Medical council scam: MCI secretary sacked

Dear friends,

There has been a lot of interest in the Aadhar project, including the health implications. I am sure some of you might have already regd for your own Aadhar number as well.

A few months ago Nandan Nilekani had published an editorial in the National Medical Journal of India extolling the virtues of the Aadhar project for health. His article is available at http://nmji.in/archives/Volume-24/Issue-3/Editorial-II.pdf

I and Sunita Bandewar have responded to this article questioning some of the claims in the editorial. Our response has been published in the latest issue of NMJI. You can access our letter to the editor at the link http://nmji.in/archives/Volume-24/Issue-6/Correspondence.pdf

I am also pasting the text of our response below.

We would welcome any feedback

Best,
Anant

The UIDAI project: why some of the optimism might be nir-aadhar

The article by Nandan
Nilekani in the NMJI 2011 May-June issue[1] provides an interesting laundry list of advantages which an Aadhar number could
provide to those registered through the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI). Nonetheless, it is surprising
to see no equivalent of a limitations section. The article fails to present a
holistic and full picture of the landscape- in absence of any reference to
expected challenges, the potential for duplication of existing mechanisms; and
threats the Aadhar project poses, particularly to privacy of personal
information of individuals, and data security- and mention of any proposed
measures the UIDAI is taking to address these. Even a cursory uninformed examination of the claims in the article will
lead the reader to believe that while the intention is laudable, the process
and means can definitely be causes of concern. As readers, we had several
questions related to the approach to, implementation of as well as legislative
adequacy of the UIDAI initiative and their implications for its success. . .

Why two sets of
identification data?

It is unclear as to why
two sets of identification data – demographic and bio-informatics – are
required for securing an Aadhar number. Also, the operational aspects and
possible misuse could be causes of concern. Currently individuals face many
problems in fulfilling the expectations of producing proof of residence, birth
date etc. for securing other key government identification documents (such as
voting card, passport and ration card) and it is unspecified how similar
tribulations would be minimized for those seeking an Aadhar number?

Would securing an Aadhar
number truly remain voluntary?

While some benefits of
having an Aadhar number are pointed out like immunization tracking for
children, the system also worrying suggests a clear link between basic health
provisioning (such as immunization) and the need for official proof of being an
Indian resident (to be certified through the possession of an Aadhar number).
If this is indeed the case, it would mean that providers especially in the
public healthcare system might not be able to provide any kind of health
services to vulnerable populations like ‘illegal’ immigrants in the country. It
should not be the duty or responsibility of a healthcare provider to sit in
judgment on a patient’s legal status of entitlement of health services. A
patient presenting at a healthcare facility without an Aadhar number might be
suspected of being a non-citizen- and stigmatized- and not provided any health
services, or even worse, pursued by the state machinery. Linking Aadhar to essential
public health services like immunization could mean that undocumented
immigrants, among other vulnerable groups, would shun health programs and hence
put themselves and others in the community at risk of vaccine-preventable and
other communicable conditions.

Although, it is
currently voluntary to opt to secure an Aadhar number, the emphasis on its use
in health care context in the way Nilekani advocates in the article might run
the risk of Aadhar number becoming almost inevitable and “mandatory” for
better, swifter and smoother access to health care in due course of time.
Aadhar has already become compulsory for LPG provision by government oil
companies as part of a pilot project in Mysore[2].
Similar concerns have been expressed by others, too[3].

Wouldn’t the proposal of
use of Aadhar for immunization tracking be duplication of efforts?

The government has
already launched a separate system for maternal and child health tracking,
including immunization[4] through the National Rural Health Mission Health Management Information
System (http://nrhm-mis.nic.in/mchtracking.htmand http://nrhm-mcts.nic.in/) and it’s not clear why UIDAI should aim to replicate the same through
Aadhar. We believe there might be other instances where such replication of
efforts might be probable- this is both a waste of resources and increases the
chances of threats to data security.

Is the health system
sufficiently equipped to use Aadhar number?

Assuming the Aadhar
number could finally be used in the health care context as Nilekani delineates,
is our health system equipped with the required e-platform across the nation; and
are there adequately trained human resources to run such a sophisticated system
available, or being recruited, at every level within the health system? It appears that the use of the Aadhar number as
envisioned would warrant inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral coordination and
resource investment for its meaningful realization. It is not clear as to how
this is being planned and executed.

Would the system to
protect privacy and data protection be truly foolproof?

The issue of privacy of
personal information (especially health) and associated challenges are not
mentioned in the article. It is also not clear as how data safety will be ensured. In
response to one of the questions in the parliament regarding mechanisms to
protect data from unauthorised use in UIDAI, it was said that the data would be
encrypted at source along with measures such as limiting physical use, and
putting standard security infrastructure[5].
We wonder if that would be sufficient given the current trends of data theft
from the supposedly safe and well protected sectors, such as banking and
information technology which use similar mechanisms. As
instances of theft and misuse of information becomes commonplace, as evidenced
by increasing credit card fraud and frequent hacking of government websites[6],
any framework for information collection which does not have robust safeguards
should be grounds for concern. As well, India does not have any coherent policy
or law governing data encryption [7],[8], [9].

In the contemporary
context of globalised terrorism, it would also be challenging for the UIDAI to
comply with the promise of confidentiality towards data collected if faced with
mounting pressures from investigation and intelligence agencies, whether
domestic or foreign, to share bioinformatics information of individuals suspected to be associated with
terrorism and violence. Although a
somewhat different context, the recent episode of a vaccination campaign
launched by the US intelligence agency CIA aimed specifically at collecting DNA
samples from the Osama Bin Laden household in Abbottabad in Pakistan[10] is representative of reasons for our concerns on this front of the potential of
misuse of a public health program collecting identifiable data.
The initial Aadhar
registration system being implemented also provides reason for worry. As the
enrolment process has been sub-contracted via tenders to private firms, there
is seemingly no guarantee of how information and data security will be
maintained. Moreover, ensuring data protection from interested parties such as
insurance companies who could choose to deny health insurance coverage to
individuals based on their health profiles is paramount. Unless stringent
safeguards are built in, the Aadhar number could be a serious and risky
intrusion into our privacy.

Furthermore,
it is ambiguous as to how harmonization and reconciliation across various legal
apparatuses, such as, the National Identification Authority of India Bill and
the proposed Right to Privacy Bill[11] would be achieved with regards to protecting personal information gathered
under the Aadhar project.

Against this backdrop,
we believe the editorial by Nilekani raises more questions than provides
answers, and hence it is apt to question the claims of the article.

Finally, we also find it
disconcerting that though the author declares his affiliation with the UIDAI,
there is no conflict of interest statement in the article. Nilekani as head of
the initiative is expected to have a positive bias towards the program. We
believe it would have been good practice for a conflict of interest statement
to have been appended with the article.

Anant Bhan, Pune, Maharashtra
anantbhan@...

Sunita V S Bandewar, Pune, Maharashtra
sunita.bandewar@...

Authors’ contributions
AB
and SB both contributed equally in developing this article. Both authors
approved the final version of the manuscript.

Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

REFERENCES

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[1]Nilekani
N. Building a foundation
for better health: The role of the Aadhaar number. Natl Med J India.2011 May-Jun;24(3):133-5.

[2]Milton L. Aadhaar number to be must for LPG
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[3]Ramanathan U.
A private right or a public affair? Tehelka
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[6]Kurup D. ‘State actor’ linked to major cyber intrusions in India, world.
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[8]Dalal, P.
Encryption policy of India needed. 2011
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encryption regulations. 2009 Aug 20 [cited 2011 Aug 21], Available: http://www.legallyindia.com/20090820138/Legal-opinions/government-asleep-over-encryption-regulations

[10]Reardon S. Pakistan. Decrying CIA vaccination
sham, health workers brace for backlash. Science.2011 Jul 22;333(6041):395.

[11]Venkatesan J. Bill on ‘right to privacy' in monsoon
session: Moily. The Hindu, 2011 June 7 [cited 2011 Aug 17]. Available: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2082643.ece

#4049

From: surendernikhil gupta <drsurendernikhil@...>
Date: Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:41 am
Subject: Fw: [ IFANET- INDIA: 1441 ] Fwd: Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research - call for abstracts reminder

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FYI please.
Thank you very much.
With warm personal regards,

Nikhil

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MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

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#4050

From: surendernikhil gupta <drsurendernikhil@...>
Date: Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:50 am
Subject: Fw: Call for papers: roundtable on violence against people with disabilities

drsurendernikhil@...

