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WORLD HEALTH DAY GUIDELINES DATE & THEME
Date Day Observed THEME April 7th 2011 World health day
“Anti Microbial Resistance” Classes on
• The theory of infection- Naturopathy perspective
• Antibiotics- ups & downs • Management of infectious diseases
through Naturopathy & Yoga
June 5th 2011 Environment day “Nature at your Service”
August 12th 2011 International youth day “Challenges of Youth with reference to Health”
Jan 1st 2012 Family day “Naturopathy for Healthy Family From New Born to Grandpa” “Infertility – its Natural & Easy solutions”
• Programmes should be conducted only on above dates and themes strictly. • Registered Naturopathy organizations, Naturopathy Institutions & Hospitals attached with
any registered trust/society can apply immediately. Those which are covered under CCRYN grant can also avail this one day programme. Applications may be send urgently by Fax or E-mail([email protected]) and the original by post.
• Sponsoring amount will be Rs 8000/- only. • Wide publicity, banner showing theme, date and caption “Free one day Naturopathy &
Yoga Awareness Programme as part of the silver Jubilee celebrations of NIN , Pune ”are compulsory .
• A Rally should be organized with participation of nearby school children and general public on the same day .Minimum 2 rallies must be conducted in one year by one organization/hospital. Out of the first three you may select any two for conducting the rally.
• Documentation of details of the participants in both soft copy and Hard copy in the format given below is compulsory ( Hard copy with signature of the participants )
Sl.No Name Age Sex Address Occupation Educational Qualification
Disease , if any
• Photos should be submitted in soft and hard copies along with the final report within one month after completion of the programme , failing which will lead to non –payment.
• Two faculties from Naturopathy or the second one from any other medical faculty with a social outlook, can be used as resource persons.
HEALTH-EASEVERSUS DIS-EASECONTINUUM
- Dr. D.V. Arankalle
There has been a radical change in the healthcare sector since 1930 after Alexander Fleming
discovered penicillin, which is considered as the beginning of the antibiotic era.In spiteof major
investment of time, money and other resources, science has now reached a dead-end. It faces a
similar dilemma, however, of graver intensity – that of antimicrobial resistance. The growing
concern of healthcare professionals in the present era is the inevitable antimicrobial resistance. It
has become such a major problem today that the World Health Organization (WHO) has
recognized it as a theme for the World Health Day which is celebrated every year on seventh of
April to increase global awareness on health issues.
We are approaching a stage where policy-makers, scientists and governments are being
forced to question and reconsider the outcome of research done in this field. Nevertheless, as the
British composer John Powell rightly says, “The only real mistake is the one from which we
learn nothing”. Thus, a fundamental change is now necessary for exploring better healthcare
alternatives that focus on ‘health’-based solutions rather than ‘disease’-based solutions. What
better alternative, than studying the basic science of Naturopathy that is very much related to
healthy living?‘Life Natural’ dealing with living naturally healthy, assures optimum immunity to
resist any infections, is the preventive aspect of Naturopathy. Detoxification of the entire system
that generates an anti atmosphere for the survival of Microbes or any disease condition in the
body is the therapeutic aspect of Naturopathy.
What is Antimicrobial Resistance?
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to
which it was previously sensitive. Resistant organisms (they include bacteria, viruses and some
parasites) are able to withstand attack by antimicrobial medicines, such as antibiotics, antivirals,
and antimalarials, so that standard treatments become ineffective and infections persist and may
spread to others. AMR is a consequence of the use, particularly the misuse, of antimicrobial
medicines and develops when a microorganism mutates or acquires a resistance gene.
According to a WHO report, AMR threatens a return to the pre-antibiotic era. Many
infectious diseases risk are becoming uncontrollable and could derail the progress made towards
reaching the targets of the health-related United Nations Millennium Development Goals set for
2015.
WHO also attributes the following to AMR (thus making it a global concern):
• AMR kills
Infections caused by resistant microorganisms often fail to respond to the standard
treatment, resulting in prolonged illness and greater risk of death.
• AMR hampers the control of infectious diseases
AMR reduces the effectiveness of treatment because patients remain infectious for
longer, thus potentially spreading resistant microorganisms to others.
• AMR increases the cost of health care
When infections become resistant to first-line medicines, more expensive therapies are
forced to be used. The longer duration of illness and treatment, often in hospitals,
increases health-care costs and the financial burden to families and societies.
• AMR jeopardizes health-care gains to society
The achievements of modern medicine are put at risk by AMR. Without effective
antimicrobials for care and prevention of infections, the success of treatments such as
organ transplantation, cancer chemotherapy and major surgery will have to be
compromised.
• AMR threatens health security, and damages trade and economics
The growth of global trade and travel allows resistant microorganisms to be spread
rapidly to distant countries and continents.
