by iphindia | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog, Chronic Health Conditions, Internship, Latest Updates, Public Health Seminars
Understanding public policy around tobacco use is required to understand the conflicts of interests of state and non-state actors in India. My work revolved around mapping concerns on tobacco expressed as debates by the parliamentary elected representatives by sourcing the official archives of loksabha and rajyasabha.
Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru
#250, 2nd C Main, 2nd C Cross,
Girinagar Ist Phase,
Bengaluru – 560085
by iphindia | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog, Chronic Health Conditions, Latest Updates
Tobacco cessation counselling in NIMHANS, field visits to the primary health care center and the qualitative data analysis of the interest of people’s representatives in the Lok Sabha on tobacco and tobacco related products in India
Institute of Public health
#250, 2nd C Main, 2nd C Cross,
Girinagar Ist Phase,
Bengaluru – 560085
by iphindia | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog, Chronic Health Conditions, post_slider, Research
CUTS International in partnership with Centre for Environment & Development (CED) organized a Regional Meeting on ‘Road safety – Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 & Way Forward’ in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on July 14, 2017. Adv. Mathew T. Thomas (Minister for Water Resources, Govt. of Kerala and former Minister for Transport), inaugurated the meeting
About 100 participants, including delegates from 7 states, attended the workshop.
Pragati Hebbar of Institute of Public Health participated in the meeting. by iphindia | Jun 9, 2017 | Advocacy, Blog, Chronic Health Conditions, Latest Updates
As part of his UK visit, Upendra Bhojani of the Institute of Public Health (Bengaluru) visited the Durham University. Prof. Andrew Russell at the Department of Anthropology (Durham University), who has been doing pioneering work in area of tobacco control, facilitated this visit. They exchanged ideas for collaborative work in area of tobacco control including contributions of arts and humanities in enhancing tobacco control. Upendra engaged with collaborators of the ‘life of breath’ project and the Director (Prof. Jane Macnaughton) of the Centre for Medical Humanities at the Durham University.
by iphindia | Jun 1, 2017 | Advocacy, Blog, Chronic Health Conditions, Latest Updates
The Consortium for Tobacco Free Karnataka (a group of individuals and organizations working towards tobacco free Karnataka) in collaboration with the state (Karnataka State Anti Tobacco Cell) and municipal (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike) governments organized events at the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute to commemorate the World No Tobacco Day (May 31, 2017).
The day witnessed various events including
- a rally to raise awareness on tobacco harms,
- launch of a video raising awareness on substance abuse,
- motivational speeches by senior leaders,
- a panel discussion and
- an orientation program for health inspectors of the Bengaluru municipal corporation.
Upendra Bhojani of the Institute of Public Health participated as a speaker in the panel discussion on how we could achieve tobacco free Bengaluru.
by iphindia | May 27, 2017 | Blog, Chronic Health Conditions, Health Equity and Evaluation, Latest Updates
On May 26 (2017), the Institute of Public Health (Bengaluru) organized a workshop on making cities socially inclusive. This was the first in a series of workshops on this theme aimed at building a network of stakeholders (researchers, academicians, practitioners, and policymakers) interested/engaged making cities socially inclusive. The workshop saw participation from 23 individuals from varied disciplinary and institutional backgrounds.