FYI please.
Thank you very much.
With warm personal regards,

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre,
Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India.
Pin-176001.

01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office)
Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil@...

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--- On Mon, 3/26/12, World Health Organization <vesicj@...> wrote:

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Subject: Call for papers: roundtable on violence against people with disabilities
To: drsurendernikhil@...
Date: Monday, March 26, 2012, 1:30 PM

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Dear DrSurenderNikhil,

Violence against people with disabilities is an important public health and human rights concern. There is increasing attention to violence against people with disabilities in the United Kingdom and other countries around the world, with increased media reporting on the topic and growing public awareness of hate crime. Additional research is required to better understand the issue.

In line with a public health approach to violence prevention, WHO has commissioned Liverpool John Moores University to produce systematic reviews of data on the prevalence and risk of violence against adults and children with disabilities. Published in The Lancet, the first of these reviews has indicated that adults with disabilities are at much greater risk of violence than adults without disabilities. In fact disabled adults are 1.5 times more likely to be a victim of violence than those without a disability, while those with mental health conditions are at nearly four times the risk of experiencing violence.

The Lancet article

The systematic review of violence against children will be published later this year. To inform and improve policy and practice in the field, further research is required to explore risk and protective factors and underlying causes for violence, as well as evidence for interventions which either help prevent violence against people with disabilities in the first place or improve outcomes for victims.

In the context of the Disability Studies Association annual conference in Lancaster, United Kingdom, to be held from 11-13 September 2012, WHO will host a roundtable presenting the evidence from the systematic reviews, together with papers on risk and protective factors and on the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions. In this regard, WHO is issuing a call for papers based on empirical data, whether from quantitative or qualitative social research. Papers which discuss the situation in low-income or middle-income countries will be prioritized. If you are a researcher, policy-maker or practitioner working in this area, and you would like to present a paper on violence or interventions to prevent violence, please contact Tom Shakespeare (shakespearet@...). Two bursaries of £500 are available to support participation by researchers from low-income or middle-income countries. The deadline for expressions of interest and abstracts is 16 April 2012.

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#4051

From: Anant Bhan <dranantbhan@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:48 am
Subject: Medical council scam: MCI secretary sacked

dranantbhan

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/medical-council-scam-mci-secretary-sacked/244312-3.html

Medical council scam: MCI secretary sacked

Seemi Pasha

CNN-IBN

New Delhi: The Health Ministry has sacked Medical Council of India Secretary Sangeeta Sharma. This comes days after CNN-IBN reported how she was blocking investigations into the Medical council scam.

"My appointment here is permanent. There is no question of deputation," Sharma earlier said.

Days after Sharma made that statement on CNN-IBN - her services at the Medical Coucil of India office have been terminated. The decision comes close on the heels of accusations that top MCI officials were not cooperating with vigilance investigations into scams.

CNN-IBN had earlier exposed how Sharma's appointment was questioned by the Health Ministry. CNN-IBN have now accessed letters written by MCI's Chief Vigilance Officer Simmi Nakra to the ministry alleging that MCI is blocking the probe by not giving relevant documents despite repeated reminders.

“No one has written any such letter to me,” Sharma said.

Another charge against Sharma was that she was bending rules to provide registration to ineligible candidates. A case in point is Anand Joe - an MBBS student who was found to have submitted a false marksheet of his intermediate examination.

The MCI recommended that an FIR be lodged against him in 2007. The case went into cold storage. But when Sharma took over last year, Anand Joe was provided a registration certificate, a license to practice medicine.

In a separate case, CNN-IBN has a copy of a letter written by Sri Lankan MP Jayalath Jayawardena to Sharma thanking her for going “out of her way” and allowing his son to undergo his internship abroad. This is in violation of MCI Undergraduate rules that say it is compulsory that all internships be done in India.

"There is a provision of doing this based on merit decision approved by board of governors," Sharma said.

Sharma may have gone out of the picture for now but it seems that the rot that had been plagued medical education for decades under Ketan Desai has begun to take root once again.

#4052

From: surendernikhil gupta <drsurendernikhil@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:50 am
Subject: Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

drsurendernikhil@...

-CERTAINLY IT IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY; AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE MEDICAL PUBLIC HEALTH TORCH.

-MAY GOD KEEP THE DEPARTED SOUL IN PEACE AND PROVIDE STRENGTH AND STAMINA TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY TO BEAR THIS IRREPARABLE LOSS.

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre,
Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India.
Pin-176001.

01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office)
Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil@...

drnikhilsurender@...

--- On Fri, 3/30/12, Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...> wrote:

From: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Subject: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
To:
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012, 9:25 PM

We all the members of IAPSM fraternity would like to pay our condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
We pray to the God that his soul may rest in peace in heaven.

We also pray, the almighty to give courage and strength to his family to bear this loss.

IAPSM Members may send their condolence messages to Dr.Anil Goswami ,Treasurer IAPSM, email id <anilgoswami55@...>.

All these messages will be compiled and forwarded to Mrs Bir Singh .

President, IAPSM

DR. BIR SINGH

Dr. Bir Singh, was born on 05 January 1956 . He completed his MBBS (1978) and M.D. (Community Medicine, 1984) – both from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He currently is a Faculty Member at AIIMS as Professor in Community Medicine. He also heads the AIDS Education & Training Cell of AIIMS as its Coordinator and is also the Faculty Incharge of Sex and Marriage counseling at AIIMS Hospital.

Besides being a Physician and a Community Health (Public Health) expert, his areas of interest are HIV/ AIDS Prevention; Health of Mothers and Children (Reproductive & Child Health); Counselling (Family Welfare; Sex & marriage) and Health Education. He has provided consultancies to many national & International organisations.

A prolific writer in English and Hindi, Dr. Bir Singh – apart from having 40 scientific articles & research papers in national and international medical journals – has also authored 19 books & booklets on health topics; more than 110 columns and articles on health in leading magazines and newspapers. He also has been a regular presenter of health programmes on Radio and T.V. with close to 200 programmes to his credit. Through the AIDS Education & Training Cell, Dr. Bir Singh operates a popular telephonic aids Helpline “Shubhchintak” (Phone No.011-265 88 333) as well as its internet based AIDS Helpline

“e-Shubhchintak" at http://www.aiims.edu/

His active contribution to his areas of interest has resulted in conferring of 3 National Awards of him in last 7 years apart from the Fellowship of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. He is also a member of or on the executive councils of many professional bodies as well as on editorial boards of some reputed journals.

E-mail address: birsingh43@...

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Puneet Misra <doctormisra@...> wrote:

With a sense of deep grief and sadness this is to inform the passing away of Dr. Bir Singh today, 30.03.2012.
The cremation will take place at Lado Sarai Cremation ground, Near Ahimsa Sthal behind Budha Statue at 4:30 PM.

Puneet Misra

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#4053

From: shyam chaturvedi <shyamchaturvedi@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:12 am
Subject: Re: Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

shyamchaturvedi

It is sad to hear of the untimely death of Dr. Bir Singh. He was a good freind and a colleague.

May God grant peace to the departed sould and give strength to the family to bear this irrepairable loss.

Prof. S.K Chaturvedi

From: surendernikhil gupta <drsurendernikhil@...>
To: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Cc: IAPSM <iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com>; Diseasesurveillance group <diseasesurveillance@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 31 March 2012 10:20 AM
Subject: [iapsm_youthmembers] Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin-176001.

01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office)Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil@...

drnikhilsurender@...

--- On Fri, 3/30/12, Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...> wrote:

From: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Subject: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
To:
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012, 9:25 PM

We all the members of IAPSM fraternity would like to pay our condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
We pray to the God that his soul may rest in peace in heaven.

We also pray, the almighty to give courage and strength to his family to bear this loss.

IAPSM Members may send their condolence messages to Dr.Anil Goswami ,Treasurer IAPSM, email id <anilgoswami55@...>.

All these messages will be compiled and forwarded to Mrs Bir Singh .

