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Nada India Foundation as Governing Board member of Health India Alliance supported and  signed the  statement by PLWNCDs including the Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance).  The statement was  submitted  to MoHFW, UNDP India and WHO Country Office for India.   A statement by PLWNCDs including the Healthy India Alliance (India NCD Alliance) PLWNCDs need special attention India has reported 785996 active cases as of COVID-19 with 65288 deaths and 2839882 recoveries (September 1, 2020; MoHFW website). Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and co-morbidities, specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, hypertension and diabetes are major risk factors for developing severe manifestations of COVID-19.  As per data available on the website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (MoHFW, GoI), more than 70% of deaths from COVID-19 are due to co-morbidities. The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread health ...

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...

Healing process starts Healing process starts once you take away the alcohol & bring people together: Suneel Vatsyayan, Founder NADA India Foundation #UdtaBihar Posted by India Today on Thursday, June 1, 2017

The health budget this year has made special provisions for elimination of five infectious diseases, strengthening of rural sub-centres, recruitment of specialist doctors in government hospitals, increased allocation for programmes for women and children, and free treatment for the elderly poor. Missing in this list is a mention of increased budgetary support for the prevention, control and care for non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases — the major causes of ill health, disability and death in the country today. These diseases do not only afflict urban residents. They are the major cause of death and ill health in rural areas, where incomes are lower, and medical services are more difficult to reach. A small part of this distress could have been addressed through additional budgetary provisions. This would also have reflected an acknowledgement on the part of policymakers, that these conditions, and not infectious diseases, are now the major ...

The right to health is a fundamental right and not a favour doled out by successive governments at the Centre and the state. With elections being held in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur this year, it’s time people used their vote to demand their right to health. A déjà vu moment from Odisha this week once again put the spotlight on the unacceptable gaps in India’s public health delivery. Gati Dhibar carried his dead five-year-old daughter Sumi on his shoulder for 15 km from the Palahada Community Health Centre (CHC) in the Angul district in Odisha to his village for cremation after he was couldn’t get a hearse at the hospital. Too poor to pay for transport, Dhibar’s plight echoes two similar incidents in Odisha last year – one in Malkangiri district where a man walked six km with his seven-year-old daughter’s body after the ambulance taking them to the hospital left them midway after learning that the girl had died, and the other in the Kala...

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World Health Day  New Delhi – On the occasion of World Heart Day 2016, the Healthy India Alliance announces the launch of its official website – a repository of information and resources related to Noncommunicable Disease prevention and control in India. The Alliance has been set up by a group of reputed, pan-India organizations committed to NCD prevention and control and has the membership of 16 CSOs working on diverse aspects related to NCDs and their risk factors, including advocacy, multi-pronged research, policy reviews and health promotion programmes and campaigns. In India, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) account for a staggering 60% of all deaths. The country stands to lose $4.58 trillion before 2030 due to NCDs and mental health conditions. Cardiovascular diseases, among major NCDs like cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases are responsible for 26% of all deaths in India and account for $2.17 trillion is economic losses. NCDs are majorly caused due to m...

Heena peer educator from Nada India giving presentation on challenges faced by patients suffereing from NCD  Workshop on  Needs Assessment – Capacities of Patients to manage Chronic Diseases The workshop was jointly organized by Nada India Foundation & Dakshama  :under the aegis of Healthy India Alliance   on 2nd September 2016 at 10am-5pm Where:ISI Indian Social Institute,10, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, (Behind SaibabaMandir) New Delhi, Delhi 110003. People and Patients have a fundamental right to play a meaningful role in developing healthcare policies and programs as policy decisions, at whatever level they are made, will ultimately affect patients' lives. Engaging patients in health policy decisions helps to ensure that policies reflect patient and caregiver needs, preferences and capabilities, making it an appropriate and cost-effective way to address their needs. Patient-centred healthcare promotes greater patient responsibility and...

New Alliance To Prevent NCDs In India by   Suneel Vatsyayan Posted on April 28, 2016, in  Prevention ,  IOGT ,  Well-being ,  Civil Society The life stories of two “Dayanands” reveal their indomitable courage. While the first Dayanand from rural Delhi died of cancer at the age of 39, the second Dayanand from East Delhi died of AIDS at the age of 46. What connects them was their use of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; major risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Both the Dayanands had graduated from, what we call ‘The University of Pain’ and time and again had faced social rejection, stigma, and discrimination. They both volunteered to become peer support counselors and worked hard in empowering their peers. The Dayanand who died from cancer survived with two boys and his ageing mother. (To watch their stories click  here ) Science knows about the correlation of cancer and alcohol use since the 1980s. The International Agen...

In an effort to prevent and control non-communicable diseases in India, the global NCD Alliance convened a consultation of civil society organizations in July 2015. Following this, an Indian network called Healthy India Alliance has been announced.  The Healthy India Alliance  invites you  for the  first National  CSO Consultation  on Non Communicable  Diseases (NCDs) in India  from 25th to 27th April, 2016 at PHD Chamber of Commerce,  August Kranti Marg,  New Delhi. Click here to read the details of the   Healthy India Alliance National Consultation. Download the Healthy India Alliance_NC_Registration Form. For additional details, please contact Prachi Kathuria at prachi@hriday-shan.org or call on +91-11 41031191.

Nada India has been working on prevention and control of Non communicable Diseases at community level with a focus on stress , alcohol and tobacco prevention .This year, Nada volunteered to join other 18 civil societies  to form Healthy India Alliance for the prevention and control of NCDs in India. Genesis of the Healthy India Alliance  The global NCD Alliance (founded by four International NGO federations representing the four main NCDs-cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease) and WHO South-East Asia Regional Office convened aConsultation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from the Region in July 2015, to deliberate on priorities and strategies to advance NCD prevention and control in the Region and the role that CSOs play in this sphere.   As a follow up to this SEAR CSO Consultation, the NCD Alliance convened an Indian Civil Society Round-table to deliberate on a collaborative CSO ...