Thursday, 1 August 2013

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Saturday, 20 July 2013

Tobacco Control Campaign-Tears You Apart

 
 
 
 

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India has launched a nation-wide National Tobacco Control Campaign called “Tears you apart”. The Campaign aims to raise public awareness about the dangers of smokeless tobacco consumed by tens of millions of Indian every day.

Smokeless tobacco is the most-used form of tobacco in India among lower socioeconomic groups and women in particular preferring smokeless tobacco over smoking forms. Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) found that 21 crore Indian use smokeless tobacco. 26% of adults consume smokeless tobacco in India – 33% of adult males and 18.4% of adult females. Smokeless tobacco includes: gutkha, zarda, paan masala, zarda, paan with tobacco, and khaini.

The Campaign has been developed with technical support from world Lung Foundation.
The campaign public service announcement (PSA) was filmed in B. Barooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati, Assam and at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The PSA features real victims who are suffering from horrific cancers and disfigurements as a result of their chewing addition. It also includes comments from relatives of victims, who describe how tobacco-related illnesses have destroyed careers, family life, and added to financial burdens. The PSA graphically warns the public that tobacco can literally tear lives and families apart, and urges smokeless tobacco users to quit and habit.

The Campaign PSA is being released in 16 languages in a national campaign for Pan-India coverage. The Campaign will make use of all national and regional Doordarshan channels and All India Radio. The Campaign is expected to run for a period of 5-6 weeks.

Tobacco is the most preventable cause of death and disease in the world today. Tobacco is a risk factor for 6 out of the 8 leading causes of death. Globally approximately 6 million people die each year as result of diseases caused by tobacco consumption. If urgent action is not taken, the death toll could rise to more than eight million by 2030. It is estimated that nearly 8-9 lakh people die every year due to diseases related to tobacco use in India with 5500 new youth starting tobacco use every day. About 50% of all cancers in males and 25% of all cancers in females can be attributed to tobacco use. It is estimated that about 90% of all the oral cancers are caused due to smokeless tobacco use.

As per the Global Adult Tobacco Survey – India (GATS) conducted by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 35% of the adults in the age group of 15 years and above consume tobacco in some form or the other with 48% males and 20% females consuming tobacco. Nearly, two in five (38%) adults in rural areas and one in four (25%) adults in urban areas use tobacco in some form or the other.
 
 
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Winners of the 2013 World No Tobacco Day Awards in the South-East Asia Region





Every year, the World Health Organization recognizes individuals or organizations from the six regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control such as research, capacity building, promotion of policy or legislation and advocacy to enhance tobacco control. The World No-Tobacco Day 2013 Award Winners from the South-East Asia Region are:

Director-General's Special Recognition Award

  • H.E. Dr Pradit Sintavanarong
    Minister of Public Health
    Thailand

World No Tobacco Day 2013 Award

  • H.E. Mr Maithripala Sirisena
    Minister of Health
    Sri Lanka
  • H.E. Prof. Pe Thet Khin
    Union Minister of Health
    Myanmar
  • Directorate of Medical and Health Service
    Government of State of Rajasthan
    India
  • Ms Shoba John
    Programme Director
    HEALTHBRIDGE
    India
  • Dr Rakesh Gupta
    Head, Cancer and Tobacco Control, and
    Senior Consultant, Surgical Cancer Surgery
    Rajasthan, India

Regional Director’s appreciation award for World No Tobacco Day 2013

  • Mr Lokendra Kumar Shrestha
    Chairman, Nepal Cancer Relief Society
    Nepal
  • Mr Sanjay Kumar, IAS
    Secretary, Health-cum-Executive
    Director and Food Safety Commissioner
    Government of Bihar, India
  • Mr Ahmed Afaal
    Managing Director, ADK Hospital
    and
    Vice-Chair, Tobacco Control Board
    Malè, Maldives
  • Mr Jape Kong Su
    Dili, Timor-Leste
  • Kerala Voluntary Health Services (KVHS)
    Kottayam, Kerala
    India
  • Mr Bejon Kumar Mishra
    Consumer Online Foundation
    New Delhi, India
  • Mrs Jyotsna Govil
    Honorary General Secretary
    India Cancer Society
    Delhi, India
  • Mr Hemant Goswami
    Founder and Chairperson
    Burning Brain Society/
    Tobacco-Free India Coalition/
    Tobacco Free World Foundation/
    Citizens' Voice, Chandigarh
    India
  • Dr Srinivas Ramaka
    Counsultant Cardiologist
    Srinivasa Heart Foundation
    India
Source: WHO

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Two best videos from World Bank .....