President, IAPSM

DR. BIR SINGH

Dr. Bir Singh, was born on 05 January 1956 . He completed his MBBS (1978) and M.D. (Community Medicine, 1984) – both from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He currently is a Faculty Member at AIIMS as Professor in Community Medicine. He also heads the AIDS Education & Training Cell of AIIMS as its Coordinator and is also the Faculty Incharge of Sex and Marriage counseling at AIIMS Hospital.

Besides being a Physician and a Community Health (Public Health) expert, his areas of interest are HIV/ AIDS Prevention; Health of Mothers and Children (Reproductive & Child Health); Counselling (Family Welfare; Sex & marriage) and Health Education. He has provided consultancies to many national & International organisations.

A prolific writer in English and Hindi, Dr. Bir Singh – apart from having 40 scientific articles & research papers in national and international medical journals – has also authored 19 books & booklets on health topics; more than 110 columns and articles on health in leading magazines and newspapers. He also has been a regular presenter of health programmes on Radio and T.V. with close to 200 programmes to his credit. Through the AIDS Education & Training Cell, Dr. Bir Singh operates a popular telephonic aids Helpline “Shubhchintak” (Phone No.011-265 88 333) as well as its internet based AIDS Helpline

“e-Shubhchintak" at http://www.aiims.edu/

His active contribution to his areas of interest has resulted in conferring of 3 National Awards of him in last 7 years apart from the Fellowship of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. He is also a member of or on the executive councils of many professional bodies as well as on editorial boards of some reputed journals.

E-mail address: birsingh43@...

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Puneet Misra <doctormisra@...> wrote:

With a sense of deep grief and sadness this is to inform the passing away of Dr. Bir Singh today, 30.03.2012.
The cremation will take place at Lado Sarai Cremation ground, Near Ahimsa Sthal behind Budha Statue at 4:30 PM.

Puneet Misra

--
Dr.Puneet Misra, MD, MPH (USA), PGDHHM, FIPHA
Associate Professor
Center for Community Medicine,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029,
India
Phone - +91-9868397372
http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/ccm/puneet_misra.htm

--
Dr. Umesh Kapil
*Professor Public Health Nutrition *
*Room Number 125; Human Nutrition Unit, *
*Old OT Block
*All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India ,110029
Mobile 91-9810609340

#4054

From: Anuja Pandey <anuja_2kn@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:25 am
Subject: Re: Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

anuja_2kn

Dr. Bir Singh shall continue to live with his work and his words.

May his soul rest in peace.

Dr. Anuja Pandey

From: shyam chaturvedi <shyamchaturvedi@...>
To: "iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com" <iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 31 March 2012 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [iapsm_youthmembers] Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

It is sad to hear of the untimely death of Dr. Bir Singh. He was a good freind and a colleague.

May God grant peace to the departed sould and give strength to the family to bear this irrepairable loss.

Prof. S.K Chaturvedi

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin-176001.

01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office) Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil@...

drnikhilsurender@...

--- On Fri, 3/30/12, Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...> wrote:

From: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Subject: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
To:
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012, 9:25 PM

We all the members of IAPSM fraternity would like to pay our condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
We pray to the God that his soul may rest in peace in heaven.

We also pray, the almighty to give courage and strength to his family to bear this loss.

IAPSM Members may send their condolence messages to Dr.Anil Goswami ,Treasurer IAPSM, email id <anilgoswami55@...>.

All these messages will be compiled and forwarded to Mrs Bir Singh .

President, IAPSM

DR. BIR SINGH

Dr. Bir Singh, was born on 05 January 1956 . He completed his MBBS (1978) and M.D. (Community Medicine, 1984) – both from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He currently is a Faculty Member at AIIMS as Professor in Community Medicine. He also heads the AIDS Education & Training Cell of AIIMS as its Coordinator and is also the Faculty Incharge of Sex and Marriage counseling at AIIMS Hospital.

Besides being a Physician and a Community Health (Public Health) expert, his areas of interest are HIV/ AIDS Prevention; Health of Mothers and Children (Reproductive & Child Health); Counselling (Family Welfare; Sex & marriage) and Health Education. He has provided consultancies to many national & International organisations.

A prolific writer in English and Hindi, Dr. Bir Singh – apart from having 40 scientific articles & research papers in national and international medical journals – has also authored 19 books & booklets on health topics; more than 110 columns and articles on health in leading magazines and newspapers. He also has been a regular presenter of health programmes on Radio and T.V. with close to 200 programmes to his credit. Through the AIDS Education & Training Cell, Dr. Bir Singh operates a popular telephonic aids Helpline “Shubhchintak” (Phone No.011-265 88 333) as well as its internet based AIDS Helpline

“e-Shubhchintak" at http://www.aiims.edu/

His active contribution to his areas of interest has resulted in conferring of 3 National Awards of him in last 7 years apart from the Fellowship of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. He is also a member of or on the executive councils of many professional bodies as well as on editorial boards of some reputed journals.

E-mail address: birsingh43@...

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Puneet Misra <doctormisra@...> wrote:

With a sense of deep grief and sadness this is to inform the passing away of Dr. Bir Singh today, 30.03.2012.
The cremation will take place at Lado Sarai Cremation ground, Near Ahimsa Sthal behind Budha Statue at 4:30 PM.

Puneet Misra

--
Dr.Puneet Misra, MD, MPH (USA), PGDHHM, FIPHA
Associate Professor
Center for Community Medicine,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029,
India
Phone - +91-9868397372
http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/ccm/puneet_misra.htm

--
Dr. Umesh Kapil
*Professor Public Health Nutrition *
*Room Number 125; Human Nutrition Unit, *
*Old OT Block
*All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India ,110029
Mobile 91-9810609340

#4055

From: kash h <drkash11@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:55 am
Subject: Re: Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

drkash11

Dr.Bir Singh was a Name to Reckon with,at

AIIMS and overall in community medicine..

I am shocked and at the same time sad to here about his untimely,sudden death.

May GOD give peace to departed soul and strength to his family to bear this loss.

Dr.Kashipa

It is sad to hear of the untimely death of Dr. Bir Singh. He was a good freind and a colleague.

May God grant peace to the departed sould and give strength to the family to bear this irrepairable loss.

Prof. S.K Chaturvedi

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin-176001.

01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office) Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil@...

drnikhilsurender@...

--- On Fri, 3/30/12, Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...> wrote:

From: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Subject: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
To:
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012, 9:25 PM

We all the members of IAPSM fraternity would like to pay our condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
We pray to the God that his soul may rest in peace in heaven.

We also pray, the almighty to give courage and strength to his family to bear this loss.

IAPSM Members may send their condolence messages to Dr.Anil Goswami ,Treasurer IAPSM, email id <anilgoswami55@...>.

All these messages will be compiled and forwarded to Mrs Bir Singh .

President, IAPSM

DR. BIR SINGH

Dr. Bir Singh, was born on 05 January 1956 . He completed his MBBS (1978) and M.D. (Community Medicine, 1984) – both from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He currently is a Faculty Member at AIIMS as Professor in Community Medicine. He also heads the AIDS Education & Training Cell of AIIMS as its Coordinator and is also the Faculty Incharge of Sex and Marriage counseling at AIIMS Hospital.

Besides being a Physician and a Community Health (Public Health) expert, his areas of interest are HIV/ AIDS Prevention; Health of Mothers and Children (Reproductive & Child Health); Counselling (Family Welfare; Sex & marriage) and Health Education. He has provided consultancies to many national & International organisations.

A prolific writer in English and Hindi, Dr. Bir Singh – apart from having 40 scientific articles & research papers in national and international medical journals – has also authored 19 books & booklets on health topics; more than 110 columns and articles on health in leading magazines and newspapers. He also has been a regular presenter of health programmes on Radio and T.V. with close to 200 programmes to his credit. Through the AIDS Education & Training Cell, Dr. Bir Singh operates a popular telephonic aids Helpline “Shubhchintak” (Phone No.011-265 88 333) as well as its internet based AIDS Helpline

“e-Shubhchintak" at http://www.aiims.edu/

His active contribution to his areas of interest has resulted in conferring of 3 National Awards of him in last 7 years apart from the Fellowship of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. He is also a member of or on the executive councils of many professional bodies as well as on editorial boards of some reputed journals.

E-mail address: birsingh43@...

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Puneet Misra <doctormisra@...> wrote:

With a sense of deep grief and sadness this is to inform the passing away of Dr. Bir Singh today, 30.03.2012.
The cremation will take place at Lado Sarai Cremation ground, Near Ahimsa Sthal behind Budha Statue at 4:30 PM.

