This textbook is written in a lucid and comprehensive language with many case studies, diagrams, and tables to make it interesting and easy to grasp. Many newer topics are included to make it rational and relevant to modern needs.

• Crisp and precise, consolidating the essential topics and removing dead woods and less relevant topics.

• Designed and prepared by the group of current teachers of community medicine; who are better aware of needs and issues pertaining to community medicine teaching.

• This is the only textbook based on the competency-based curriculum for community medicine, as prescribed by National Medical Commission.

• Divided into 5 sections: Basics of Health and Diseases, Core and Allied Sciences, Community Health Problems and Vulnerable Groups, Community Health Management, and Managing Community Health in India. These are neatly organized; progressing in a logical manner from – basic science (for first-year students) to applied science in form of community diagnosis and community interventions (for second and third-year students)

• Use of most recent and up-to-date data to define the magnitude of the health problems; including use of ICMR-NIN 2020 Expert Recommendations for Nutrition, SRS Bulletin Reports 2020, Annual Reports 2020 for Communicable and Non-communicable diseases by Government of India, WHO Global Reports 2020, Global Health Observatory Data 2020, etc.

• The key references and sources for all data is now cited alongside the text only.

• Inclusion of newer topics pertaining to communicable and non-communicable diseases like Epidemiology of emerging diseases (including COVID-19) and its prevention and control, Epidemiology of COPD and its prevention and control, Screening and Surveillance of NCDs, Food safety, etc.

• Novel topics on community health care: Urban, Rural and Tribal health; Travellers health; Climate change and health; Global and National Health Status; Community health and its management; Health care delivery system; Health systems management; Leadership; Health legislations and many more are included which are not adequately covered in other textbooks of the subject.

• In depth understanding of the topics supported by case studies, illustrations, figures, flowcharts, key messages, etc.