Omesh Kumar Bharti

High Disease Burden among Sanitation Workers of Shimla Municipality in Himachal Pradesh, India - A Leading Cause of Adult Mortality

Omesh Kumar Bharti, Vibhor Sood, Archana Phull & Vinod Kumar · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

The aim of this paper was to explore the work practices, injuries, illnesses, working conditions and other hazards faced by Shimla city municipal solid waste collectors and sanitary workers in the course of discharging their duties. The sample for the study comprised three hundre...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/23747

Transporting Snake Bite Victims to Appropriate Health Facility within Golden Hour through Toll Free Emergency Ambulance Service in India, Save Lives

Aruna Gimkala, G. V. Ramana Rao & Omesh Kumar Bharti · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2016

Background: Snakebite is a neglected public health issue in India. The big four venomous snakes are Cobra, Krait, Russell’s viper and Saw scaled Viper. Estimates of annual snakebite mortality in India are upto 50,000 deaths as exact figure of death due to snakebites is not known...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2016/25793