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by   Suneel Vatsyayan Posted on May 16 '19, in  Alcohol's Harm To Others ,  IOGT ,  Obstacle To Development ,  Policy ,  Prevention ,  Recovery ,  Research ,  Sustainable Development Alcohol: major obstacle to development The situation of women’s safety here in Bihar was such that women would not step outside their homes beyond 6 pm. Alcohol fueled domestic violence had been accepted inside the homes to such an extent that there had been about 85 women in the village who committed suicide seeing no escape.” Ritu Jaiswal, a local politician in Bihar  explains how alcohol hinders sustainable development  in Bihar, India. Already many years before, in March 2013, Bihari women started protesting alcohol fueled harm in public. “Humari aabroo ki keemat pe sharab ka dhandha nahi chalega.” (The sale of liquor will not continue at the cost of our honour.) The chant echoed through Konar, a village near the town of Sasaram in...

Women Security: Agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Shivi Development Society  organized a meeting on Women Security: Agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections on 16th February 2019 at Indian Social Institute Delhi  Mr. Narender Kumar spoke about the purpose of the meeting. After a detailed introduction and discussion was open for all the participants. Participants from different organizations shared their views on the issue.    Mr.Vatsyayan, Chairperson of Nada India explained in details about meaning of Security & Safety and how interchangeable we use these two distinct words  "Security Is Protection Against Intentional Acts And Safety Is Protection Against Accidental Events“ We want less violence, safer cities etc… more happy  and healthy cities BUT we do not connect it with alcohol policies (No “Indian Alcohol Policy” exist) and the support for alcohol policies would turn out to be low, you can make a case, that not the policies are w...

 SAFER – a new WHO initiative to boost national alcohol policy processes Published 10. 10 2018 by  Dag Endal WHO recently launched a new action package – SAFER. It aims at supporting the global target of reducing harmful use of alcohol by 10% by 2025. The initiative has been strongly supported by several global civil society networks. SAFER is a WHO-led roadmap to support governments in taking practical steps to accelerate progress on health, beat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through addressing the harmful use of alcohol, and to achieve sustainable development targets. The SAFER package provides technical guidance on five high-impact strategic actions that are prioritized for implementation to promote health and development: S trengthen restrictions on alcohol availability. A dvance and enforce drink driving countermeasures. F acilitate access to screening, brief interventions, and treatment. E nforce bans or comprehensive restrictions on alcohol advertis...

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

Web-based consultation (10-16 May 2018)  WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs The WHO Independent High-level Commission  hosted a web-based consultation from 10 to 16 May 2018 on a preliminary draft report dated 1 May 2018. Nada India submitted comments.  The Nada India commends the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs for its  preliminary draft report and all the work that has been until this point by the Commissioners.  The Nada India also welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the process of developing the first  report of the Independent High-Level Commission on Non- Communicable Diseases.  Please visit the  link to read  Nada India's comments.... #IOGTInternational #NCDAlliance #NCDs @IOGT  Nada India NCD Network  IOGT International 

Drink Revolution pre-launch party @ARSD College in Collaboration with NISD SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG THE YOUTH About 170 students participated in this training programme. Participants were from Ram Lal Anand College ,Aryabhatta College, Maitreyi College, Rajdhani College, Kalindi College, P.G.D.A.V College and A.R.S.D College.  The First Session was taken by Suneel Vatsayan , founder and chairperson of NADA India Foundation. He is an avid researcher, philanthropist and blogger who has been associated with IOGT Internationa l for more than three decades. He is actively engaged in the field of sensitising adolescent community in the slum, villages, schools and colleges on various issues like HIV, NCDs, alcohol/ drug abuse and violence.  His session was very interactive and lively which included examples that established a very good rapport with the audience. He also shared his experiences of working with drug users and people a...