Tetanus Explained | Clinical Features, Prevention & MNTE

📌 Welcome to the Public Health Specialist Podcast!
In this episode, we present an audiobook-style medical lecture on Tetanus, an acute, life-threatening disease caused by the neurotoxin of Clostridium tetani. Despite being vaccine-preventable, tetanus continues to pose public health challenges due to its environmental persistence.

🎙️ This session provides a clinical and public health perspective, with special focus on Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE) and post-exposure prophylaxis, making it ideal for students and frontline health workers.

📘 Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

🔬 Causative Agent & Pathogenesis:

Clostridium tetani and its neurotoxin

Spore survival in soil and animal feces

🩺 Clinical Features of Tetanus:

Muscular rigidity

Trismus (lockjaw)

Opisthotonus posture

🌍 Epidemiology & Public Health Importance:

Environmental resilience of spores

Why eradication is not feasible

🤱 Maternal & Neonatal Tetanus Elimination (MNTE):

Definition & elimination criteria

Progress in India and globally

🛡️ Prevention Strategies:

Active immunization (TT/Td vaccines)

Passive immunization (Tetanus Immunoglobulin)

The “Five Cleans” during childbirth

💉 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP):

Wound classification

Management based on immunization status

Decision matrix for vaccines and TIG

🎯 Who Should Watch / Listen:

MBBS, nursing & paramedical students

Community Medicine & Public Health learners

ANMs, ASHAs, CHOs & primary care providers

Exam aspirants (PSM, FMGE, NEET-PG)

Anyone interested in vaccine-preventable diseases

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