Dynamic city doctor called to train Boat Clinic Doctors in Assam

Dynamic city doctor called to train Boat Clinic Doctors in Assam

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 23, 2017: A report received says that Center for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) has been operating Boat Clinic program  in Assam with support from National Health Mission (NHM), Government of Assam since 2008.  Given the nature of floods in Assam and the fury of the Brahmaputra River, Boats are used by C-NES  to reach difficult areas to provide healthcare to the people of Assam where none exist.

Mangalore based Dr. Edmond Fernandes, Founder and CEO, Center for Health and Development (CHD Group) and Member-Health Task Force, DDMA, Government of Karnataka has been invited as the main resource  person to train the medical doctors working in the boat clinics and to also upgrade their skills and  competency in community medicine and public health for the Medical Officers Training Program to be held on August 3 rd and 4 th in Guwahati.

Dr. Edmond Fernandes will train the medical officers on a variety of public health areas ranging from climate change and human health implications, health in  humanitarian emergencies, the recent updates of the National Health Policy 2017, Sustainable  Development Goals and the Paris agreement and how it needs to be translated into regional level implementation in the healthcare sector. He will also focus on how public health activism needs to be strengthened at the grass-roots while the same needs to be done at top tables of governance and  why it becomes essential to address the social determinants of health. Post the training of the  officers, he will hold a health camp for the people in the Boat Clinic in Guwahati.

C-NES is lead by Sanjoy Hazarika, Founder and Managing Trustee who was a former correspondent of The New York Times and the member of the first National Security Advisory Board. This training  for medical officers is being done in association with the National Health Mission, Regional Resource Centre – NE, RNTCP and CHD Group – India. Program Manager- Ashok Rao has co-ordinated the details.