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Continued from Pg: 1

BISWAs approach towards health is an integrated one

which includes elementary education, skill development,

water & sanitation and economic empowerment was

the view of Dr Dipti Pattnaik, Advisor, BISWA.

A panel discussion was organized during the meeting

which was headed by Dr Niranjan Agrawal, Hon.

Secretary, IMA, Sambalpur. Other panelists were Dr

Kanchan Roy, President, IMA, Sambalpur who spokeon the need of the appropriate theme, International Health

Security, is the concern of every one of ours with rising

trade and travels due to globalization. This has brought

the benefits to many but also has opened avenue for rapid

spread of diseases that otherwise may have been

controlled by geographical boundaries or those may have

traveled slowly enough to be brought under control.

In todays world, health security needs to be provided

through coordinated action and cooperation between the

Governments, corporate sector, civil societies, media and

individuals. No single country or institution has all the

capacities to respond to international public health

emergencies, natural calamities, or new and emerging

infectious diseases. Only early reporting, and prompt

detection of problem can provide resources to bedeployed to prevent or halt the spread of the diseases

across the national boundaries.

The theme of the day emphasizes other needs to reduce

the vulnerability of people around the world to new, acute

or rapidly spreading risks to health, particularly those

that threats to cross the international boarders. Increased

collaboration between Govts, NGOs and developing &

developed countries will enable the international

community to be better prepared to respond to any threat,

to the humanity. This will provide a security net to deal

with cross border public health issues, and in turn make

the people more secure.

Dr Roy, President, IMA, Sambalpur produced a spread

sheet filled with current issues on emerging diseases,

economical stability, international crisis and humanitarian

emergencies, chemical, biological, radiological threats,

environmental change, AIDS/HIV and building health

security, strengthening health.

Dr R.C Nanda, Ex-CDMO, Sambalpur gave thrust on

the collaboration of government and non government

sectors in bridging the gaps and giving a touch of quality

to service sectors.

To address emerging need of health, new forms of action are

needed. There is a clear need to break through traditional

boundaries within government sectors, between governmental and

non-governmental organizations, and between the public and

private sectors. Cooperation is essential this requires the creation

of new partnerships for health on an equal footing between the

different sectors at all levels of governance in societies.

Government of Orissa has time and again articulated the need

for collaborating with NGOs and private agencies to provide and

facilitate the use of health service delivery in hard to reach and

underserved areas. The collaboration with NGOs will ensure

promotion of people oriented policies of the Government of Orissa,

Department of Health & Family Welfare and provide a platform

for to manage PHC and implement curat ive , primitive and

preventive health services in the underserved and hard to reach

community groups.

It is a welcome step that the National Rural Health Mission is

undertaking to enhance health status in the urban slums of 13

urban areas in Orissa. In most of the urban areas covered under

the programme, slums have not been defined by the Municipal

bodies, so there has been a lot of confusion on the data pertaining

to health services. Still it is welcome as the unmet needs shall be

addressed with a focus on the under-served and excluded

population of the urban areas. I t is expected to create a demand

among the slum dwellers in respect of health services elicit a

higher degree of participation and include all in the programme.


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Dr T. Panda, ADMO (PH),

Sambalpur summarized the Roll

Back Malaria strategy of WHO to

curtail the malaria epidemic.

Dr R. N. Nanda, Ex-health Director,

Orissa explained about the role of

Government in International Health

Security. At the onset he quoted

Henry Sigerivt in 1941 The people

health ought to be the concern of the

people the msel ve s. The y mu st

struggle for it and plan for it Later

the concept changed and it was saidThe war against diseases and for

health, cannot be fought by physicians

alone, it should be a peoples war in

which the entire population must be

mobilized permanently. Health is not

mainly an issue of doctors, society

service, and hospital, rather it is an

issue of social justice.

Dr Narayani Panda, Rotary Club,

Sambalpur was vibrant about the roleof Rotary International in the sector

of Health and Hunger which is a great

threat for the developing countries

like India. Rotary also has a role to

play in the United Nation.

Dr Niranjan Agrawal the moderator

of the panel discussion gave a brief

deliberation on the discussions

during the panel discussion and also

proposed the vote of thanks to the

entire panelist who participated in

it.

Mr. K.C Malick, Chairman, BISWA

felicitated three eminent physicians

of the city for their efforts to ease

the lives of suffering people. The

names of those eminent figures are:

Dr Rasheswari Panigrahi, MS

Dr Ashok Singhal, Healing Touch

Dr Artatrana Panigrahi, Badbazar.

The meeting was closed with vote

of thanks by Mr. S.P Meher, PRO,

BISWA.WORKSHOP ON SOLID

WASTE MANAGEMENT

A workshop on Solid Waste

Management under National

Environmental Awareness

Campaign was organized by

BISWA on 24 th April07 at

Gopalmal U.G.M.E School,

Gopalmal. The women self help

group members, students of 6th and

7th class and the teachers of Gopalmal

school participated in it. The

employees of

BISWA namely Mr.

Bibhuti Seth, Mr.

Kishore Ku. Singh,Mr. Kapil Biswal

and Mr. Sudhansu

Naik staged a small

drama on the

be ne fit s of us ing

dustbins. At the end

of the workshop

dustbins were

distributed among

the women SHG

members and theteachers. BISWA also promised to

provide dustbins in all the classrooms

and in the office of the school. On

behalf of BISWA Dr. Abanti Pradhan,

Research Officer, Mr. Lingaraj Dash,

Planning Mananger, Water &

Sanitation and Mr. Mihir Nath,

District Coordinator participated in

this program.

WORKSHOP ON SME

BANKING &

FINANCE 2007

Continued in Pg: 4

Marcus Evans, Mumbai organized a

two days conference on Small &

Medium Enterprises (SME) Banking

& Financing 2007 at Hotel Le Royal

Meridien, Mumbai on 26th and 27th

April07 with support from Small &

Medium Rating Agency (SMERA).

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BISWA organized a six days training program from 24th

to 30th

March07on leaf-cup plate and candle making to create trainers for self motivation

in future at Barkot block of Deogarh district. The program was supported

by NABARD and was attended by Mr. B.K Dash, AGM, NABARD. On

behalf of BISWA Mr. Jayanta Swain, Planning Manager, Mr. C.S Pradhan,

District Coordinator, Deogarh and block level trainers participated in this

workshop.

WORKSHOP ON EIA CONSULTANT

ORGANISATION

Quality Council of India organized a one-day workshop onEnvironmental Impact Assessment Consultant Organization on 27th

April07 at Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata. The workshop aimed at

understanding the National Accreditation Board for Personal Training

(NRBPT) schemes for registration of EIA Consultant Organizations and

to understand the new EIA Notification (re-engineered environmental

clearance process). Dr. Abanti Pradhan, Research Officer, BISWA

attended the workshop on behalf of BISWA.

Continued from Pg: 3

benefits of the workshop was to create an understanding among the

participants about the current market conditions and examining the latest

developments within the SME market, deliberate concerns of SME

financing, examining the use of technological methods in SME Banking,

assessing the benefits of cross selling other products within SMEs,

meeting & networking with leading domestic and international banks,

mastering new and successful ways to reduce or mitigate the risk of

SME lending, comparing market strategies and identifying which tools

are effective, differentiating our products-getting the products right (not

the right product), developing the skill set of the SME bankers through

training and development. Mr. Jayant Swain, Planning Manager attended

the workshop on behalf of BISWA.

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