Monday 7 January 2013

VALEDICTORY FUNCTION



 

The curtain was drawn down, marking the end of DYUTI 2013, International Conference on Global Public Health on 5thJan 2013. The valedictory function started at 3:30pm at the Golden Aureole. The chief guest of the day was Dr. Beena K.V, State Programme Manager, NRHM. The programme was honored by the presence of Dr. Antony Kariyil, Director, Rajagiri Group of Institutes, Dr. Mary Venus Joseph, Dean and Administrator of RCSS, Dr. Anish K.R and Dr. M.K. Joseph, Faculty, RCSS and the student coordinator- Ms. Swapna Madonna K. and Mr. Thomas S. Dr. Mary Venus Joseph, delivered the welcome address stating that the programme was a grant success. After which Dr. Anish K.R, who was also the faculty coordinator of DYUTI 2013, presented the highlights of the whole conference. Dr. Antony Kariyil in his presidential address reminded the group of students and faculty from around the globe of 3 important components for a healthy life. Which includes -
·         A balanced diet
·         Regular exercise
·         Trust in almighty
Dr. Beena K.V. also in her address congratulated the students and faculty of RCSS for providing excellence in learning. She spoke about giving importance to community extension programmes in India for bringing about a healthy future in Kerala. this has been achieved through community mobilizers like – Accredited Social health Activists (ASHA) in Kerala. She also stressed on prevention of various communicable and non- communicable diseases.
Dr. M.K. joseph brought out the action plan that was formulated from the discussions at the conference, which Rajagiri intends to apply to the community through fieldwork and community extension programmes.
This was followed by felicitations by Dr. Jed Metzger, Professor. Nazareth College, USA, Dr. Thomas O’Hare, Professor, Boston College and Dr. Simon M Kang’ethe, Senior Lecturer, University of Fort Hare. The vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Swapna Madonna K.








Saturday 5 January 2013

RECAP- 2ND Day - 4TH JAN. 2013


RECAP- 2ND Day - 4TH JAN. 2013


The second phase of DYUTI International Conference on Global Public Health started at 9:15am. Officially there were 2 plenary common sessions at the golden aureole and then concurrent session 4 was held at various venues in the campus.
Prof. Jed Metzger, professor from Nazareth College, USA, chaired the first plenary session held at golden aureole. The main topic for discussion was Emerging Paradigms in Global Public Health. 
The second plenary session was also held at golden aureole. The discussion was mainly focused on Public Health Practice Scenarios. This session was chaired by Prof. Raju Varghese, from university of Maryland, Baltimore, USA. The chair concluded the session by describing the system of medicine in kerala and the usage by people.
After lunch concurrent sessions were held at 4 main venues. 
Concurrent sessions organized at Golden Aureole was chaired by Rev. Joye James and there were 4 presentation in the venue based on the topic Public Health Governance. 
The second concurrent session was held at Fr. Jose Alex hall. Dr. Cherian P. Kurian chaired this session. The main topic for discussion was public health concerns. 
The third concurrent session on the topic life skills and social work initiatives was held at majestic hall. The session was chaired by Dr. Sr. Lizzy P.J. 
The 4th concurrent session was held at imperial hall it was chaired by Fr. Saju M.D. the topic for discussion was public health challenges and interventions and presentations were made by Mr.Kiran Thampi, Dr. Rajalakshmi, Nagesha H.V, Neha Dwivedi and Dr.Leena Leon. 
With the panel discussion on life style diseases at the golden aureole the sessions of the day came to an end. This session was chaired by Mr. SonyKutty George. The discussions mainly focused on the diseases like cancer and diabetics, which are pronouncements of the careless lifestyle of the new generations. The discussion also focused on the opportunities for the social workers in cancer care by giving positive strokes and family support to the patients to do away with the negative thinking and traumatized atmosphere attached to the illness. Social support plays a significant role in the betterment of the quality of life of the patients. The Indian systems of Medicines especially Ayurveda and Yoga could play significant role in controlling the life style diseases of the modern age by dynamic integration of body and mind and environment.
In the evening, the students of Rajagiri exhibited a beautiful blend of the cultures in India in the form of dance, songs and theme based programs in the cultural eve, TARANG held at the open stage darshanam.


Friday 4 January 2013

PLENARY SESSION



Day 2, Friday, 4-01-2013

1st plenary session

EMERGING PARADIGMS IN GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Time                             :  9.15- 11.00 am
Venue                           : Golden Aureole 

Chair                       : Prof Jed Metzger, Nazareth College, USA.

