1/n) ICMR released Standard Treatment Workflows (STWs) volume 3 which contains 11 specialties with 52 diseases. It is accessible at stw.icmr.org.in/stws and on the Mobile App. @MoHFW_INDIA@DeptHealthRes#STW
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Planetary Health. 22 December 2020. thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
1.67 million deaths were attributable to air pollution in India in 2019, 17.8% of the total deaths in the country, the majority of which were from outdoor particulate air pollution (0·98 million) and household air pollution (0·61 million) Read more in thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
Household air pollution is decreasing in India resulting in 64% reduction in the death rate attributable to it from 1990 to 2019, whereas the death rate from outdoor particulate air pollution has increased during this period by 115%. Read more in thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
Currently, there are no approved, definitive therapies for #COVID19. Convalescent plasma is one of the several emerging therapies. However, there is no robust evidence to support it for routine therapy. @US_FDA has also viewed it as an experimental therapy (IND). 1/4
#COVID19 convalescent plasma therapy comes with its own share of technical challenges, like antibody titer testing. There are also several risks of using this therapy including life-threatening allergic reactions and lung injury. 2/4
Given the serious uncertainties around #COVID19 convalescent plasma therapy, @ICMRDelhi has initiated a multi-center clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using this therapy in #COVID19 patients in India. 3/4