevalence and inferred that plasmodium falciparum is the most fatal form of malaria and have accounted over 95% of death caused due to malaria in African region at 100% in sub-Saharan African region. We hereby positively conclude our self-study on prevalence of malaria across the world by drawing a report given by World Health Organization stating that global mortality rate has significantly reduced by 90% in the end of 20th century.