Antibiotics: Destroys or prohibit the growth of bacteria
Used for treatment but with the extensive use and due to improper medical practices, these harmful bacteria get resistant to them.
Pathogens resistant to existing antibiotics - Superbugs or Multidrug Resistant (MDR) .
Some Examples of MDR are: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, E. coli etc.
Bio-spleen
To clean and remove infections from blood without knowing the actual infections and impurities.
Remove pathogens, bacteria, fungus, virus and toxins
Coats bacteria in magnetic nanobeads, then pulls the magnetic bacteria out of the blood when it is passed through the machine
Treat sepsis which got widespread due to antibiotic resistant.
Artifical Womb
Fluid filled Biobag
Help develop pre mature babies
Ventilators can cause lung damage - will prevent it
Protein ProB - Vaccine against Cancer
Found on the exterior of bacteria (neisseria meningidis)
Increase antibody production
Stimulate cytotoxic T cells to kill offending agent
Can do both
National Vector Borne Disease Control Program
Launched in 2003 - 04
Merged several individual vector disease programmers.
It works under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Program (NVBDCP) is the central nodal agency for the prevention and control of vector borne diseases
Includes vector disease: Malaria, Dengue, Lymphatic Filariasis, Kala-azar, Japanese Encephalitis and Chikungunya - widespread in India.
Create awareness on control and preventive measures
Participative program
Surrogate Advertising (SA)
Indirect advertisement technique used by liquor and tobacco companies to advertise their product and their brand value in the name of other products with the same brand name.
Got popular because of ban of direct advertisement of tobacco and liquor products.
Circumvent a ban on direct advertisements of particular products.
To keep the brand name in the minds of the people
Hayward՚s 5000 is Liquor Brand but its selling Drinking water bottles with the same Brand.
Banned in India.
It violated Article 13 of WHO՚s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) .
Junk Food
Readymade, processed and packed and contains low calorific value.
Harmful fats like trans-fats in more quantity, excessive salts and sugar.
Chronic diseases
Childhood obesity
CSE demanded a ban of junk food in and around school
Leads to depression, risk of eating disorder.
Diabetes, Hypertension
Early puberty, orthopedic problem
High Cholesterol
Integrated Medicines
Cure disease & maintain wellness.
Healthy relation between Patient and Doctor
Conventional medicine with alternative or complementary treatments.
World Association of Integrated Medicine is an Organization for Global Establishment of Integrated Medicine.
National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA) is an Indian non-governmental organization that is involved in this practice
Salvage Therapy
Treat diseases which do not respond to standard medicinal system.
Called Third-line therapy or Rescue therapy.
Tumors and AIDS are in line with Salvage Therapy.
Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is Salvage Therapy for HIV⟋AIDS which was started by Ministry of Health, Govt. of India, free of cost to diseased.
It was announced while launch of the National AIDS Control Program Phase IV (2012 - 2017) .