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World No Tobacco Day (31st
May 2008)
Theme
: “Tobacco Free Youth”
Tobacco
is the leading preventable cause of death in the world. Globally, most people
start smoking before the age of 18, and almost a quarter of these individuals
begin using tobacco before the age of 10. The younger children are when they
first try smoking, the more likely they are to become regular tobacco users and the less likely they are to quit. More>…
World Health Day (7th April
2008)
Outstanding Support
Staff Award
 Ms Indrani Dasgupta, Assistant to the WHO
Representative to India,
has received the Outstanding Support Staff Award on 7 April 2008. The award was presented by Dr Samlee Plianbangchang, WHO
Regional Director. In the proclamation
speech, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Deputy Regional
Director, stated that the award recognizes exceptional achievement and exemplary
performance. The selection of Ms Dasgupta was made based on a thorough
assessment and recommendation of the Awards Review Committee. Besides concrete
measurable work outputs, the Committee also assessed special traits and
attitudinal skills.
World
TB Day 2008
 This year’s slogan for the World
TB Day, 24th March, is “I am stopping TB” and It is about celebrating the lives and stories of
people affected by TB: women, men and children who have taken TB treatment;
nurses; doctors; researchers; community workers--anyone who has contributed
towards the global fight against TB.
A function was held in front of
the historic Red Fort in Delhi
to commemorate World TB Day in which hundreds of cured patients,
volunteer-DOT-providers and workers of agencies/NGOs participated. The
function was organized by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in partnership with the State
Government of Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Central TB
Division of the Ministry of Health, Government of India.
Ms Aarti
Mehra, Mayor of Delhi, addressed the gathering and flagged off two vans
carrying communication material on TB and a team of street performers to spread
awareness about TB amongst the slum population of Delhi.
Avian
Influenza in Poultry: West Bengal
Updates can be viewed on the following
Government of India websites
1. Union
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
2. Union
Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and
Fisheries
General
Information on Avian Influenza:
What
You Need to know and Do
Preventing Bird Flu: Questions and Answers [pdf]
Preventing Bird Flu: Precautions poultry farm
workers should take [pdf]
A Manual for Improving Biosecurity
in the Food Supply Chain: Focus on Live Animal Markets
A
new initiative for a healthy nation
 The
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has launched the
pilot phase of the National Programme for
Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke
(NPDCS) on the 4th of January 2008.
The Union
Minister for Health and Family Welfare highlighted the need for integrated
prevention of NCDs through healthy lifestyles. Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, chief guest of the launch, offered the support
of the Planning Commission and emphasized the need for prevention programmes in existing health care schemes. The pilot
phase is undertaken in 6 districts in 6 states with a financial outlay of 50 million rupees. More>…
New Delhi International Ministerial
Conference on Asian and Pandemic Influenza, New Delhi, 4-6th December
2007
 Recognizing
animal diseases as a threat to global health and business, about 750
delegates including top health and veterinary scientists, policy-makers and
ministers from 111 countries and 29 international and intergovernmental
organizations, including the Director Generals of WHO, FAO, OIE and senior
dignitaries of development agencies like the World Bank, USAID, DFiD came together to deliberate on ways to improve the
global preparedness for avian and pandemic influenza at the ‘International
Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza’ in New Delhi held at Vigyan Bhavan from 4th
to 6th December 2007. The conclusions of the meeting and the road
map would be finalized by the government organizers in due course. More>…
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