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As far as various preventive measures to check the breeding
are concerned, a total of 74 respondents said that they check
the coolers. They included 31 (41.0%) who changed the
water, 12 (16.2%) who cleaned the coolers thoroughly and
32 (43.2 %) who added Kerosene oil. Regarding personal
protection against mosquito bite 386 (77.2 %) respondents
were relying upon Mats/coils and 101 (20.2 %) were using
bed nets.l3 respondents did not give any comments.
Regarding the source of information on Dengue fever,
out of 500 respondents, 286 (57.2%) came to know about
Dengue fever through television and/or radio followed, by
24.2%, to newspapers and banners. This is in agreement
with other studies 1. 93 (19.0 %) respondents did not give
any comments. Role of IEC and of mass media for delivering
the IEC has been highlighted elsewhere6.
The fact that this disease is endemic in and around Delhi
with its peak incidence between September and November 2
highlights the need for proper monitoring and surveillance of
Dengue infection right from the time when the transmission
season is about to start. Strengthening of surveillance along
with health education to the community and proper training
of health personnel can go long way in control of Dengue
infection1.
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Essentials of Management- fifth edition by Prof. Harold
Koontz and Prof. Heinz Weihrich
530 pp,published by Tata McCrraw Hill Publishing Company
Limited, 7 West Patel Nagar, New Delhi.
Dr Koontz and Dr. Weihrich deserve to be congratulated
and praised for writing this concise book on management.
Part-1 covers the basis of management science, its theory
and practices and also includes the system model which
serves as the framework of this group. Part 2 through
6 discusses the management functions of planning,
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on challenges in international environment. Some new topics
like model for ethical decision making, interpreneurship and
entrepreneurship, organizational culture, newer challenges in
information technology have also been added in this edition.
Throughout the book, cases, real life situations, international
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Dr. Sonu Goel,
Deptt. of Community Medicine,
PGIMER, Chandigarh
Received : 28.10.05
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