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Nada India Foundation द्वारा समर्थित ARPAN परियोजना एक ऐसा प्रयास है जिसमें अनुभव आधारित नेतृत्व (peer-led leadership) को नशा उन्मूलन, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS और गैर-संक्रामक बीमारियों (NCDs) से जुड़ी उच्च जोखिम व्यवहारों को कम करने के लिए सक्षम बनाया गया है। इस परियोजना ने हरियाणा में Peer Led NGO नेटवर्क के गठन की नींव रखी, जो आज पुनर्वास सेवाओं की दुनिया में एक नया दृष्टिकोण प्रस्तुत कर रहा है — एक ऐसा दृष्टिकोण जो बंद दरवाज़ों की नीति से हटकर खुले संवाद, निगरानी और मानव-सम्मान आधारित सहभागिता पर आधारित है। 💠 ARPAN: दिल से नेतृत्व, दिल तक पहुँच Nada India यह मानता है कि "जो दिल से निकलता है, वही दिल तक पहुँचता है।" पुनर्वास केवल नीतियों और प्रक्रियाओं का विषय नहीं, बल्कि मानव संबंधों, करुणा और सामुदायिक स्वामित्व के ज़रिए आशा और अवसर निर्माण की प्रक्रिया है। ARPAN के अंतर्गत प्रशिक्षित पीयर लीडर जैसे श्री करमवीर, जिन्होंने खुद एक लंबी रिकवरी यात्रा पूरी की है, आज हरियाणा के सोनीपत में संघ समाज कल्याण सेवा समिति के माध्यम से एक सफल Peer Led Rehabilitation Center चला र...

` On Saturday, March 28th 2020, the team of Nada India connected virtually with their co- eCPR  practitioners at 4 p.m to discuss their wellbeing in times of coronavirus and the contribution of the training of eCPR in their lives and the lives of people around them during the lockdown. The idea was to establish a virtual safe space like the physical one that they had created at the training. Kushangi , a clinical psychologist by training, is finding respite in the fact that she can help people in emotional/mental distress by enlisting her services with an NGO that connects her with such people. The discussion was moderated by Riya Thapliyal Nada Team member and facilitated by Suneel Vatsyayan. Emotional crisis is universal. It can happen to anyone at any time.   “ eCPR kaafi practice kar pa rahi hun aur realise kar rahi hun ki koi bhi crisis sirf uss vyakti ki baat sunne se kaafi hadd tak hal ho jaati hai. (I am practicing eCPR quite a lot and I am realising...

.....Health is not simply a medical issue, but socially and culturally embedded with major economic implications. She emphasized the significant impact of gender on health – an element that had not yet featured centrally enough in GAP discussions.... Jyotsna Roy Patient  Champion, Nada India     “Health is a hugely gendered question, which we have not talked about nearly enough. I urge the GAP  (Global Action Plan) and all of its accelerators to adequately account for the impact of gender on health.” Jyotsna Roy Patient  Champion, Nada India Foundation,  As first panelist, Ms Jyotsna Roy, spoke of understanding and overcoming bottlenecks and challenges in access from the perspective of both a patient and a practitioner. She began by recognizing that health is not simply a medical issue, but socially and culturally embedded with major economic implications. She emphasized the significant impact of gender on health – an element that had not yet f...

Director, IHBAS,  Delhi Dear Dr.  NG   Desai   ji , I congratulate you and the core committee members for preparing well drafted "Delhi State Mental Health Authority minimum standards for substance use treatment and rehabilitation centres ". T he draft document on minimum standard of care is inclusive and easy to implement. It will help hundreds of voluntary organisations running rehabilitation centres in Delhi to deliver much much needed services to patients and their care givers.  My comments/observations on the draft document are mentioned below (in  bold) :  1. The substance use disorders treatment and rehabilitation centres provides one or more of the following services :  I would suggest to please also add word "residential" services. 2. Acute Detox :  Drug overdose management may be included  (I understand that "Acute care" may include overdose  management  but adding this into service head wil...

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...

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...

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...

Dear Nada India, I, on behalf of my school and students,am thankful to you and Team Nada India for giving this opportunity to our students to interact with the underprivileged children,youth and women of village area of Mandi gaon. Performing a street play for them provides a sense of satisfaction as our students are sensitised towards the ground realities of people who survive in deplorable conditions.The village is a difficult place where water is scarce,as children could observe that a water tanker arrives once a week ,and water is to be carried home.Yet Nada India is extremely hopeful.It is providing unstinted support to students and families to live a life of dignity. Various practical issues like challenges faced during rehab to quit smoking and drinking or quitting drugs to develop  drug free environment were discussed with ease.Educating girl child and gender equality too was considered relevant when children suggested that girls too have a right to equal opp...

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...