Includes index.

Section 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: History of Medicine -- Section 2: Guide to Theory Examination -- Chapter 2: Long Essay Type Questions: Concept of Health and Disease; Principles of Epidemiology; Screening for Disease; Epidemiology of Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases; Health Programs in India; Demography and Family Planning; Preventive Medicine; Nutrition and Health; Medicine and Social Sciences; Environment and Health; Hospital Waste Management; Occupational Health; Health Information and Basic Biomedical Statistics; Communication for Health Education; Health Planning and Management; Health Care of the Community; International Health -- Chapter 3: Problem Type Questions -- Chapter 4: Short Notes -- Chapter 5: Justify/Explain Why -- Chapter 6: Differences -- Section 3: Viva Voce -- Chapter 7: Immunization -- Chapter 8: Family Planning -- Chapter 9: Specimens -- Chapter 10: Definitions -- Section 4: Guide to Practical Examination -- Chapter 11: Statistical and Epidemiological Exercises -- Chapter 12: Family -- Chapter 13: Project -- Chapter 14: Problem Cards -- Section 5: Special Topics -- Chapter 15: COVID-19 -- Chapter 16: IMCI Guidelines -- Chapter 17: Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance -- Chapter 18: Tuberculosis and RNTCP Guidelines -- Chapter 19: Reproductive, Child and Adolescent Health -- Chapter 20: Diagnosis and Treatment for Malaria -- Chapter 21: Biomedical Waste Management -- Chapter 22: Incubation and Isolation Period of Some Important Diseases -- Chapter 23: National Health Policy and Elimination of Some Diseases -- Chapter 24: Current Public Health-related Statistics and Recent Updates -- Annexures -- Index.

A comprehensive and updated guide to community medicine for undergraduates with emphasis on recent national health programs, epidemiology, preventive medicine, and public health policies in India.