Features of new Park’s textbook of preventive and social medicine 26th Edition:

• Enlarged and completely updated edition – extensively revised, thoroughly edited and many new topics added.
• Major revision of the chapter on “Epidemiology of communicable Diseases” with inclusion of COVID-19, new treatment guidelines for tuberculosis (2019), new treatment guidelines for HIV/AIDS(2019, updated leprosy, malaria, dengue, hepatitis etc.
• New chapter on Essential Medicine and counterfeit Medicines.
• New matter on Mental Health.
• New matter on Nutrition and health with 2020 RDA
• Completely revised chapter on Demography.
• New and updated matter about Child and Maternal Mortality violence against youth, etc.
• Major revision of chapter of Non communicable diseases with new recommendations on Diabetes Mellitus, Accidents and Injuries Cancer etc.
• New matter on Health and Wellness Centers and new health programmes.
• New matter on immunization and cold chain etc.