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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

May 13, 2020

BBMP, Bengaluru Launches "Pranavayu" To Track Oxygen Levels

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru, Karnataka, has launched an initiative called "Pranavayu" as many COVID-19 patients have low oxygen levels that put them at risk of complications.
This initiative helps each individual to monitor blood oxygen levels and heart rates of patients showing influenza-like illnesses (ILI) in fever clinics.
Through this initiative, the BBMP doctors at Fever Clinics will monitor patients using an oximeter.
A pulse oximeter is a small device or probe that can be clipped onto a finger for the reading of blood oxygen level and heart rate.

Malnutrition Among Women, Children Continues to Paralyse Healthcare

Even as India struggles against the spread of Covid-19, the country's structural fault lines in health continue to be a cause of concern. Despite the government's efforts to fight malnutrition among women and children, 68% of under-five-year deaths in India can be attributed to child and maternal malnourishment, while 83% of neonatal deaths is due to low birth-weight and short gestation, a Lancet paper revealed.
The study done by India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative, a collaboration of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), ministry of health and family welfare other Indian institutions, is the first comprehensive estimate of district-level trends of child mortality. Another scientific paper child growth failure was published in EClinicalMedicine.

TVS Group, Sundaram Med, IIT-M Develop Low-Cost, Automated Respiratory Assists

The TVS group, Sundaram Medical Foundation and IIT-Madras have jointly developed a low-cost, automated respiratory assist device called The Sundaram Ventago.
This was done in collaboration with hospitals like Kauvery Hospital and the Madras Medical College and with guidance from global educational institutions like MIT-Boston.
It provides respiratory support to patients via the controlled and automated squeezing of a self-inflating or AMBU bag and includes functionalities to control respiratory rate (breaths per minute), tidal volume, pressure parameters and I:E ratios.

May 12, 2020

Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Launches Central University of Odisha helpline 'Bharosa'

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched the Central University of Odisha Helpline 'Bharosa' to relieve distress of student community during the difficult time of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Helpline Number 080 46 80 10 10 was launched through a virtual platform in New Delhi.
The helpline aims at providing Cognitive Emotional Rehabilitation Services to all University Students of Odisha.

May 09, 2020

Coir Board sign with IIT Madras MoU to establish CoE for Coir applications

Coir Board signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, to establish a Centre of Excellence for Coir Applications.
The Centre of Excellence aims at furthering the research work done so far in the coir sector with the support of IIT, Madras.
It will also support the development of relevant technology and evolve standards for production and processing through specific projects and monitor research projects.
Coir Board will provide a financial assistance of five crore rupees initially for a period of two years for the establishment and running of the Centre of Excellence. In all, 27 areas of Research and Development have been identified for the coir industry which will be taken up by this Centre of Excellence.

May 06, 2020

CSIR-IGIB and TATA Sons Sign MoU for licensing 'KNOWHOW'

For rapid diagnosis of Covid-19, an MoU was signed between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) constituent lab, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and TATA Sons for licensing of 'KNOWHOW' for FNCAS9 Editor Linked Uniform Detection Assay (FELUDA) for rapid diagnosis of Covid19.
A completely indigenous scientific invention, FELUDA for Covid-19 has been designed for mitigating the ongoing Covid-19 situation and cater to mass testing.

May 03, 2020

Culture Minister Releases E-Book "Prof. B. B. Lal-India Rediscovered"

On the occasion of centenary year of great archaeologist Professor B. B. Lal, Union Culture Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Patel released an e-book "Prof. B. B. Lal -India Rediscovered" in New Delhi.
Secretary, Ministry of Culture Shri Anand Kumar was also present on this occasion.
Prof Lal was born on May 2,1921 in village Baidora, District Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
The book is a centenary special edition which has been prepared by Ministry of culture in collaboration with Prof B B Lal Centenary Celebration Committee.
The book is a tribute from Ministry of culture for his immense contribution to the field of archaeology.

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