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IMA Thiruvananthapuram General Body Meeting March 27th 2024

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IMA Thiruvananthapuram held an excellent General Body meeting on March 27th at Hotel Residency Statue, Thiruvananthapuram. The meeting commenced with a thought-provoking CME on Antimicrobial Stewardship by Dr. Heera Hassan, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. Three candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, namely Sri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Sri Panyan Raveendran, and Sri Shashi Tharoor, attended the meeting and …

Typhoid Vaccines in India – What You Need To Know

Which are the vaccines available against Typhoid in India?  1. Typhoid polysaccharide vaccine  2. Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV)   Live Oral Ty21a Typhoid vaccine is NOT available in India Name Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) Vi capsular polysaccharide vaccines (ViCPS) Type Vi capsular polysaccharide of S. typhi conjugated to different carrier proteins like Tetanus Toxoid  Vi capsular polysaccharide of S. typhi …

From the Secretary’s Desk

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Dear all Greetings from IMA Thiruvananthapuram!  First of all, let me thank you for entrusting us with this responsibility of one of the biggest branches of the world’s largest professional organization. We are now passing through a time when the medical profession is facing its greatest challenges.. That list of challenges extends from emerging diseases to resource constraints in the …

From the President’s Desk

Dear IMA members, Let me thank each one of you for electing me as the President of IMA Thiruvananthapuram for 2022- 2023. My team extends our deepest gratitude for the trust instilled in our leadership and we take up the responsibility with utmost priority. We all doctors will work together as a team bounded by our profession, social commitment towards society under …

Fever Rash Surveillance

Measles-Rubella Elimination and Fever-Rash Surveillance WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR), including India, resolved in Sept 2019 to eliminate Measles and Rubella by 2023 to prevent deaths and disabilities caused by these highly infectious childhood diseases. Measles is one of the most common vaccine-preventable diseases with high morbidity and mortality among the under-five children in India, though the country has been …

IMA Snehasanthwanam

Snehasanthwanam is the Palliative Care Project by IMA Trivandrum IMA Palliative Care Home Visit Call- 9495942200 Donations are Invited from the well-wishers for the service of Palliative Care projects, an Initiative of IMA Trivandrum