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ಆರೋಗ್ಯ-ಉಪಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಕಿರಿಯ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಅರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಹಾಯಕಿಯರು ತಮ್ಮ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಎದಿರುಸುತ್ತಿರುವಾ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳು ಮೇಲೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಭೇಟಿಯ ಅನುಬವಗಳು ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮುದಾಯಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಬಾಹ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಜನರ...
read moreNational AIDS Control Program (BPM-DPM training)
Amrutha, a faculty at IPH facilitated a session on ‘National AIDS Control Program’ on 26th of March 2012 for the Block Program Mangers The session started with an activity in which participants were given questions related to HIV & AIDS to ponder over. The discussion that followed bought the understanding that participants had about HIV/AIDS, associated misconceptions and attitude towards the issue. Further to this discussion the facilitator elaborated on HIV and AIDS, its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, stages, transmission of...
read moreCheck list for BPM Field Visit (BPM-DPM training)
Revanna Siddeswara, the District Program Manager of Tumkur facilitated a session on ‘Check list for BPM Field Visit’ on 20th of March 2012 for the Block Program Mangers The session started with a brief on NRHM and organizational structure in health system. Then the role of BPM according to their terms of reference was discussed in detail. This was followed by a role play where one group representing the BPM had to interact with the PHC staff, represented by another group and collect relevant data, check registers and further guide the...
read moreCall for paper
Second National Conference on bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP 2012) Location: Bangalore, India. Conference dates: 5th and 6th of October 2012. Abstract submission dates: Abstract submission opens on April 21, 2012 and closes on June 15, 2012. Organisers: Institute of Public Health, Bangalore, India; Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. The main objectives of the conference are Disseminate the concepts of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Health Systems (HS) in the Indian context. Disseminate and review the...
read moreAt last labor ward in action
The Urban health project ofInstitute of public health has begun working in KG Halli since 2009. When we came to the area, our first action was mapping all the health facilities in ward no 30. As we did the mapping we found two government facilities in the area. One was the urban health center which comes under BBMP and mainly focuses on the RCH Preventive programs and the RNTCP. Another one was the Primary health center, which is under the Karnataka state and family welfare wing. Interestingly these two physical structures share a common...
read moreKG Halli Center throbs with life
On 20th march 2012, the youth center in KG halli, Bangalore which IPH has been instrumental in starting began on a happy note. The program was inaugurated by councillor Ms.Shaina Taj (ward No.30), special invitees – Dr. Aftab Ahmed, Dr Trupti Kulkarni, Mr.Rayappa, Health Inspector, BBMP. The participants were Sangha members, School teachers, BBMP officials, Link workers from the Urban health centre and some local youth. This youth centre was started as part of the urban health project initiative where we would like to provide...
read moreWorld Conference on Tobacco Or Health at Singapore
The World Conference on Tobacco Or Health (WCTOH) is one of the important, and well-attended conferences on tobacco control that happens every three years. The last one was held in Mumbai in 2009. This time, the 15th WCTOH was in Singapore from 20-24 March 2012. I reached Singapore on night of 20th and so missed the opening ceremony, where Dr. Margaret Chan –Director General of WHO- delivered the keynote lecture. During this conference it became apparent that the tobacco industry, which has been known to derail and oppose...
read moreNational Program on Control of Blindness
Mahesh Kadammanavar, faculty at IPH facilitated the session on ‘National Program on Control of Blindness’ (NPCB) on 12th of March 2012 for the Block Program Mangers The first half of the session covered information about visual impairment, types, disease burden specific to India, major cause, of visual impairment in children and adults, and factors affecting the prevalence of visual impairment in India. The NPCB, its history, goals, objectives, strategies, activities under the program, calculation of prevalence rate were then discussed....
read moreNational Leprosy Eradication Program (DPM-BPM training)
Mamatha Patil, a research faculty at IPH facilitated a session on ‘National Leprosy Eradication Program’ on 1st of March 2012 for the Block Program Mangers The facilitator gave an elaborate description of the clinical features, epidemiology, causes and treatment of Leprosy. Then the focus shifted to the objectives, strategies, activities, implementers and administrators under the program. Dr. Pallaya Mohiddim, District Leprosy Officer, Tumkur, joined the session along with the senior non-medical supervisor, Mr. Chikkaboriah and briefed...
read more‘What is’ …. ‘What was’ and courage and clarity to move ahead
For those who read my blog two weeks ago ( CP or CP) this is the promised second part attempting to explain why theory does not translate into practice in public health. This blog is not the result of a field visit like the last one, rather, a different approach dictated by my confinement by a viral fever. So, friends, read on…….. ” We are as lost as our fellow surgeons in hitting the right plane, in public health….Or are we knife shy?” The opportunity to investigate this question of the preventive/curative divide...
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