Nada India Foundation News update

New Delhi:  Indian Premier League's (IPL) Bangalore team, Royal Challengers is directly advertising an alcohol brand, says a Delhi based NGO which has complained against the team in a letter to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. "The jersey worn by umpires, players and other team members of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) prominently displays the name of the liquor brand 'Royal Challenge' at the front and back of the jerseys. The jerseys also display the brand name of a vodka brand, on the right arm of the jerseys worn by players," says Monika Arora, Senior Director, HRIDAY in a letter to Manish Tewari. (Also read:  When Pervez Rasool taped over liquor logo on his Pune jersey ) HRIDAY - SHAN (Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth - Student Health Action Network) is a voluntary organisation engaged in advocacy related to non-communicable disease prevention through tobacco control, alcohol control, promotion of healthy diet and physic...

Nada India  program on non- communicable diseases and alcohol control has been featured in Niramaya NCD Newsletter    Volume 2,June 2014   This E-Newsletter is an initiative of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  Government of India , World Health Organisation Country office for India , and is produced by Public Health Foundation of India .            Some excerpts are as follows Nada India works towards providing barrier-free alcohol treatment services across communities. Today, that vision is aligned with drug demand reduction strategy of the Government of India . Nada India has been reaching out to young people through a series of artistic events like painting competition and street theater, Pehchaan Radio Clubs and life skill training workshops. The biggest challenge identified is to protect young people exposed to alcohol consumption at homes by their parents,  portrayal of ...