Epidemiology is the field of medical science which involves the study of analysis and determinants of health and disease condition. It involves different statistical analysis pertaining to the disease or health outbreak in a particular region. Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti is a field epidemiologist from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. In 2019, Bharti received the Padma Shri civilian honour for the pioneering work in finding an affordable cure for the rabid dog bite. Thank you, Dr.
Bharti, for this interview. 1. What is the difference between Clinical Epidemiology and Field Epidemiology? Dr. Bharti: Field Epidemiology deals with processes of identifying impending public health emergency and implementing series of interventions to lessen or prevent further spread of likely public health emergency e.g. impending outbreak of an infectious disease or impending threat of the spread of…
