10% of these students who were in the 12-16 age group had already tried alcohol,'' said PHFI's Monika Arora

MUMBAI: After being blamed for tobacco use,Bollywood is now being blamed for promoting alcohol to India's youth.

NGOs PHFI ( Public Health Foundation of India) and HRIDAY(Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) made two shocking findings after interviewing around 4,000 Delhi school children who watched Bollywood films. "Firstly, we found that 10% of these students who were in the 12-16 age group had already tried alcohol,'' said PHFI's Monika Arora, a principal investigator of the study. Secondly, the study found students that had been most exposed to alcohol use in Bollywood movies were found to be 2.78 times more likely to have tried alcohol compared with those who were least exposed..... READ MORE

Acudetox Counselling Camps : Community based non-communicable diseases prevention

Nada India organised Acudetox Health awareness camp on 5th April on the eve of World Health Day under supervision of Dr.Ajay Vats ADS of Nada India at Bapu camp Maandi Road South Delhi. Ms.Pratima Singh of Pehchaan Counseling Center run by Nada India provided acudetox counseling to women and adolescent girls of slum area apart from check ups and referrals. Peer educators will be visiting house to house to reach out these people for follow up and health awareness issues related to non- communicable diseases like cancer,hypertension ,diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Nada India aims to reduce risk factors like tobacco use ,alcohol,Physical inactivity and Unhealthy diet. Nada India is committed to reduce risk factors among slum and urban village population through acudetox counselling camps. Dr.Arindam Sinha MBBS DAc PGDAcp NADA ADS says....We all have to understand the gravity of these Non communicable diseases and their economical and social burden on our population. Acu...

Alcohol is a major and cross-cutting obstacle to universal health coverage and the SDGs.....Suneel Vatsyayan #RC71

I OGT Statements 71st Regional Committee Meeting WHO SEARO New Delhi, India, September 3 – 7, 2018 The Seventy-first Session of the Regional Committee of the World Health Organization Regional Office For South-East Asia convened in Hotel Taj Mahal, New Delhi, India. Side Event on Preparation for the UN General Assembly High-Level Meetings on Tuberculosis and NCD prevention and control, IOGT International statement , by Mr Suneel Vatsyayan , IOGT International regional representative Alcohol is a major and cross-cutting obstacle to universal health coverage and the SDGs..... Suneel Vatsyayan Agenda item 8.5: Annual report on monitoring progress on UHC and health-related SDGs, IOGT International statement , by Mr Suneel Vatsyayan

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