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Background: The novel Coronavirus is belonging to the family of SARS & MERS-CoV, the impact of the earlier is more dreadful as demonstrated by the steady increase in morbid cases. The average incubation period of COVID-19 is 1–14 days with a mean of 6 days. Aim - To evaluate predictors of mortality among COVID-19 patients. Objectives – 1. To assess risk predictors associated with mortality among COVID-19 patients 2. To a suggest prediction model for preventing mortality in future outbreaks. Materials and Methods: Study design – A case-control study. Study place -Tertiary care center, Nanded, Maharashtra. The present study included 400 cases that died off due to Covid-19 and 400 controls survived COVID-19 disease in a 1:1 proportion. Results: On admission, a significant difference was observed among cases and controls with reference to the percentage of SpO2 (p < 0.05). The proportion of associated co-morbidities among cases was very high i.e., 75.75% as compared to controls with a proportion of 29.25% co-morbidities. The median days of hospital stay were significantly lower in cases compared to controls (3 days vs 12 days, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Length of hospital stay (in days) was showing a significant difference among cases and control (3 days Vs 12 days); hospital stay was less (median 3 days) for cases, as they reported late and thus died earlier; hence concluded that early hospital admission will decrease chances of death due to COVID-19.

Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is endemic in 83 countries and territories. In view with the global elimination, mass drug administration (MDA) with single dose of diethyl carbamazine and albendazole tablets was carried out for the eligible population in Nanded district. The study was conducted to assess coverage, compliance and reasons for noncompliance to MDA in Nanded district. Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was done by house-to-house visit in Nanded district. Three rural and one urban clusters of Nanded district, Maharashtra, were selected. A predesigned questionnaire was used to collect information. Drug coverage, compliance, effective coverage, coverage–compliance gap (CCG), reasons for noncompliance were studied. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS version 16. Results: The total numbers of houses surveyed were 120. Coverage rate was 94.40%, and compliance rate, CCG, effective coverage rate was 51.81%, 8.48%, and 48.91%, respectively. The compliance of drugs by eligible population was slightly higher in urban area (95.41%) than the rural area (90.56%). Major reasons for non consumption of drug were empty stomach during Drug distributor (DD) visit. Conclusion: The drug compliance need to be improved. Issues like fear of side effects should be addressed through effective behavior change communication strategies.

Background: “Nomophobia” is the modern fear of being unable to communicate through a mobile phone. Itis important to understand how its use affects people’s well-being,and the consequences of having the device takenfrom frequent users. The present study was designed to study the prevalence of nomophobia, dependence pattern and health effects of mobile phone usage. Objective: The objectives were to study the prevalence of nomophobia among mobile phone users; to study cell phone dependence pattern among adults; and to study the health effects of mobile phone usage. Methodology: This was a community based cross sectional exploratory study conducted during 1st December 2015 to 1st May 2016. Results: Most of the subjects were in the age group of 16 – 20 years. The prevalence of nomophobiain the study was 68.92%. A higher proportion of males (82.91%) were dependent on mobile phone compared to females (31.25%). The most common self-perceived symptom due to increase mobile phone usage was lack of sleep (70.61%) followed by eyestrain (42.46%). Conclusion: Prevention is better than cure, most of the subject using mobile phone belong to younger age group therefore health education strategies should be targeted to youth to prevent harmful effect of this great invention.