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Round Table Meeting on Polio with Mr Bill Gates
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A meeting to
discuss the polio eradication programme and
future initiatives was held at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
on 4 November 2008, and was chaired by Dr A. Ramadoss,
Union Health Minister, Government of India. The meeting with Mr Bill Gates and
members of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was attended by senior
officers of the Ministry, Planning Commission, UNICEF, Rotary
International, and WHO.
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UN Secretary-General administers oral polio vaccine
The
United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon,
administered oral polio vaccine to children in New Delhi on October 31, underlining global
UN commitment to child health.
Accompanied
by Mrs Ban, the Secretary General took time off at the end of his busy
two-day visit for polio immunization organized in collaboration with the Delhi health
authorities.
Dr
S. J. Habayeb, WHO Representative to India, and Dr Hamid
Jafari, Project Manager, WHO-National Polio
Surveillance Project, accompanied the Secretary-General and Mrs Ban, who took
turns to administer polio vaccine drops to the children. Mr Ban also put an
ink mark on the fingers of the children, in accordance with the procedure
followed by the vaccinators during polio campaigns.
Paving the Way for “Smoke Free” India
Smoking has been banned in all
public places with effect October 2, 2008. The effort is aimed at
contributing to preventing nearly one million deaths attributable to tobacco
in the country every year and paving the way for a “Smoke Free” India.
Several thousand people, who have
never smoked, die each year due to exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke
which causes cancer and serious respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
‘Smoke Free’ public awareness campaign
has been launched through public notices and advertisements in national
dailies, television/radio spots and outdoor media.
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Sharing Experiences to Accelerate Progress in Maternal
and Child Health
 Experts from South East Asian
countries shared experiences in public health interventions, successes and
challenges in accelerating progress towards achieving maternal and child
health objectives, at a high-level consultation in Ahmedabad.
“Maternal, newborn and child
health (MNCH) outcomes are related to social, cultural, economic,
environmental and other factors… It is important for health planners to
approach the challenges in a holistic, multi-disciplinary manner with the
involvement of related stakeholders”, said Dr Samlee
Plainbangchang, Regional Director for WHO’s South-East
Asia Region, in a message which was conveyed by Dr Dini
K. Latief, Director, Department of Family and
Community Health.
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