Prospective ResearchDirectives:
Every living being is born with certain amount of vital power, which encompasses the innate and
acquired immunity, which defends every individual from all kinds of infection. This power
varies from individual to individual depending on various factors like lifestyle of parents and
preceding generation and certain internal and external factors. It is this vitality that influences the
auto-protective mechanism of the body and helps in the growth and repair. Consequently, it
becomes very important to maintain vitality. This is usually done by following the principles of
Life Natural.When we speak of vitality, the genetic make-up is always considered. Genetic
composition is a very complex mechanism and is relatively new to the science world.
Nevertheless, genetics is under intensive research and is rightly considered as the future of
research. Thus, indirectly we are at a stage of returning back to what Naturopaths have been
preaching all the time! It is after the revolutionary work of Gregor Mendel, Father of Genetics,
(which took almost a century for the scientific community to comprehend), that we have now
started talking about how the external forces influence even the genetic composition and is
carried on from one generation to the other! The concept of vitality is a very interesting area of
research and developing further the concept of health and disease at a molecular level.
Preventive Naturopathy:
Life Natural is living in tune with the constructive principles of nature to preserve and promote
health, also to prevent diseases. Keeping up the right mental attitude, practice of Yoga,
observance of principles of healthy living or the laws of Nature related to exercise, rest and
sleep, rational use of air, water and sun light, following the rules related to drinking and eating
habits; consumption of the right food; and protection of mother Nature are the basics of Life
Natural. This kind of a healthy life style is also known as living nearer to nature which ensures a
perfect, symmetrical, synchronized functioning of the body and mind. This helps to improve the
immune power and ensures prevention of all diseases.
Violation of nature’s laws or living away from the nature leads to lowered vitality
diminishes the immune power, causes accumulation of toxins, abnormal composition of blood
and lymph, leading to poor health and the individual becomes prone to all kinds of
infections&diseases. To regain the lost health, at this stage one has to resort to Naturopathy.
Health Vs Disease Approach:
Aaron Antonovsky,a professor of medical sociology, coined a very interesting term –
‘salutogenesis’ (Latin ‘salus’ - health; Greek ‘genesis” - origin). The term describes an approach
focusing on factors that support human health and well-being, rather than on factors that cause
disease or its management. Antonovsky's theories reject the "traditional medical-model
dichotomy separating health and illness". He described the relationship as a continuous variable,
what he called the "health-ease versus dis-ease continuum.
An apt analogy is presented by Lindlahr which makes it easier to comprehendthe concept
of bacteria as propounded by traditional Naturopaths– Just as yeast cells are not only the cause
but also the product of sugar fermentation, so disease germs are not only a cause (secondary), but
also a product of morbid fermentation in the system. Furthermore, just as the yeast germs live on
and decompose sugar, so the disease germs live on and decompose morbid matter and systemic
poisons. In a way, therefore, micro-organisms are just as much the product as the cause of
disease, and act as scavengers or eliminators of morbid matter. In order to hold in check the
destructive activity of bacteria and to prevent their multiplication beyond danger point, Nature
resorts to inflammation and manufactures her own ‘antitoxins’. On the other hand, whatever
tends to build upthe blood on a natural basis, to promote elimination of morbid matter and
thereby to limit the activity of destructive microorganisms without injuring the body or
depressing its vital functions, is good Nature Cure practice. The first consideration, therefore, in
the treatment of inflammation must be to not interfere with its natural course.
Conclusion:
The dictates of Naturopathy medicine may be anecdotal but undoubtedly based on common
sense. the danger from germ and other infectious diseases lies just as much or more so in internal
filth as in external uncleanliness. Cleanliness and asepsis must go hand in hand with the
purification of the inner man in order to insure natural immunity. Naturopathy has a complete
holistic approach. In addition to LifeNatural, Naturopathy also practices the drugless medicine
for reversal and total eradication of various diseases considering the Physical, Mental, Emotional
and Intellectual planes of the individual, rather than managing individual symptoms as is the case
with antibiotics. Though antibiotics had created quite a stir in the early twentieth century and
looked like a promising solution for treating diseases, it has failed on many aspects – resistance,
expenses, side-effects etc. Thus, in the twenty-first, a completely new outlook is justified and
Naturopathy science is the closest in delivering results because it is a drugless system in its true
sense and commercially viable as well. Thus, it is time to explore and find appropriate ways to
examine the age-old philosophy of Nature Cure which states that bacteria are just the secondary
causes or manifestations of diseases!
Junior Research Fellow, Dept. of Science and Technology, Cognitive Science Initiative (DST-CSI), Govt. of India, SVYASA University, Bengaluru And Program Officer, Foundation for Assessment and Integration of Traditional Health Systems (FAITHS), Bengaluru E-mail: [email protected]
HENRY LINDLAHR
HENRY LINDLAHR