Puneet Misra

--
Dr.Puneet Misra, MD, MPH (USA), PGDHHM, FIPHA
Associate Professor
Center for Community Medicine,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029,
India
Phone - +91-9868397372
http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/ccm/puneet_misra.htm

--
Dr. Umesh Kapil
*Professor Public Health Nutrition *
*Room Number 125; Human Nutrition Unit, *
*Old OT Block
*All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India ,110029
Mobile 91-9810609340

#4056

From: Sandeep Gunjal <sandeepgmc2006@...>
Date: Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:54 pm
Subject: Re: Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

sandeepgmc2006

Its irreparable loss for IAPSM.

Long live Dr Bir Singh Sir.

Regards,
Dr. Sandeep Suryabhan Gunjal,
MD (Community Medicine)

Assistant Professor,
Department of Preventive & Social Medicine,
Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital,

Parel, Mumbai-400012

Mob: +91-9011065584

'Prevention is better than cure.'

From: kash h <drkash11@...>
To: "iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com" <iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 31 March 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [iapsm_youthmembers] Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

Dr.Bir Singh was a Name to Reckon with,at

AIIMS and overall in community medicine..

I am shocked and at the same time sad to here about his untimely,sudden death.

May GOD give peace to departed soul and strength to his family to bear this loss.

Dr.Kashipa

It is sad to hear of the untimely death of Dr. Bir Singh. He was a good freind and a colleague.

May God grant peace to the departed sould and give strength to the family to bear this irrepairable loss.

Prof. S.K Chaturvedi

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin-176001.

01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office) Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil@...

drnikhilsurender@...

--- On Fri, 3/30/12, Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...> wrote:

From: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Subject: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
To:
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012, 9:25 PM

We all the members of IAPSM fraternity would like to pay our condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
We pray to the God that his soul may rest in peace in heaven.

We also pray, the almighty to give courage and strength to his family to bear this loss.

IAPSM Members may send their condolence messages to Dr.Anil Goswami ,Treasurer IAPSM, email id <anilgoswami55@...>.

All these messages will be compiled and forwarded to Mrs Bir Singh .

President, IAPSM

DR. BIR SINGH

Dr. Bir Singh, was born on 05 January 1956 . He completed his MBBS (1978) and M.D. (Community Medicine, 1984) – both from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He currently is a Faculty Member at AIIMS as Professor in Community Medicine. He also heads the AIDS Education & Training Cell of AIIMS as its Coordinator and is also the Faculty Incharge of Sex and Marriage counseling at AIIMS Hospital.

Besides being a Physician and a Community Health (Public Health) expert, his areas of interest are HIV/ AIDS Prevention; Health of Mothers and Children (Reproductive & Child Health); Counselling (Family Welfare; Sex & marriage) and Health Education. He has provided consultancies to many national & International organisations.

A prolific writer in English and Hindi, Dr. Bir Singh – apart from having 40 scientific articles & research papers in national and international medical journals – has also authored 19 books & booklets on health topics; more than 110 columns and articles on health in leading magazines and newspapers. He also has been a regular presenter of health programmes on Radio and T.V. with close to 200 programmes to his credit. Through the AIDS Education & Training Cell, Dr. Bir Singh operates a popular telephonic aids Helpline “Shubhchintak” (Phone No.011-265 88 333) as well as its internet based AIDS Helpline

“e-Shubhchintak" at http://www.aiims.edu/

His active contribution to his areas of interest has resulted in conferring of 3 National Awards of him in last 7 years apart from the Fellowship of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. He is also a member of or on the executive councils of many professional bodies as well as on editorial boards of some reputed journals.

E-mail address: birsingh43@...

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Puneet Misra <doctormisra@...> wrote:

With a sense of deep grief and sadness this is to inform the passing away of Dr. Bir Singh today, 30.03.2012.
The cremation will take place at Lado Sarai Cremation ground, Near Ahimsa Sthal behind Budha Statue at 4:30 PM.

Puneet Misra

--
Dr.Puneet Misra, MD, MPH (USA), PGDHHM, FIPHA
Associate Professor
Center for Community Medicine,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029,
India
Phone - +91-9868397372
http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/ccm/puneet_misra.htm

--
Dr. Umesh Kapil
*Professor Public Health Nutrition *
*Room Number 125; Human Nutrition Unit, *
*Old OT Block
*All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India ,110029
Mobile 91-9810609340

#4057

From: "Dr. Pradeep Kasar" <kasarpk@...>
Date: Sun Apr 1, 2012 12:10 pm
Subject: Re: Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

kasarpk

I am shocked to learn that Dr Bir Singh is no more.
He fought his illness very bravely.
Department of Community Medicine Jabalpur acknowledge and appreciate his contribution to the specialty.
May God give enough courage to his family to bear this loss.

Dr Kasar P K
Professor & head Department of Community Medicine
& All faculty of Department of Community Medicine Jabalpur
NSCB Medical College Jabalpur
9425359504

--- On Sat, 31/3/12, kash h <drkash11@...> wrote:

From: kash h <drkash11@...>
Subject: Re: [iapsm_youthmembers] Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
To: "iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com" <iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, 31 March, 2012, 2:25 PM

Dr.Bir Singh was a Name to Reckon with,at
AIIMS and overall in community medicine..
I am shocked and at the same time sad to here about his untimely,sudden death.

May GOD give peace to departed soul and strength to his family to bear this loss.

Dr.Kashipa

From: shyam chaturvedi <shyamchaturvedi@...>
To: "iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com" <iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 31 March 2012 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [iapsm_youthmembers] Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

It is sad to hear of the untimely death of Dr. Bir Singh. He was a good freind and a colleague.
May God grant peace to the departed sould and give strength to the family to bear this irrepairable loss.

Prof. S.K Chaturvedi

From: surendernikhil gupta <drsurendernikhil@...>
To: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Cc: IAPSM <iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com>; Diseasesurveillance group <diseasesurveillance@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 31 March 2012 10:20 AM
Subject: [iapsm_youthmembers] Re: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.

-CERTAINLY IT IS A TREMENDOUS LOSS TO THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY; AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE MEDICAL PUBLIC HEALTH TORCH.

-MAY GOD KEEP THE DEPARTED SOUL IN PEACE AND PROVIDE STRENGTH AND STAMINA TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY TO BEAR THIS IRREPARABLE LOSS.

Nikhil
Dr. Surender N. Gupta,
MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;
PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);
FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India. Pin-176001.
01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office) Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

E-mail IDs: drsurendernikhil@...
drnikhilsurender@...

--- On Fri, 3/30/12, Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...> wrote:

From: Prof. Umesh Kapil <umeshkapil@...>
Subject: We all members of IAPSM fraternity condole the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
To:
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012, 9:25 PM

We all the members of IAPSM fraternity would like to pay our condolences on the sudden and untimely demise of Prof. Bir Singh, General Secretary,IAPSM.
We pray to the God that his soul may rest in peace in heaven.

We also pray, the almighty to give courage and strength to his family to bear this loss.

IAPSM Members may send their condolence messages to Dr.Anil Goswami ,Treasurer IAPSM, email id <anilgoswami55@...>.

All these messages will be compiled and forwarded to Mrs Bir Singh .

President, IAPSM

DR. BIR SINGH

Dr. Bir Singh, was born on 05 January 1956 . He completed his MBBS (1978) and M.D. (Community Medicine, 1984) – both from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He currently is a Faculty Member at AIIMS as Professor in Community Medicine. He also heads the AIDS Education & Training Cell of AIIMS as its Coordinator and is also the Faculty Incharge of Sex and Marriage counseling at AIIMS Hospital.

Besides being a Physician and a Community Health (Public Health) expert, his areas of interest are HIV/ AIDS Prevention; Health of Mothers and Children (Reproductive & Child Health); Counselling (Family Welfare; Sex & marriage) and Health Education. He has provided consultancies to many national & International organisations.

