By AH Suryakantha

This edition, thoroughly revised to the readers in all humbleness. Efforts have been made to enhance the usefulness of the book by incorporating recent developments in the field of community medicine and deleting the outdated topics. New major topics included are Epidemiology of Burns, Research Methodology, Social Psychology, Essential Laboratory Services at Primary Care Level, National Programme for Prevention and Management of Trauma and Burn Injuries, Clinical Establishment Act-2010, Health Hazards among Healthcare Workers, and National Action Plan for Dog Mediated Rabies and National Family Health Survey-5. Minor topics included are Home-based Newborn Care, Child Trafficking, Wealth Index, WHO 1+1 Initiative, Mission Parivar Vikas, Role of Computers in Health Care, RMNCAH+N Strategy, Human Monkeypox and Omicron Virus Disease. Revised topics are Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer and its elimination, Counselling in Health Education, Allowances of ASHA Workers, Immunization Program, Gender Equality and Women Empowerment and many more. Demographic profile is also updated. Thus syllabus is covered as per the competency-based medical education curriculum, as prescribed by National Medical Commission (NMC).