July 26th Health

“Hubli Champions” have galloped into their second month, since its inception. And in their second month, the agenda for their activity was Health. The Champions gathered in the early hours of the 26th July, 2009 at the Deshpande Foundation’s premises. An introductory note was delivered by the Director of DCSE, Mr. Naveen Jha. During this session, Naveen talked on public health and  introduced the concept of Medical Entrepreneurship and explained two models on the same. This was followed by a discussion.

After the introductory note, site visits were arranged for the “Hubli Champions”.  They visited three sites, which are NGO partners of the Deshpande Foundation, and are work exclusively on Health aspects.

  1. Bhageerath: The team of “Hubli Champions” went to a village called Shivhalli to study the works done by Bhageerath NGO. Here they saw that a bio-gas unit has been set up, which runs the kitchen waste from Anganwadis. Apart from this, the Champions made a through study on the Eco-Sanitation Toilets, constructed in this village. And other steps taken by the Panchayat towards the better health of their village. Looking at the extensive work done by the Shivhalli Panchayat, they are going to be awarded the “Nirmal Grama Puraskar
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2. Toxics Link:

The “Hubli Champions” visited Navanagar’s Hospital. Navnagar is a locality in Hubli. Also they visited Dharwad Hospital. And under the guidance of “Toxics Link”, they observed how to the hospital waste is managed. To know more on the activities of “Toxics Link,”

Click the following link: “TOXICS LINK”

3. Visit to KHPT: The “Hubli Champions” team visited the KHPT office and learned about the different HIV/AIDS related awareness programs, their different approaches to educate the masses. One such approach is “Peer Education Model” of spreading HIV/AIDS related awareness. To know more about the activities of Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT)

Click the following link: “KHPT”

After the site visits,  the members joined back at the Deshpande Foundation’s premises and debriefed on the visits made. Following this, interactive sessions were engaged by the invited resource persons. Mr. Ravindra from Grama Shikshana Foundation, talked on oral health and ill effect of smoking and chewing of tobacco. Followed by this, Dr. Gajanan from KHPT discussed on different aspects of HIV/AIDS awareness. Both the resource persons addressed to the doubts and queries asked by the “Hubli Champions” in detail.

Apart from this, the activities done by the members in the previous month, where in the agenda was Education were discussed. It was brought to light that the Champions have organized their resources and contributed books to the Akshara Foundation.

Thus another month has rolled by in the calender of events of “Hubli Champions”.

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