Dr. Gopala Krishnan was the first presenter. He presented about Public Health Intervention in Communicable Diseases.  He mentioned about the various types of diseases and classified it into three.

·        Communicable
·        Non-communicable
·        Mental health diseases

 The major focus should be on prevention than treatment also eradication, elimination and control of diseases should be taken care of. The major question that needs to be answered by the medical professionals is the drastic change in disease pattern. Life expectancy and its relation to modern medical progress (is directly proportional in his observation). Vaccination is at most necessary to prevent certain communicable diseases. The water pollution in Kerala is one of the contributing reasons for the increase in communicable diseases (especially vector bone diseases).

Recommendations
Intervention in public health should include
Health promotion
Specific protection
Curative service
Rehabilitation


Dr. Junaid Rahaman presented about Emerging Public Health Issues and Challenges in Global and Regional Contexts. The major points of discussion were the Emergence of diseases i.e. the diseases once eradicated are re occurring. According to statistical data the no. of people dying from communicable diseases are 17 million which would be much more. The vaccination has a major role in prevention and eradication of diseases. Dengue fever is one of the most common disease that needs to be addressed seriously.


Recommendations
Vaccinations are necessary and play a key role in prevention of diseases. Free medicines should be provided to improve health status.
Dr. Giridhar R Babu presented about Public Health Intervention in the Context of Communicable Diseases. The major points discussed were the factors affecting heath, the differences in the health statistics in various states of the nation etc. The Right to heath is the basic right of every one and hence pure air water rand food should be given.  He also pointed out that “We should aim to “reach the unreached “.

Recommendations
The expenditure on primary health care should account for at least 70% of all heath care expenses and should give general information and should facilitate promotion. 



                                                     CHAIRPERSON : Prof Jed Metzger


                                                                Dr. Gopala Krishan

                                                                     Dr. Junid Rehman
                                                             
                                                                Dr. Giridner Babu







 Day 2, Friday, 4-01-2013



Plenary session 2



PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE SCENARIOS



Time                    : 11.30- 1.15

Venue                  : Golden Aureole



Chair                   : Prof. Raju Varghese, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.



Three resource persons presented in this session.

o   Dr. Sreehari M-  Govt. Response to Public Health Needs: The NRHM

i)        The main topic of discussion was about Healthy Kerala, Arogyakeralam. Dr. Sreehari stressed about the five year experience of Arogyakeralam, major achievements, innovations and initiatives. Major initiatives of Kerala in the field of NRHM are making doctors available in all levels, re-orienting ASHA’s to look after NCDS- a major step in the context of State. E-banking, pain and palliative care, floating dispensary, hospitals getting a facelift, school health programme are also part of the initiatives. He added that the state of Kerala has been facing critical shortage of manpower in medical care. The presentation concluded by focusing on the major challenges faced by NRHM. They are Ineffective REFERRAL system - Quality of care, too much thrust on curative care & decreasing priority for preventive & promotive care, lack of safe drinking water, issues on sanitation & hygiene esp. in urban areas, critical shortage of man power etc.

o   Mr. Sonnykutty George-   Women and children and health in the context of Millenium Development Goals(MDGs)

ii)       Mr. Sonnykutty focused on child mortality and maternal health among the eight millennium development goals. In Kerala infant mortality rate is twelve percent while in Madhya Pradesh, it is sixty seven percent. He stressed that India will not achieve Millennium Developmental Goals for  child survival by 2015. The reason is the high level of neonatal mortality. In the maternal health, he talked about adolescent pregnancies and childbirth and the spacing between two childbirths.

o   Dr. Claudia Lang-   Integrating Ayurveda into Public Mental Health in Kerala.

iii)     Dr.Claudia Lang focused  on three kinds of therapy (cikitsā) in Sutrasthanam, (Caraka Samhita) (11.54) that  spiritual treatment, rational or medical  treatment and  psychotherapy (refraining the mind from unwholesome objects’, ‘controlling’, ‘disciplining’ or ‘winning the mind’, ‘self-control’). She suggested that KSMHA should integrate Ayurveda into its programmes, NMHP and DMHP should include ayurvedic psychiatrists, psychiatric departments in all ayurveda colleges, psychiatric units in all district ayurveda hospitals, more teaching hours on mental health in BAMS syllabus, to create awareness of ayurvedic general physicians and to promote research in ayurvedic psychiatry. She thrusted to acknowledge ayurvedic psychiatry as a valuable approach towards mental health


                                              
                                                 CHAIRPERSON : - Prof.Raju Varghese

                                                     
                                                                      Dr.Sreehari M
             
                                                                   Dr.Claudia Lang
                                                               
                                                                   Mr.Sonny kutty










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