The World Bank asked "What Will It Take" to end poverty, and received thousands of responses via Facebook, Twitter and postcards, saying "It Takes" working together, ending corruption, promoting education, and many other ideas.





Source: WorldBank

Nutrition, an essential ingrediant for beauty !!!

Nutrition is the pre-requisite of beauty. There is peaceful co-existence of Allopathy with Ayurveda, Yoga, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa in our country.Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, ShriGhulamNabi Azad said this in New Delhi today.

Addressing the 12thConvocation of the VLCC Institute of Beauty and Nutrition,Shri Azad said we havepluralistic healthcare delivery system where the Government provides opportunity to every recognized medical system to develop and be practiced with a view to provide integrated and holistic healthcare services. We are open to patronizing best practices and proven standards for the benefit of the people. That is why Naturopathy is also a recognized system in India. State Governments like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar, U.P., Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have recognized the Naturopathy system.Five State Governments such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have established Naturopathy Development Boards to impart registration to Naturopathy practitioners. There are six Government Naturopathy Hospitals; two in Kerala, two in Karnataka, one in Andhra Pradesh and one in Tamil Nadu and more than 100 Naturopathy doctors are working in Government under the NRHM scheme in different States.Besides these, 20 Naturopathy Hospitals having more than 100 beds and more than 100 having 50 to 100 beds are providing treatment facilities on private initiative. More than 200 Naturopathy Clinics are providing day care naturopathy health facilities to the patients.All these medical systems are being utilized in the national healthcare delivery system, each to its potential and availability in different parts of the country.

Shri Azad said India incorporated traditional medicine services in the public health delivery system since 1960s when AYUSH facilities were set up under one roof in the Central Government Health Scheme dispensaries. This process of mainstreaming has been augmented under the National Rural Health Mission, with co-location of traditional medicine and homeopathy facilities in the primary health network and capacity building of AYUSH practitioners in the national programmes of Reproductive & Child Health, Safe Child Birth, School Health, Anaemia control and Malaria eradication. For mainstreaming of AYUSH under the National Rural Health Mission, grants-in-aid amounting to more than Rs 550 crores have been given to the State and UT Governments for establishment of new AYUSH facilities in 803 Primary Health Centres, 113 Community Health Centres, 24 District Hospitals and for upgradation of 379 Exclusive AYUSH hospitals and 415 Dispensaries. There are 504 AYUSH educational institutions including 111 postgraduate colleges, where about 27,000 students are admitted annually in our country. These include 16 colleges providing degree level education in Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences. India has the largest number of traditional and alternative medicine teaching institutions in the world.

Talking about the VLCC Institute of Beauty and Nutrition,Shri Azad said this institution was established with a commitment to ensure a better quality of life for everyone by making health, beauty and fitness accessible to all sections of the society, boosting people’s confidence and following ethical and socially relevant business practices.The success in achieving this vision is clearly apparent now with 49 institutes in 35 cities, making VLCC the largest network of beauty and nutrition institutes in South Asia. Over 50,000 students nation-wide have received holistic training, both in terms of technical knowledge and practical hand-on training in diverse fields, such as Hair Designing, Media and Professional Make-up, Dietetics, Health and Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, Sports and Fitness Nutrition, Child Care Nutrition, Cosmetology and Spa Therapies. VLCC is now recognized as a world class training institution which equips its students to meet global challenges and succeed in a globally competitive environment. The social initiatives of VLCC for training of the visually impaired members of the Blind Relief Association, collaborating with the Ministry of Women and Child Development for training of destitute and homeless women or supporting the education of challenged children are highly commendable. 
 
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