A prolific writer in English and Hindi, Dr. Bir Singh – apart from having 40 scientific articles & research papers in national and international medical journals – has also authored 19 books & booklets on health topics; more than 110 columns and articles on health in leading magazines and newspapers. He also has been a regular presenter of health programmes on Radio and T.V. with close to 200 programmes to his credit. Through the AIDS Education & Training Cell, Dr. Bir Singh operates a popular telephonic aids Helpline “Shubhchintak” (Phone No.011-265 88 333) as well as its internet based AIDS Helpline

“e-Shubhchintak" at http://www.aiims.edu/

His active contribution to his areas of interest has resulted in conferring of 3 National Awards of him in last 7 years apart from the Fellowship of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. He is also a member of or on the executive councils of many professional bodies as well as on editorial boards of some reputed journals.

E-mail address: birsingh43@...

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Puneet Misra <doctormisra@...> wrote:

With a sense of deep grief and sadness this is to inform the passing away of Dr. Bir Singh today, 30.03.2012.
The cremation will take place at Lado Sarai Cremation ground, Near Ahimsa Sthal behind Budha Statue at 4:30 PM.

Puneet Misra

--
Dr.Puneet Misra, MD, MPH (USA), PGDHHM, FIPHA
Associate Professor
Center for Community Medicine,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029,
India
Phone - +91-9868397372
http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/departments/ccm/puneet_misra.htm

--
Dr. Umesh Kapil
*Professor Public Health Nutrition *
*Room Number 125; Human Nutrition Unit, *
*Old OT Block
*All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India ,110029
Mobile 91-9810609340

#4058

From: "Prof. Umesh Kapil" <umeshkapil@...>
Date: Mon Apr 2, 2012 7:56 am
Subject: Minutes of the Meeting of Action Group on Nutrition, MOHFW ,Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi

umeshkapil

For Information of group members

Minutes of the Meeting of Action Group on Nutrition, MOHFW

29^th July 2011

Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi

1. A meeting of the Action Group on Nutrition was organised on 29^th July 2011 at Nirman Bhawan under the Chairmanship of Dr. Umesh Kapil, Professor Department of Human Nutrition at AIIMS and Co chaired by Dr. Ajay Khera, Deputy Commissioner (CH & I). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss current interventions (under GOI programmes) for prevention and management of malnutrition, with special reference to SAM. It was proposed that interventions suggested by the expert group should be ‘doable’ and within the mandate and control of MOHFW.

2. Progress: It was pointed out that between NFHS 2 and 3, stunting has declined by 6%. There has been an average reduction of 0.9% /year in stunting while country like Thailand has achieved a rate of 2-3 % /year. Nutrition is linked to development and factors like 100% female literacy, community ownership, strong political commitment, leadership and resources ‘ad lib’ could have made a difference. In India, ICDS was supposed to bring about a similar change but could not make a significant dent.

3. Programmatic issues: While the nutrition interventions are relatively well understood, the challenge basically is effective operationalisation of the programme.

Nutrition requires both biomedical and social interventions. While biomedical interventions are understood, social interventions need to be understood further and evidence generated for behaviour change component.

A basket of interventions which are cost effective and known to make a difference should be included.

The interventions must be thought about carefully to understand if they are aimed at reducing overall morbidity and mortality or increasing body anthropometry. An economic review through cost benefit analysis is also required.

4. IYCF: Since the problem of under nutrition starts even before birth and soon thereafter, 75% of the problem can be tackled by focussing on first 6 months of life.

There are now new opportunities available with NRHM, which can be capitalised. With substantial increase in institutional delivery, early initiation of breastfeeding in health facilities must be promoted. 10 points for successful breastfeeding should be followed in health facilities.

VHND is an existing platform where the two ministries, MOHFW and MWCD, come together but this opportunity has largely remained unutilised. Experts emphasise that breastfeeding and IYCF practices is more about behaviour change and practices and therefore VHND can serve as a good platform for this purpose. In addition a sustained Behaviour Change Campaign is required, which goes beyond ASHA and AWW, and sets the momentum for a larger change in social norms around breastfeeding.

It is also required that IYCF be made part of Home Visits, outcomes measured and incentivised.

Nutrition Counselling Corners can be established at health facilities to promote IYCF practices and support breastfeeding among mothers who attend outpatient services with their children.

Reviving an accreditation process for Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative would be another important step.

IYCF should be emphasised in medical education, nursing and ANM colleges.

5. Growth Monitoring: Growth monitoring as an intervention by itself does not improve nutrition status; it just makes it visible and helps identify children who need extra care.

For growth monitoring to make a difference, it should be part of a comprehensive set of interventions that include family level counselling, community level counselling and training in IYCF. While growth is being monitored in some cases, counselling is not taking place under programmatic conditions.

ANMs and ASHA have to be trained in use of MCP cards, as the field level experience shows that certain terminologies are not clear to them. A clear training plan for MCP cards should be developed.

6. Aanemia: The understanding regarding what works in preventing and treating anaemia requires to be further deliberated. The causes of anaemia among children in India should be further studied as B12, folate and other deficiencies may exist.

A systematic review (to be published shortly) shows that 80% coverage by IFA supplementation, which is the only known intervention in the short term, can reduce prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia by 38-50%. However coverage with IFA as a prophylactic is quite low as this concept is not well understood by health providers.

Operational guideline for Iron Folic Acid Supplementation is required.

In order to increase coverage of IFA, the possibility of initiating it during the Biannual Rounds for Vitamin A supplementation could be considered and may require an operational research to see if this strategy works. However Vitamin A supplementation during Biannual rounds as a strategy does not exist across all states.

The supply scenario has improved with availability of IFA syrup; the supply of dispersible paediatric tablets should be considered. However supply is irregular; compliance and availability of paediatric IFA tablets/syrup is an issue. The quality of IFA tablets supplied and the bioavailability of iron must also be ensured.

Deworming as an intervention has no benefit in terms of nutrition status, minor benefit on haemoglobin level is possible.

For long terms impact on anaemia, other approaches should be thought about.

7. LBW: Intrauterine and Antenatal period being critical in terms of birth weight and first two years of life in terms of growth, special emphasis should be given to interventions that can be made during this period.

LBW babies can grow well if necessary support is provided by the health system. IYCF counsellors can be placed at Newborn facilities, so that babies born with LBW can be followed up and supported to grow optimally. All children born in facilities with newborn care units can be counselled (by nutrition counsellors) as also mothers with children in outpatient services.

For long terms impact, maternal malnutrition should be tackled so as to reduce the incidence of low birth weight babies.

8. SAM: Management of children with SAM is primarily the responsibility of MOHFW.

Since there are an estimated 8 million children with SAM, NRCs may not be the answer. Community based management is required to reach this large number of children.

Presently identification of SAM takes place at community level, but providers should also be sensitised to detect it also at health facility level.

For management of SAM, RUTF vs Home Based food is an ongoing discussion. The research channel is progressing, with in 1^st stage listing of proposals already done by SAM Alliance (MOHFW, Department of Health Research, Department of Biotechnology). Currently there is no evidence to straightaway recommend RUTF for managing SAM. Local diet can be used till further evidence is available.

Medical colleges (Departments of Paediatrics and Community Medicine) can play a role in management of SAM, by sensitising doctors, launching field initiatives, monitoring and follow up.

9. Monitoring: Presently there is no mechanism to assess regular progress of nutrition interventions and is mainly dependent on results from national surveys. An M and E system that is an integral part of the operational plan is required; monitoring tools have to be developed.

The best option would be to get nutrition monitoring institutionalised in the HMIS.

10. Institutional mechanisms: Many alliances, groups and CSOs are working in field of nutrition; new initiatives should be coordinated by MOHFW.

In order to draw high level attention, nutrition could be set up as a coordination unit or a separate department, headed by a Secretary level official. It can also be constituted as an overseeing authority under the Prime Minister’s Council.

Coordination within and between Ministries, Ministries and Planning Commission is important.

11. Dissemination of technical guidelines: Technical and operational guidelines should percolate down the system. Pre-placement training institutions should be provided with technical guidelines so that they are updated regarding new developments.

12. Convergence: NRHM and ICDS should consider developing a Unified District Action Plan so that the Ministries of Health and Woman & Child come together to review and fund it. Block should be taken as the primary unit for planning.

Goals and targets can be set at departmental level, roles of ground functionaries clarified so that they held accountable for respective outputs.

Nutrition should be a mandated topic for discussions held by various ministries and in the TRGs for Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health.

13. Over nutrition/Obesity: While undernutrition has become almost synonymous with malnutrition, the focus on obesity (an impending epidemic) is equally important.

