Mahender Singh

Background: Each year globally, 3.8 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to the household air pollution (HAP).We assessed community knowledge and practices regarding HAP in slum areas of Sonepat district of Haryana. Methodology:A community based cross sectional study was conducted among 104 households.Data collected on semistru...

Around 30%of the Indian population was reported as migrant in census report of 2001.The sociodemographic conditions and other social issues like escape from debt, impact of drought, lack of job opportunities, discrimination on the ground of caste etc,forced the people to brick Kline industry. The current survey was conducted to know the sociodemogr...

Adolescence is to grow in to maturity.WHO defines Adolescence as period between 10-18 years of age.It is this period in which a person no longer a child and not yet adult.Adolescence needs care, education and support from family,teachers and health care providers.

The people from different parts of rural area migrates to urban area for better job avenues and livelyhood . The uncontrolled migration leads to slums formation and have to face lack of basic amenities which affects the health of the people living in urban slums and there fore morbidities are more common in the locality.

Around 30%of Indian population was reported as migrant in census report of 2001. The socioeconomic conditions and other social issues like escape from debt, impact of drought, lack of job opportunities, discrimination on the ground of caste etc, forced the people to the brick kiln industry.The current survey was conducted to know the socio demograp...

Tuberculosis is the major cause of preventable deaths among Indians.Although there is declining in death rate due to tuberculosis, however, there is a long way to reach the millennium development goals.It affects every age group but the Adolescents are more prone to this because of the changes in them at this age.

Member of Souvenir committee of international conference on Youth and Adolescent Health

A study was conducted to assess the health risk factors affecting the health of people living in urban slums of Sonipat district of Haryana.

Nearly one third (31%) of the Indian population live in urban areas.It is estimated that about 40% of the total Indian population will be urbanised by 2030. Urban population and the urban poor are far from being homogenous and comprise of several sub groups that differ socially, economically and geographically.NHM seeks to improve the health status...

Nearly one third (31%) of the Indian population live in urban areas. it's estimated that about 40% of the Indian population will be urbanized by 2030. Urban population and the urban poor are far from being homogeneous and comprise of several sub groups that differ socially, economically and geographically. NHM seeks to improve the health status of...

Good health information system is crucial for addressing health issues and improving quality of health care delivery in developing countries. In India the health care system's data being managed by a system called Health Management Information System (HMIS).Using quality and accurate data the managers can properly plan for the improvement of health...

As TB cases are increasing inspite of DOTS under RNTCP but alarming situation is of number of drugs resistant TB known as Multi Drug Resistance Tuberculosis in Sonipat district. A sociodemographic profile was perused from the record of District TB Office which showed that people living in rural area and among males the MDR TB rates was more as comp...

State TB conference was organised in which chaired poster Scientific session.

Chaired oral scientific session of national conference

Two days international conference was organised on providing universal health coverage in India, policy options and challenges in which the speakers from India and foreign countries delivered lectures in context of universal health coverage.

A cross sectional study conducted among 1650 ASHA workers in Sonipat district of Haryana who had gathered for a training session on Adolescent health.

Background: Migration has led to development of slums. Slum area improvement and clearance act, 1956, slums have been defined as mainly those residential areas where dwellings are in any respect unfit for human habitation by reasons of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangements or lack of ventilation, light, sanitation or combination of these...

For providing better health services to the people the data ,ie being generated at the level where people health at stake,needs to be quality data. A poor data doesn't serve the purpose for better understanding the implementation and management. So quality data for better understanding we need good quality HMIS data which is important to provide be...

Heathy transition from Adolescence to adulthood role requires a holistic approach from various stake holders which include family, education department, civil society, health system but ASHAs can play a pivotal role in addressing adolescents health related issues and thus reducing morbidity among adolescents.

India has largest Adolescent population in the world.According to census 2011,adolscents constitute more than one fifth of the total population of India. Sexual and reproductive health is one of the major challenges that adolescents have faced.Underlining the importance of meeting Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health needs, government of India...

State TB CME was organised and chaired oral scientific session.

WHO team reported poor immunization coverage in High risk areas like industrial population where both full and complete immunization status of children was very low including the TT immunization of pregnant women.So it's decided to carry out a descriptive study of coverage and improvement of immunization status in industrial high risk areas.

Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are an important public health problem because of their adverse effects on reproductive health of men and women. About 5% of adult population in India suffers from STIs. To tackle this issue the government has set up reproductive tract infection (RTI) clinics across the country. Aims: To asses...

Most of the government social and health schemes are made available to the people like JSY, JSSK under NRHM.To percolate the benefits of the government run schemes,a workshop ,ofanchayati Raj Institution members ,was organised and in this workshop the awareness level of these PRI members was assessed.

Research question: What are the socio-cultural determinants which are responsible for gender based disparities in health care seeking in state of Haryana in North India? Setting: A community based study, in Ganaur subdivision of District Sonepat of Haryana state, was conducted through random sampling method during May 2008 to December 2008. Stud...

Tuberculosis is preventable disease and Adolescent are also at risk. To assess the awareness level about Tuberculosis among students not only prevent the spread of disease but helps in cure under DOTS under RNTCP.

For better acceptance of immunization in children and to reduce or minimise the adverse effects of immunization,a hand on training / workshop was organised for Medical and Senior Medical Officers on the Adverse events following immunization. For better implementation of National immunization program, the doctors were trained and simultaneously it's...

Under the aegis of NACO ,RTI/STI clinics have been set up in government and private (NGOs) sectors to provide RTI/STI services through a standard protocol. To involve maximum clients, there should be quality STI services through established DSRCs and TI NGOs. To assess the impact of supportive supervision on quality services, the study was conducte...

One third of the Indian population is being contributed by the Adolescents (10-19)years . The Adolescent are a vulnerable group to many social, physical, cultural and health implications.

As district Sonipat comes under NCR region and an outbreak of dengue was reported so it's contemplated that can we predict or have early warning signals so that the out break is predicted and steps can be taken to control the outbreak.

State health department is committed to providing primary health care to all people living in far flung and hard to reach areas. But it's difficult to reach out to unreached population ie brick kiln labours population due to lack of transportation and other issues. To know the morbidity pattern and health services available to them right at their d...

Single greatest threat to India's health, political, economic and social development is under controlled population growth.India was first country in the world to launch a national family planning program with the aim to reduce the birth rate to stabilize population.Undue emphasis on terminal methods of contraception in the program resulted in negl...

To assess the level of awareness and practice of spacing methods, a study was conducted among couples in Beri block, Rohtak district, Haryana during the period April 1999 to March 2000. It was revealed that 48 percent of the sample couples were not using any kind of spacing method at all. Though the couple protection rate was 52 percent, spacing me...