by iphindia | Aug 19, 2014 | Latest Updates
Regular Public Health seminars are held at the Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru to discuss the various aspects of research like study design, research methodology and provide with critical feedback to the presenters
This is open for all the interested
academicians/researchers from outside.
Date: 26-August-2014
Time: 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm
Venue: Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru (For directions click here)
| Speaker |
Topic |
Time |
|
Dr. Upendra Bhojani,
Faculty & PhD scholar,
IPH, Bangalore
|
“Health service intervention to improve care for people with chronic conditions: Findings from quasi-experimental study in KG Halli, Bangalore” |
2.30-4.00 pm |
| Dr. Narayana Swamy, Deputy Director, (SAST)Bangalore |
Healthcare costing- An overview, drill down and demystifying. |
4.00-5.00 pm |
contact: training@iphindia.org
+91 80 26421929
by iphindia | Jun 18, 2014 | Latest Updates
On May 13th & 14th 2014, Institute of Public Health, Bangalore and Tumkur District health and family welfare office organized two-day training programme for government doctors & pharmacists on management of Diabetes and Hypertension in Primary Health Centres at Naveen Regency in Tumkur. This training programme was organized as a part of the Access to Medicines research project supported by the World Health Organisation’s Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, Geneva, Switzerland. Several resource persons from public health institute from bangalore participated in the programme. The programme was also supported by the Karnataka Medical Council.
Dr. Channamallayya, the district health officer of Tumkur releasing the training manual for PHC doctors on management of Diabetes and Hypertension
Dr. Purushottam, District Surveillance officer, Tumkur addressing the gathering after inaugurating the street play
by iphindia | Jun 18, 2014 | Latest Updates
Dr. Purushottam, District Surveillance officer, Tumkur addressing the gathering after inaugurating the street play
Street play in progress at Bukpatna of Korategere taluka
Diabetes, Hypertension, Stroke and other non-communicable diseases are on the rise in India. Different factors contribute to the incidence of these illnesses such as changing lifestyle, food habits, and addiction to alcohol and tobacco products.These diseases require continuous and lifelong medicines as well as several lifestyle modifications such as physical activity, healthy food habits and stress-free lifestyle.
To spread awareness about these diseases and the importance of life style modification, Institute of Public Health, Bangalore and Tumkur District health and family welfare office organised a series of street plays in select talulas of Tumkur district. This was organized as a part of the Access to Medicines research project supported by the World Health Organisation’s Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (WHO- Alliance). The inauguration of this street play was on 6th June, 2014.
by iphindia | Jan 22, 2014 | Latest Updates
Health Inc team stands tall at Singapore
The Health Systems in Asia conference was organised jointly by Social Science & Medicine and the National University of Singapore (NUS) from 13-16 Dec 2013 at NUS, Singapore. The Health Inc team from IPH presented three posters and one oral session at the conference.
You can view these presentations at the links provided below:
The four-day event was kickstarted with insightful opening remarks by the president of NUS on the current complexity of health systems and the perception of health care as a human right. The entire event was organised as a sequential series of parallel sessions. The opening session focused on governance of pluralistic health systems and provided many practical examples to establish pros and cons of such a system. Other sessions dealt with themes like versatile health systems in Asia, exploring trends in different Asian countries, the major barriers to achieve objectives, and strategies to deal with such barriers and future perspectives. The conference witnessed various debates & discussions on important topics like impact of health financing, cost containment strategies, health literacy, emerging health challenges in Asia, governance and regulation within health systems and management of drug distribution and availability. The poster sessions were equally informative in communicating interesting work by researchers across Asia. The conference used an innovative approach for capturing more feedback & suggestions on posters by using a smartphone app called “Poster in my pocket”. ( http://www.healthsystemsasia.com/conference-posters.html )
The list of oral presentations and poster presentations in the conference are available at the links provided:
Overall, it was a thrilling experience to participate in such an intellectual gathering of researchers, managers, teachers and authors in public health. For some of us in the team, this was our first experience of attending an international conference and speaking before a global gathering. Our hard work and preparation were rewarded when the Health Inc team (IPH Bangalore and TISS, Mumbai) was awarded the best poster award (three posters from IPH and two form TISS). For more details on the best poster reward please read from the following link.
http://www.publichealth.itg.be/2014/01/06/health-inc-gets-best-poster-award/
For any further details on the conference, please visit www.healthsystemsasia.com
by iphindia | Jan 13, 2014 | Advocacy, Latest Updates, Media advocacy
For the health benefits of customers visiting hotels and restaurants, the Karnataka Pradesh Hotel and Restaurant Association (KPHRA) and Bruhat Bangalore Hotel Association (BBHA) in association with the health department joined hands to initiate some measures for the better implementation of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. To brief media about the steps/initiatives taken by both the associations and health department, they called for a joint press conference on 23rd December 2013 at KAS Officers Association hall, Bangalore at 10.30 am. Health Minister could not make it to the event because of some unavoidable reasons hence Dr K B Eshwarappa, Deputy Director – Health and Family welfare Dept also In-charge of State anti-tobacco cell represented him. Mr Ramachandra Upadhya, President, Karnataka Pradesha Hotels and Restaurants association(KPHRA), Mr Chandrashekar Hebbar, President, Bruhat Bangalore Hotels association(BBHA), Mr Ramamurthy, Secretary, BBHA, Mr Nagaraj, Secretary, KPHRA and Dr Vishal Rao addressed the media. Both the associations have circulated the specifications of COTPA to all their members and asked them to comply with the signage requirement. KPHRA has also distributed template signages to all the districts.
by iphindia | Jan 13, 2014 | Administrative & Political advocacy, Advocacy, Education, Latest Updates
Police personnel belonging Davanagere, Chitradurga, Bellary, Shimoga Districts of Eastern range of state police wing underwent training for implementation of smoking ban in public places and other guidelines regarding tobacco control on 7th November at a workshop organized in Bapuji MBA college auditorium, Davanagere. Cops were told to get serious about implementation of Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) in their respective ranges.
Eastern Range IGP, SPs of all the four district and senior police officials participated in the workshop. As part of Voice of tobacco Victims (VOTV) Mr Durgaiah from Kanakapura shared his life experience and survival story from cancer with all the police officers and requested all for the effective implementation of COTPA in their Districts.