National Policy on Non Communicable Diseases does not find mention about age group of 0-2 years and should be included as there is a connection between child health and NCD.

14. Other interventions: Single most important intervention which can impact nutrition status of children is to increase the age at marriage to 19 years. Conditional cash incentives are already there, they should also be linked to age at marriage.

The (UNICEF) conceptual framework for addressing malnutrition comprehensively should be brought back into programming. Food, water, safe drinking water, sanitation are public health interventions that need to be addressed in order to make a change to nutrition status of children.

Resources for ensuring food security are under consideration by Planning Commission. MOHFW must add to the advocacy efforts in order to see resources being secured for this purpose.

15. HR: Human resources, training and interventions in first two years of life remain the key issues for addressing nutrition. Worker: Family Ratio and capacity to counsel mothers are important issues in terms of coverage of nutrition interventions as is shown from experiences from Thailand.

More human resources are also required at central level (MOHFW) to deal with nutrition.

16. Forward steps: While advice and recommendations are valuable, it is important to describe how each of them can be put into implementation. Therefore, the key suggestions made during the meeting are bulleted in the section below (Annexure A) and the experts are requested to delineate specific details and indicate timelines for the same.

Annexure A

Key recommendations made by members of the Action Group on Nutrition

1. Existing platform of JSY, VHND, and VHSNC should be used for promoting IYCF and addressing nutrition issues.

2. Dedicated, focussed IEC, BCC strategy and campaign is required on nutrition.

3. Rapid coverage with IFA while ensuring the quality of Iron folic acid supplies is required to address anaemia.

4. Special attention to low birth babies is required; guidelines may be developed for quick reference by ANMs.

5. Monitoring of nutrition interventions should be made a part of institutional mechanism (HMIS).

6. Growth monitoring is screening process, but importantly it should be linked with action.

7. Human resources in terms of ‘Health Worker: Population Ratio’ should be taken into account; besides optimising human resources /team at block level. A gaps and situation analysis can be done at district level.

8. Policy on NCD should include children 0-2 years.

9. Malnutrition implies both under nutrition and obesity and should be taken into account in all future plans.

10. Food, water and sanitation have to be addressed as part of a comprehensive strategy to impact nutrition status.

11. Technical guidelines issued by the Ministry should be disseminated to training institutions, ANM training centres, medical and nursing colleges.

12. Nutrition Counselling Centres may be established in health facilities to support and counsel mothers/caregivers.

13. Nutrition should be an integral part of all discussions across ministries.

14. Unified District Action Plan can be developed, while considering district as one comprehensive unit.

15. Human resources at central level may be enhanced in terms of numbers

16. Setting up a National Technical support unit for nutrition (on similar lines as for HIV) can be considered.

17. Home visit for IYCF can be introduced and linked to cash incentives.

18. Group counselling should be undertaken for increasing breastfeeding rates (through VHND and any other available platform)

19. Role clarity of frontline workers is required.

20. Weight recording requires necessary logistics to be in place and the role of a logistics agency can be considered.

21. Ten steps for promotion of breastfeeding should be followed in health facilities.

22. Research priorities for nutrition must be identified.

23. Maternal malnutrition must be addressed to reduce child malnutrition.

Annexure B

List of participants

Chaired by: Dr. Umesh Kapil, Department of Human Nutrition, AIIMS, New Delhi

Co-Chaired by: Dr. Ajay Khera, Deputy Commissioner, CH&I

1. Dr. Pavitra Mohan, UNICEF

2. Dr. Kajali Paintal, UNICEF

3. Dr.Paul Francis, WHO India office

4. Dr. Nidhi Choudhary, WHO India Office

5. Dr. Rajiv Tandon, Save the Children

6. Dr. Arun Gupta, BPNI

7. Dr. H.P.S. Sachdeva, Sita Ram Bhartiya Institute, Delhi

8. Dr. S. Aneja, Kalawati Saran Hospital

9. Ms.Farheen Khurshid, WCD

10. Dr. S. Prema Devi, MWCD

11. Dr. Suneela Garg, Maulana Azad medical College

12. Dr. Karanveer Singh, UNICEF

13. Dr. Sila Deb, Assistant Commissioner, Child Health

14. Dr. Deepti Agrawal, Consultant Child Health Division

15. Dr. Manpreet Khurmi, Consultant

Dr. Umesh Kapil,
Professor , Public Health Nutrition,
Human Nutrition Unit,

Room Number 125 ,Old OT Block

All India Institute of Medical Sciences ,
New Delhi, 110029,India 110029
Mobile :09810609340,
Office 911126593383; Fax 911126588461

#4059

From: Subodh <subodhsgupta@...>
Date: Wed Apr 4, 2012 5:04 pm
Subject: Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time

subodhsgupta

Dear All,

For the first time, RGI office has uploaded the detailed SRS report on its website. You may visit�http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/srs.html�for the latest SRS report for year 2010.� This report was in news for the last few days.

It reports five points decline in the under-five mortality rate - down to 59.� So, if five points decline continues for the next five years, we will achieve MDG4 target of 42 /39 ???!!! The highest U5MR has been reported for Assam (83) followed by MP (82), UP (79), Odissa (78). The neonatal mortality rate for India is 33 and early neonatal mortality 25. You will find it surprising that neonatal mortality rate in rural Bihar and rural Jharkhand (32) is lower than that in rural Gujarat and rural Haryana (36)!

It also reports gradual increase in the sex ratio at birth - from 880 in 2003-05 to 905 in 2008-10.�

There are a loads of information in this report - you must go through it!

Thanks and best regards,
Subodh

________________________________

Dr. Subodh S Gupta,

#4060

From: Manasee Panda <manaseepanda@...>
Date: Thu Apr 5, 2012 2:16 pm
Subject: Re: Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time

manaseepanda

Dear Dr Subodh,

Thanks for this information.But I am not able open it as it requires password and username.Is there any other way I can access it?

With regards

Dr Manasee Panda

Associate Professor

Dept Of Community Medicine,

SCB Medical College,Cuttack

09337002271

--- On Wed, 4/4/12, Subodh <subodhsgupta@...> wrote:

From: Subodh <subodhsgupta@...>
Subject: [iapsm_youthmembers] Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time
To: "pg_snsph" <pg_snsph@yahoogroups.com>, iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com, "Medico Friends Circle" <mfriendcircle@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 10:34 PM

Dear All,

For the first time, RGI office has uploaded the detailed SRS report on its website. You may visit http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/srs.html for the latest SRS report for year 2010. This report was in news for the last few days.

It reports five points decline in the under-five mortality rate - down to 59. So, if five points decline continues for the next five years, we will achieve MDG4 target of 42 /39 ???!!! The highest U5MR has been reported for Assam (83) followed by MP (82), UP (79), Odissa (78). The neonatal mortality rate for India is 33 and early neonatal mortality 25. You will find it surprising that neonatal mortality rate in rural Bihar and rural Jharkhand (32) is lower than that in rural Gujarat and rural Haryana (36)!

It also reports gradual increase in the sex ratio at birth - from 880 in 2003-05 to 905 in 2008-10.

There are a loads of information in this report - you must go through it!

Thanks and best regards,
Subodh

________________________________

Dr. Subodh S Gupta,

#4061

From: "Dr. Pradeep Kasar" <kasarpk@...>
Date: Thu Apr 5, 2012 3:27 pm
Subject: Re: Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time

kasarpk

Dear All,

Please find attached SRS Bulletin December 2011

Dr Kasar P K
professor & Head
Department of Community Medicine
NSCB Medical College Jabalpur

--- On Wed, 4/4/12, Subodh <subodhsgupta@...> wrote:

From: Subodh <subodhsgupta@...>
Subject: [iapsm_youthmembers] Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time
To: "pg_snsph" <pg_snsph@yahoogroups.com>, iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com, "Medico Friends Circle" <mfriendcircle@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, 4 April, 2012, 10:34 PM

Dear All,

For the first time, RGI office has uploaded the detailed SRS report on its website. You may visit http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/srs.html for the latest SRS report for year 2010. This report was in news for the last few days.

