Nada India Foundation News update

Nada India &   DakshamA , board members of Healthy India Alliance   prioritised patient and care giver led advocacy within the scope of HIA activities Alliance Highlights from 2016  In its first year, the Healthy India Alliance (HIA) – constituted of 16 members – initiated and laid out the groundwork for collective civil society advocacy on NCD related action in India. Priority actions included mapping and benchmarking of the Indian NCD policy agenda, empowering civil society to monitor Government policies and promote accountability towards the NCD targets, and leveraging global developments on NCDs and SDGs to boost national action.   As part of its coalition building work, the alliance conducted the first National NCD Civil Society Consultation (April 25-27, 2016) involving approximately 80 CSOs in conjunction with the WHO Country Office for India, the NCDA, and the American Cancer Society (ACS). The meeting was attended by representatives from the I...

Highlights of the report This report, a product of joint collaboration between Embassy of Sweden in India, Swecare, and the Swedish Trade Council (STC) in India, aims to understand the current situation of healthcare and map out the various segments that form a part of it, to identify potential opportunities that exist for Swedish stakeholders within the Indian healthcare segment. More specifically, it aims to explore the opportunities available in the selected areas of public health, lifestyle diseases, infectious diseases, elderly and geriatric care, medical education, and frugal engineering.... The Healthcare sector is rapidly emerging as one of the mainstays of the Indian economic growth. In the coming years, the industry is likely to witness a compounded annual growth rate of around 17%-18% and is expected to be worth around SEK 1700 billion by 2016. The growth is likely to be driven by various government programs that are focusing on provision of affordable healthcare servi...

Mr.Suneel Vatsyayan, Chairperson interacted and shared his experience of working drug users and Non communication diseases #NCDs and Peer education work with undergraduate students from various social sciences disciplines, interested in learning about NGOs. from University of Florida "UF in India" program was organized by PAIRVI &;  CECOEDECON . India International Centre Lodhi Road, New Delhi . The Group of 16 st is led by Muthusami Kumaran, Ph.D. Department of Family, Youth &; Community Sciences University of Florida. Professor Sanjay Bhatt ( Department of Social work ,Delhi University)  facilitated  the discussion and  gave historical perspective of  a voluntary movement in India. Mr.Digvijay also shared his experience. Pairavi and Student group from University of Florida was presented with Nada India Friend scroll.Students interacted with communities and future opportunities for collaboration were discusses.