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Background: Morbidity status of children in rural areas in India has not significantly improved despite of constant efforts over last 30 years. School going children contributes about 20% of total population are most vulnerable for infection and malnutrition. A timely assessment and intervention can reduce the morbidity and mortality. To find out the prevalence of morbidity among school children. To study the pattern of morbidity among school children of rural area. Methods: A field based cross sectional study was conducted for a period from July 2014 to September 2014 in randomly selected schools of rural area of Ashapuri and Dahod sub-centres of Obaidullaganj Block of Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh. Results: In the present study the diseases of the oral cavity and anemia were the most common among school children followed by vitamin A deficiency and worm infestation. There is felt need to intervene in term of prevention of diseases through improvement in personal hygiene and nutritional status of children through school health program. Conclusions: Most of the morbidities observed among the school children can be prevented and the health of the child can be enhanced by timely intervention. The school health program is proper means to diagnose and managed the health at its own level.

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Background: HIV/AIDS has rapidly established throughout the world over the past three decades and has emerged as the important public health problem. Adolescents are at greater risk of acquiring infection because of changing behavior pattern. More than one third of reported cases of HIV/AIDS in India are among youth. Adolescents and youth need information to equip them in order to make choices in form of sexual behavior or relationships. Objective of the study was to assess the awareness of the school children regarding HIV/AIDS. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from November to January 2016 in four randomly selected government coeducational higher secondary schools of Bhopal city of Madhya Pradesh. A total of 256 students from 9 th to 11 th class were included in the study. The statistical analysis were performed using the Microsoft excel and epiinfo software Results: In the study, awareness regarding mode of transmission of HIV/AIDS was found expressed as unprotected sex by 85.94% students. Awareness regarding prevention of HIV/ AIDS, 70.70% students believes condoms as a best means of protection against HIV followed by safe blood (43.75%), disposable syringes (40.23%). Conclusions: The basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS over various issues is deficient among many students. Information, Education and Communication is the effective means to be disseminated as campaign at school level for preventing and protecting adolescents from the HIV/AIDS and spread awareness to induced behavioral change among the adolescents.

Globally, there are an estimated 605 million people aged 60 years and above. Improvements in health care facilities have brought longevity, which is considered to be one of the greatest achievements of the 20 th century. Objectives: To assess the morbidity pattern in geriatric people. Methodology: A community based cross sectional study. Results: Out of 208 aged 91 (43.7%) were males, 117 (56.25%) were females. Maximum number of males and females were from the age group 60 -64 years. 117 (56.25%) had chronic problems and 15 (7.2%) acute. Musculo skeleton problem was the commonest (63%) complaint both in males and females, followed by cardio vascular problem (44%). Diabetes mellitus was more common in males than females and hypertension was more common in females than males. Chronic bronchitis was the commonest respiratory disorder in males (8.7%). Total 20 (9.6%) had psychological problems (depression), psychological problems more common in males 11 (12%) than females 9 (7.7%). Conclusion: The present study showed that chronic morbidity in elderly was significantly higher (56.3%) than acute (7.2%), most commonly affected system by chronic morbidity was musculo-skeletal followed by cardio vascular (CVS) and gastrointestinal (GIT). Psychological problems were more common in males (12%) than in females (7.7%). Psychological problems were more in lower socio-economic class-(V) than higher Class [1].