It reports five points decline in the under-five mortality rate - down to 59. So, if five points decline continues for the next five years, we will achieve MDG4 target of 42 /39 ???!!! The highest U5MR has been reported for Assam (83) followed by MP (82), UP (79), Odissa (78). The neonatal mortality rate for India is 33 and early neonatal mortality 25. You will find it surprising that neonatal mortality rate in rural Bihar and rural Jharkhand (32) is lower than that in rural Gujarat and rural Haryana (36)!

It also reports gradual increase in the sex ratio at birth - from 880 in 2003-05 to 905 in 2008-10.

There are a loads of information in this report - you must go through it!

Thanks and best regards,
Subodh

________________________________

Dr. Subodh S Gupta,

1 of 1 File(s)

SRS

#4062

From: Subodh <subodhsgupta@...>
Date: Thu Apr 5, 2012 3:42 pm
Subject: Re: Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time

subodhsgupta

Dear Dr. Panda,

Which url did you click?�This site is not password protected. Please click the url:�� http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/srs.html�

Thanks and best regards,

Subodh

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Manasee Panda <manaseepanda@...> wrote:

�

Dear Dr Subodh,�
Thanks for this information.But I am not able open it as it requires password and username.Is there any other way I can access it?

With regards

Dr Manasee Panda
Associate Professor

Dept Of Community Medicine,
SCB Medical College,Cuttack�
09337002271

--- On Wed, 4/4/12, Subodh <subodhsgupta@...> wrote:

From: Subodh <subodhsgupta@...>
Subject: [iapsm_youthmembers] Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time
To: "pg_snsph" <pg_snsph@yahoogroups.com>, iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com, "Medico Friends Circle" <mfriendcircle@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 10:34 PM

�

Dear All,

For the first time, RGI office has uploaded the detailed SRS report on its website. You may visit�http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/srs.html�for the latest SRS report for year 2010.� This report was in news for the last few days.

It reports five points decline in the under-five mortality rate - down to 59.� So, if five points decline continues for the next five years, we will achieve MDG4 target of 42 /39 ???!!! The highest U5MR has been reported for Assam (83) followed by MP (82), UP (79), Odissa (78). The neonatal mortality rate for India is 33 and early neonatal mortality 25. You will find it surprising that neonatal mortality rate in rural Bihar and rural Jharkhand (32) is lower than that in rural Gujarat and rural Haryana (36)!

It also reports gradual increase in the sex ratio at birth - from 880 in 2003-05 to 905 in 2008-10.�

There are a loads of information in this report - you must go through it!

Thanks and best regards,
Subodh

________________________________

Dr. Subodh S Gupta,

--
Dr. Subodh S Gupta,
National Professional Officer (Child Health and Development)
WHO Country Office for India
3rd Floor, Shri Ram Bhartiya Kala Kendra
1, Copernicus Marg
New Delhi - 110001
Tel: +91-11-42595600 (GPN: 23276)
Mobile: +91-9650766472
Fax: + 91-11-23382252

#4063

From: "chowdhuryranadip" <chowdhuryranadip@...>
Date: Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:46 am
Subject: Enquiry regarding validation

chowdhuryran...

Respected sir,
I do want to do translate WHOQOL-BREF in Bengali and then validate it. Please
any body can help me out regarding this by providing some articles in
translation and validation.
with regards,

Dr. Ranadip Chowdhury
PGT
Dept. of Community Medicine
R.G Kar Medical College
Kolkata

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#4064

From: karthick balajee laksham <dr.balajeelaksham@...>
Date: Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:13 pm
Subject: Budget 2012- health sector

dr.balajeela...

Dear all,

Good morning.

I have collected the health aspects of India's budget 2012-2012,presented two days ago in the parliament.

I used the Pdf released by finance ministry http://indiabudget.nic.in/bspeecha.asp and

Lok sabha tv video of finance minister presenting the budget http://budgetlive.nic.in/2011/index.html.

At the end of this mail ,i have given all the news paper links which i could get till now.

The important features related to health in this budget are:

1) Fund allocated for health sector - Rs 30,477 for 2012-13 ,compared to Rs 26,760 crore in 2011-12.(14% increase)

2) Allocation for department of health and family welfare -increased from Rs 23,560 crore to Rs 27,127 crore.(15 % increase)

3) Allocation to NRHM increased to Rs 20,822 crore in 2012-13, (from Rs 18,115 crore in 2011-12).

4) National Urban Health Mission launched to take care the primary healthcare needs of urban people.

5) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme is strengthened and re-structured.Rs15,850 crore allotted for 2012-13, compared to Rs 10,000 crore in 2011-12.(58 % increase).

6) Budget for rural drinking water and sanitation increased to 14,000 crore in 2012-13, from Rs 11,000 crore in 2011-12 (27 % increase).

7)Mid Day Meals Programme in Schools −Rs 11,937 crore allotted as against Rs 10,380 crore in 2011-12.

8) National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) −8,447 crore allocated for 2012-13 as against Rs 6,158 crore in 2011-12 (37 % increase)

9) National Mission for Protein Supplement-To improve productivity in the dairy sector(2,242 crore),increase production of fish (500 crore).

10) The National Food Security Bill, 2011 is before the Parliamentary Standing Committee.

11) Public Distribution System Network is being created using Aadhaar platform. A National Information Utility for the computerisation of PDS is created-will become operational by December 2012.

12) Allocation for National Aids Control Organization (NACO) remains same as that of last year-Rs 1,700 crore.

In that Rs 722.12 crore will be given to state AIDS Control Societies ,Rs 487.29 crore for procurements,Rs 234 crore for supply of Condoms, Rs 170 crore for the schemes in North-Eastern areas.

13) Budget for some research institutes and hospitals

AIIMS -Rs.1,022 crore.

Safdarjung Hospital- Rs.467 crore as compared to Rs.345 crore last year.

Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital -Rs. 322 crore as compared to Rs.283 crore last year.

Lady Hardinge Medical College-Rs. 223 crore as against Rs. 194 crore in the previous year.

PGI Chandigarh-Rs.546 crore as against Rs.470 crore.

14) No new case of polio was reported in the last one year. Rs.789 crore budget for the pulse polio program.

15) Setting up of new integrated vaccine unit near Chengalpattu (Chennai) at an estimated cost of Rs 594 crore. The unit will produce six vaccines like Hepatitis B, pentavalent vaccine, Japanese Encephalitis, measles, HIB and anti-rabies for the universal immunization programme that targets 2.7 crore infants and 3 crore pregnant women every year.

16) Six Life Saving Drugs Exempted from Excise Duty -

1)raltegravir potassium for HIV

2)rotavirus vaccine

3)pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine for thalassemia

4)posaconazole for life threatening fungal infection

5)temsirolimus for renal cell carcinoma

6)natalizumab for multiple sclerosis.

17) The scope of ASHA’s( Accredited Social Health Activist)is enlarged.

They include

a) prevention of Iodine Deficiency Disorders.

b)ensuring 100 per cent immunisation and

c)better spacing of children.

More active role is given to ASHA -as the convenor of Village Health and Sanitation Committee and to support the initiative on malnutrition.

18) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls, SABLA - Rs750 crore allotted for 2012-13

19) The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)-setting up of AIIMS-like institutionsand upgradation of existing Government medical colleges

Six such centres will be established in Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) in the first phase.

Each hospital will have 960 beds and will provide undergraduate medical education to 100 students per year. Postgraduate and postdoctoral courses will also be offered.

20) Under Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme and Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme for BPL beneficiaries, the monthly pension raised from Rs 200 to Rs 300.

21) On death of the breadwinner (18 to 64 years) of a BPL family lump sum of Rs 20,000 will be provided under National Family Benefit scheme. presently it is Rs10,000.

22) Concessional customs duty of 2.5% along with reduced excise duty of 6% on iodine. To support iodized salt inorder to prevent iodine deficiency disorders

23) The basic customs duty on probiotics will be reduced from 10% to 5%.

24) The Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy(AYUSH) gets Rs 990 crore in for 2012-13, compared to Rs 900 crore for 2011-12.(increase of 10%)

25) Multi-sectoral Nutrition Augmentation Programme-to address maternal and child malnutrition in selected 200 high burden districts.

26)Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) gets Rs 710 crore,as against Rs 610.85 crore in 2011-12..

27)Undergoing a preventive health check-up will help a consumer save tax up to Rs 5,000.

28)Prices of medicines may go up by 2-3 % due to increase in excise duty .There is also 2% service tax hike.

