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| VHAI conducted media events in 6 states of India to generate awareness about a Smoke Free Poll commissioned by Healis Shekhsaria Institute Mumbai, which demsotrated the level of public support for the ban on smoking in public places. Press coverage in the following states
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| World No Tobacco Day Press Coverage |
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May
31 is World No Tobacco Day A day to focus global attention to the devastating toll of tobacco use around the world and the urgent need for nations to implement proven measures to reduce tobacco use and save lives. The event is sponsored by the World Health Organization and this year's theme is "Tobacco-Free Youth: Breaking the Tobacco Marketing Net". According to the WHO, tobacco use will kill one billion people worldwide this century unless nations act now to save lives. This year's theme is an important reminder that most people start smoking before the age of 18, and almost a quarter begin using tobacco before the age of 10, according to the WHO. The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year to market its deadly and addictive products, much of it aimed at youth.To carry forward the anti-tobacco message, VHAI is conducting a range of activities in 11 states in collaboration with WHO and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to generate awareness among the people. . STATES CELEBRATING WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY:
Click here for the Press Coverage of World No Tobacco Day |
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| Media Seminars on "BIDI AND PUBLIC HEALTH - WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW " | |
| click here for the highlight of seminar | click here for toolkit for media persons |
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The Launch of VHAI’s website on tobacco control www.rctfi.org The Health Promotion & Development Communication (HPDC) team of the VHAI PAT & APPLE PROJECT ON TOBACCO CONTROL launched the website www.rctfi.org on the 28th November 2007. It was inaugurated by Dr. Vinayak Prasad, Director (Public Health), Ministry of Health Family Welfare, Government of India. The website is a special initiative of the Voluntary Health Association of India. |
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The web launch at VHAI, New Delhi was attended by our state partners;
Dr. Nevin Wilson and Dr Partha Pratim Mandal from The Union; Mr.
Hemant Goswami, from the Burning Brain Society, Chandigarh; Dr.
Mira Aghi, Behavioural Scientist and Communications Expert: and
representatives from Hriday-Shan. The VHAI PAT & APPLE project is a 14-month initiative at five locations in India under the Bloomberg Global Initiative started by Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York to reduce tobacco use in low and middle income countries. The BGI project is managed by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The main objective of the website is to use VHAI’s strong base and experience of anti-tobacco campaigns and its state level networks to support tobacco control campaigns across different states of India. It is a medium to support the tobacco control lobby across India through regular knowledge sharing, creation of an information network and regular news updates. The website contains links that have been designed keeping in mind the users which make the website user-friendly and interactive. |
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Capacity Building of VHAI network by Tobacco Experts on 28th November’07 On the 28th September ‘07 the Voluntary Health Association of India arranged a capacity building workshop for its network. The workshop was attended by VHAI state partners; Dr. Vinayak Prasad (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India) : Dr. Nevin Wilson and Dr Partha Pratim Mandal from The Union; Mr. Hemant Goswami, from the Burning Brain Society, Chandigarh; Dr. Mira Aghi, Behavioural Scientist and Communications Expert: and representatives from Hriday-Shan. Dr. Vinayak Prasad (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India) gave an enlightening talk on the Role of Public Private Partnership in Tobacco Control activity stressing on the role of the government. Mr. Hemant Goswami, Chairperson Burning Brain Society took a capacity building session with the VHAI Network. He is the man who played an active role in making Chandigarh smoke free. His session was inspirational for the members present, as it included the challenges he faced and the strategies he adopted to combat the pressure tactics of the tobacco industry during his endeavour. Dr.Mira Aghi, Behavioural Scientist and Communications Expert took a session on Advocacy strategies on tobacco control (with specific reference to pictorial warnings issue) . |
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| The Fresh Air Day
celebration - 31st May ’07 31st May has been regarded as the official World
No Tobacco Day by the World Health Organisation to draw global attention
to the tobacco. VHAI celebrated the smoke free endeavor enthusiastically
by large-scale campaigns across the states to generating awareness
by a people’s movement on the deep-rooted connection between
tobacco and chronic diseases and poverty, the rights of non-smokers,
need for smoke-free environments and government initiatives on legislation,
monitoring and enforcement. All addressing the issue of mobilizing
civil society groups in maintaining vigilance towards making India
tobacco free. The states that participated were Orissa, Kerala,
Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh & Assam.
Strategies employed by them were of sensitization,
capacity building, advocacy and coalition building. |
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| The Launch of the Bloomberg Global
Initiative- VHAI endeavor On
the 9th August’07 was the launch of the VHAI PAT &APPLE
PROJECT at VHAI Delhi that was attended by the members from the
Union and WHO. The representatives of the BGI funded states and
the concerned staffs were also available. The launch was an event
to develop training/capacity-building modules for the state partners
helping them understand the various strategies and processes involved
while addressing the issue of tobacco control. |
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| Capacity
Building of VHAI network On the 11th September ‘07 Prakash Gupta, Director Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai took a very comprehensive session on Tobacco Control and the Role of Civil Society where he edged out the task of the civil society and NGO’s through coalition building, strategic networking meeting and follow-up at the state and central levels making every individual responsible for the state of tobacco control as it exists today. |
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