World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated from 18-24 November every year. The 2021 theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance, calls on One Health stakeholders, policymakers, health care providers, and the general public to be Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) awareness champons. It is the most global events of the UN having included antibiotic resistance as one of
Read more →Pneumonia is the single biggest infectious killer of adults and children – claiming the lives of 2.5 million, including 672,000 children, in 2019. Deaths from COVID-19 added two million more in 2020, bringing the total to more than four million. No other infection causes anywhere near this burden of death. The World Pneumonia Day was
Read more →Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Every year, 10th November is celebrated as World Immunization Day. The Day is observed with the aim of highlighting vaccination as a low-tech, cost effective, high impact solution to prevent illness and
Read more →The NSS unit and SNA unit of Pushpagiri College of Nursing observed Essay competition in relation to National Unity Day. The programme helped to develop patriotic feeling and enrich the knowledge on thoughts of sardar Vallabhai Patel and significance of celebrating National Unity Day currently. This Programme also helped develop writing skills of the volunteers.
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