29)Insurance - including life, health- will become expensive because of two percentage increase in service tax.

30)Increase in the basic excise duty on cigarettes by adding an ad valorem component of 10 per cent to the existing specific rates. It would be chargeable on 50 per cent of the retail sale price mentioned on the pack

Increase in excise duty on hand-rolled bidis from Rs. 8 to Rs. 10 per 1,000 and on machine-rolled bidis from Rs. 19 to Rs. 21 per 1,000.

Paan masala, gutkha, chewing tobacco, under compounded levy scheme.So they will be more expensive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HziikcUT68

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/budget-2012-preventive-health-check-to-save-tax-up-to-rs-5000/articleshow/12302670.cms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HziikcUT68&context=C47bd5abADvjVQa1PpcFO-wNcTiuzU5bHa6BAQnzlfT8JswZsKFB8=

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/budget-2012-full-text-of-pranab-mukherjees-speech/239808-53.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/budget-2012/union-budget/Life-insurance-no-longer-a-savings-grace/articleshow/12299551.cms

http:/headlinesindia.mapsofindia.com/government-policy-news/union-budget/health-budget-reassuring-welcomed-by-industry-104341.html

http://www.firstpost.com/economy/budget2012-health-sector-gets-rs-34488-cr-up-13-24-247675.html

http://health.india.com/news/union-budget-2012-cheaper-drugs-better-health-services-for-the-poor/

://health.india.com/news/union-budget-2012-with-rs-1124-cr-aiims-gets-max-budgetary-allocation-among-hospitals-and-research-institutes/

http://health.india.com/news/union-budget-2012-better-healthcare-services-for-the-poor/

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx H

With regards,

Dr.Karthik Balajee,

Junior Resident,

Centre for Community Medicine,

AIIMS.

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#4065

From: Abhishek Singh <mail2aks1@...>
Date: Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:09 am
Subject: Re: compendium of e mails sent to group members in 2007 and 2008 [1 Attachment]

mail2aks1

Respected sir, its very informative and useful for us. kindly forward me for other years also as i have joined recently.
thanking you.

your sincerely,
Dr Abhishek

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#4066

From: "kgoswami1982" <kgoswami1982@...>
Date: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:24 am
Subject: IPHS

kgoswami1982

HELLO, GUD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

MY THESIS TOPIC IS TO EVALUATE THE PHCs IN ACCORDANCE WITH IPHS. PLS HELP ME ON
THAT.

DR.KALPESH.

1ST YEAR RESIDENT
M.D PSM

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#4067

From: "mustaque" <mustaquedoc@...>
Date: Thu Apr 5, 2012 2:29 pm
Subject: Re: Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time

mustaquedoc

Respected members,

     The report is available at the following link...
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/vital_statistics/srs/Chap_4_-_2010.pdf

Dr.Mustaque Ahmed
PG Student(3rd year)
Community Medicine
Gauhati Medical College,Guwahati

#4068

From: suraj senjam <surajsenjam@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2012 4:19 am
Subject: Re: Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time

surajsenjam

Dear Manasee
you copy the link and paste. it will open
regards

Dr. Suraj Senjam (MD Community Medicine)
Senior Medical Officer
Advance Trauma Center
PGIMER, Chandigarh.
e-mail:surajsenjam@...
Mobile: 8872896676

--- On Thu, 5/4/12, Manasee Panda <manaseepanda@...> wrote:

From: Manasee Panda <manaseepanda@...>
Subject: Re: [iapsm_youthmembers] Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time
To: iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 5 April, 2012, 7:46 PM

Dear Dr Subodh,
Thanks for this information.But I am not able open it as it requires password and username.Is there any other way I can access it?
With regards

Dr Manasee Panda
Associate Professor
Dept Of Community Medicine,
SCB Medical College,Cuttack
09337002271

--- On Wed, 4/4/12, Subodh <subodhsgupta@...> wrote:

From: Subodh <subodhsgupta@...>
Subject: [iapsm_youthmembers] Detailed SRS report uploaded on Census India site for the first time
To: "pg_snsph" <pg_snsph@yahoogroups.com>, iapsm_youthmembers@yahoogroups.com, "Medico Friends Circle" <mfriendcircle@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 10:34 PM

Dear All,

For the first time, RGI office has uploaded the detailed SRS report on its website. You may visit http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/srs.html for the latest SRS report for year 2010. This report was in news for the last few days.

It reports five points decline in the under-five mortality rate - down to 59. So, if five points decline continues for the next five years, we will achieve MDG4 target of 42 /39 ???!!! The highest U5MR has been reported for Assam (83) followed by MP (82), UP (79), Odissa (78). The neonatal mortality rate for India is 33 and early neonatal mortality 25. You will find it surprising that neonatal mortality rate in rural Bihar and rural Jharkhand (32) is lower than that in rural Gujarat and rural Haryana (36)!

It also reports gradual increase in the sex ratio at birth - from 880 in 2003-05 to 905 in 2008-10.

There are a loads of information in this report - you must go through it!

Thanks and best regards,
Subodh

________________________________

Dr. Subodh S Gupta,

#4069

From: Dr RK Sood <drrksood@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2012 7:40 am
Subject: Re: IPHS

dr_rksood

Dear�Kalpesh,

�

Select certain key parameters from IPHS dcoument ( as per relevance and importance) and develop a brief�observation�checklist�& interview schedule accordingly, and pre test it. Try to work more on modifiable variables, as those recommendations are implementable.

�

Take care to not make it too lengthy, else the data quality and reponses will be poor. You make make dummy tables of results, to learn which variables of data you need and corresponding questions/ data requirements.

�

Work out your study area, sample size and then proceed with sampling and data collection after consulting all stakeholders.

Wishing you good luck in your endavour,

�

Dr RK Sood

Visit us on�www.facebook.com/redribbonclub

�

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM, kgoswami1982 <kgoswami1982@...> wrote:

�

HELLO, GUD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

MY THESIS TOPIC IS TO EVALUATE THE PHCs IN ACCORDANCE WITH IPHS. PLS HELP ME ON THAT.

DR.KALPESH.

1ST YEAR RESIDENT
M.D PSM

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#4070

From: surendernikhil gupta <drsurendernikhil@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2012 11:19 am
Subject: Influenza outbreaks in nursing homes with high vaccination coverage in Navarre, Spain, 2011/12

drsurendernikhil@...

http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20141

Influenza outbreaks in nursing homes with high vaccination coverage in Navarre, Spain, 2011/12

Thank you very much.
With warm personal regards,

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

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#4071

From: surendernikhil gupta <drsurendernikhil@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2012 11:21 am
Subject: Do Mobile Phones Cause Brain Tumors?

drsurendernikhil@...

http://www.jpmsonline.com/jpms-vol2-issue2-pages64-67-ep.html

Do Mobile Phones Cause Brain Tumors?

Nikhil

Dr. Surender N. Gupta,

MBBS; PGDHHM;PGDMCH;

PGDCHFWM;FAIMS;;MA (Phil);

FIMS;MAE (Epidemiology); OCCRTI
Faculty, Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre,
Chheb, Kangra-Himachal Pradesh, India.
Pin-176001.

01892-265472 (Fax); 01892-263472 (Office)
Mobile: 094181-28634.

-Editorial Board Member_African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

-Member_National Editorial Advisory Board_Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics

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#4072

From: Ganeshkumar <gane_spm@...>
Date: Fri Apr 6, 2012 5:10 pm
Subject: Re: IPHS

gane_spm

Dear dr.kalpesh,

Check out the IPHS facility survey instrument for phc.

That's a good questionnaire to evaluate the services.

Regards

Dr.P.Ganeshkumar

Assistant Professor

Community medicine

SRM University

Chennai

On 18-Mar-2012, at 11:54 AM, "kgoswami1982" <kgoswami1982@...> wrote:

HELLO, GUD MORNING TO EVERYONE.

MY THESIS TOPIC IS TO EVALUATE THE PHCs IN ACCORDANCE WITH IPHS. PLS HELP ME ON THAT.

DR.KALPESH.

1ST YEAR RESIDENT
M.D PSM

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#4073

From: "Dr. Kapil Yadav" <dr_kapilyadav@...>
Date: Sat Apr 7, 2012 6:41 am
Subject: Re: Budget 2012- health sector

dr_kapilyadav