Temp below 30 not conducive for dengue

Over 200 school teachers trained on Health and Hygiene

New Delhi: Thursday, 8 November 2012: A workshop was conducted by Padma Shri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India on Health and Hygiene which was coordinated by Birla Vidya Niketan. Over 200 school teachers participated and were trained in the workshop.

 Women’s conference on Impact of Climate Change on Family Health

A women’s conference on’ Impact of Climate Change on Family Health’ was organised at the Mela venue. The speakers included Dr. Sunila Garg, Prof. PSM MAMC and Dr. SN Yadav (Naturopathy and Ayurveda) and Mrs Minakshi Kushwaha Principal Birla Vidya Niketan.

 Facts about dengue and climate change

1.     At around 30–32oC, vectorial capacity can increase substantially owing to a reduction in the extrinsic incubation period, despite a reduction in the vector’s survival rate.

2.     Warming above 34o C generally has a negative impact on the survival of vectors and parasites.

3.         Laboratory experiments have demonstrated that the incubation period of dengue 2 virus in Aedes aegypti could be reduced from 12 days at 30oC to 7 days at 32–35oC.

 Over 2000 school children participate in Inter-Eco Club Competitions

Over 2000 school children participated in Inter-Eco-Club Competitions which included cartoon making, paper bag painting, creating the best out of waste, yoga and aerobics. The competitions were coordinated by Birla Vidya Niketan.

Facts about noise pollution released

• Everyday noise exposure, compounded over time, has an impact upon our ability to hear.
• Excessive noise can ultimately affect the degree of the presbycusis that develops.
• Constant exposure to loud noises can cause high frequency sensorineural hearing loss.
• As per Occupational Safety and Health Administration, all employees who are exposed to a greater than 85 dB time-weighted average must be enrolled in a hearing conservation program and provided hearing protection.
• Furthermore, OSHA's standards limit employees' exposure to noise as follows: if the time-weighted average is 90 dB (which is equivalent to the noise made by a power lawn mower), they may be exposed to that noise for 8 hours; at 95 dB only 4 hours of exposure is allowed; at 100 dB only 2 hours are allowed, and so on.
• A short blast of loud noise also can cause severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss, pain, or hyperacusis (pain associated with loud noise). This usually involves exposure to noise greater than 120 to 155 dB. Thus, hearing protection in the form of muffs or plugs is highly recommended anytime a person is exposed to loud noise.

Facts about smog released

• Smog is a serious problem and is harmful to human health.
• Ground-level ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide are especially harmful for senior citizens, children, and people with heart and lung conditions such as emphysema, bronchitis and asthma.
• It can inflame breathing passages, decrease working capacity of the lungs, cause shortness of breath, pain when inhaling deeply, wheezing and coughing.
• Smog can irritate the eyes and nose. It dries out the protective membranes of the nose and throat and interferes with the body's ability to fight infection, increasing susceptibility to illness.
• Hospital admissions and respiratory deaths often increase during periods when ozone levels are high.

 

Seminar on ‘Looking within: Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence’ organised at the Mela

A seminar on consciousness and artificial intelligence was organised and convened by Er Anuj Sinha, Former Director Vigyan Prasar, DST.

Kavi Sammelan organised in Perfect Health Mela

Hindi Academy organised a Kavi Sammelan in the evening. The poets who participated included Sh. Mahendra Ajnabi, Sh. Mahendra Sharma, Shri Anand Karivardhan, Shri Deepak Gupta and Shri Ved Prakash.

MCD South to train its teachers on Health and Hygiene at Perfect Health Mela

MCD South in association with Heart Care Foundation of India will be organizing a training program for its teachers on 7th November, 2012, Wednesday, at Constitution Club of India, the venue for the 19th MTNL Perfect Health Mela being organized from 7th to 11th November, 2012.

Addressing a press conference here, Padmashri & Dr. BC Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Mr. Satish Upadhyay, Chairman Education Committee, MCD South said that a series of health educational activities are being organized for MCD school teachers.

In September this year in Dil Ka Darbar, 300 school teachers were trained in cardiac first aid and now in the forthcoming MTNL Perfect Health Mela, there will be a training of 300 school teachers on Health and Hygiene. These 300 teachers will be certified as trainers who in turn will train other school teachers and students. The training will be coordinated by Ryan Global School.

Hygiene is the most important part to be taught right at the primary school level. The components of hygiene include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, sleep hygiene, respiratory hygiene, food and water hygiene and sexual hygiene.

Hand washing done in proper way can prevent 80% of food and water borne diseases including diarrhea, typhoid and jaundice.

Respiratory hygiene involves correct way of coughing into the sleeves and not in the hands can prevent spread of rheumatic fever and flu. Water hygiene involves safe drinking water techniques. Unsafe water is responsible for most of the water borne diseases. Food hygiene involves following the principle of heat it, boil it, cook it, peal it or forget it.

 MCD South will also post its teachers and students in the mela on daily basis for acquiring knowledge about health. MCD Health Department will also be putting up dengue, malaria exhibitions and conduct health checkups.

 Following recommendations by heart care foundation of India were also released in the press conference:

 1.    All school children should be given deworming tablet albandazole once in three-six months.

2.    All school children should be given iron folic acid tablets once in a week.

3.    Hand wash technique involving six steps should be taught to every school child.

4.    Revival of heart technique learning should be compulsory for school teachers.

5.    Availability of safe water should be mandatory in school premises.

6.    Toilets in every school should be made hygienic.

The entry to the mela will be free. The mela will be a mix of exhibitions, checkups, competitions and infotainment.

Vandana Sharma Headmistress Ryan Global School said that the training program after the event will be hosted in YouTube.