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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Feb 17, 2020

Bihari Migrant Woman Emerges Topper in Malayalam Literacy Exam

A 26-year-old Bihari woman proved language is no barrier as she emerged the topper in a literacy examination conducted in Kerala for migrant labourers. Romiya Kathur, hailing from a non-descript village in Bihar, scored the first rank with full 100 marks in the examination held by the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority recently.
She had reached Kerala in search of a job along with her husband Saifullah and settled down in Umayanalloor in southern Kollam district in 2014.
A total of 1,998 migrant labourers had appeared for the literacy exam in the second phase of the scheme "Changathi" across the state in January.
Changathi (Friend) project is aimed at teaching migrant labourers, living in the state, Malayalam within four months.

Beijing Orders 14-day Quarantine for Returnees

Beijing ordered everyone returning to the city to go into quarantine for 14 days or risk punishment in the latest attempt to contain the deadly new coronavirus.
Residents were told to self-quarantine or go to designated venues to quarantine after returning to the Chinese capital from holidays.
The measure came as Egypt confirmed the first coronavirus case in Africa.
Over 1,500 people have died from the virus, which originated in Wuhan city.
The notice on Friday from Beijing's virus prevention working group was issued as residents returned from spending the Lunar New Year in other parts of China.
The holiday was extended this year to help contain the outbreak.
More than 20 million people live in Beijing.

Madhya Pradesh Grapples with Spiralling Neonatal Deaths

According to the National Health Mission (NHM), Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest percentage of newborn deaths of 11.5% against the total admissions to government-run sick newborn care units (SNCUs) in the past three years across the country, a rate ominously spiralling since 2017. The country's average is 7%.
Although admissions of neonates (under 28 days) in the State have dropped from April 2017 to December 2019 — remaining lower than West Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh — the percentage of deaths at 12.2% surpassed Bihar's in 2019. Meanwhile, West Bengal, where 34,344 neonatal deaths occurred in the period, the most in the country, the declining percentage of deaths from 9.2% in 2017 to 8.9% in 2019 coincided with a slump in admissions.

Feb 16, 2020

KLAY Schools Launches Content Platform for Parents

Kids Learning And You (KLAY) Schools, a chain of non-franchised pre-schools and daycare centres, launched a content platform for parents.
The platform, which is called 'That Parent Thing', would provide knowledge and experiences from experts and parents across a variety of subjects including work and life.
The experts will include a speech therapist, a child psychologist, a body-positivity ambassador, an angel investor and educator.
The platform will attempt to answer every question that a parent may have on topics pertaining to infants, toddlers and pre-teens while raising their child, and help create a community of parents that can rely on each other.

Nine Medical Colleges, Two AIIMS Sanctioned for Jammu and Kashmir

Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh performed bhoomi poojan ceremony of AIIMS building.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh said that Jammu and Kashmir has been allocated two AIIMS - one in Jammu and other in Kashmir.
According to an official press release, Singh said that nine medical colleges have also been sanctioned in Jammu and Kashmir in addition to the two AIIMS.
The Union Government had approved the proposal for setting up an AIIMS in Jammu at Vijaypur, District Samba under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) in January 2019.

Feb 15, 2020

Centre to Identify Two Teachers in every Govt. School as Health and Wellness Ambassadors

The Centre launched an initiative under which two teachers in every government school will be identified as ''health and wellness ambassadors'' to spread awareness about the preventive health aspects.
The School Health Programme under Ayushman Bharat, which will be jointly run by the Union ministries of Health and Human Resources Development was launched by Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan, HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ''Nishank'' and Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey.
"The School Health Programme under Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres shall foster the growth, development and educational achievement of school going children by promoting their health and well-being," Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan said as he rolled out of the joint initiative.
This initiative will further strengthen the concept of preventive, promotive and positive health, which forms the fundamental cornerstone of the health and wellness centres of the Ayushman Bharat scheme, he said.
This initiative will be effectively linked with other government initiatives such as Fit India movement, Eat Right campaign, Poshan Abhiyaan for an all-round and holistic development model of health for the school children, Vardhan said.

Egypt Reports Africa's First Case

Egypt confirmed its first case of a deadly coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year and has since spread to more than two dozen countries around the world.
Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Mugahed said that the affected person was a foreigner who did not show any serious symptoms.
Officials were able to confirm the case through a follow-up programme implemented by the government for travellers arriving from countries where the virus has spread.
The development made Egypt the first country in the African continent to report a confirmed case, and the second in the Middle East region, after the United Arab Emirates late last month diagnosed its first cases.

Feb 14, 2020

IIM-Bangalore Announces Launch of an Advanced Management Programme for Family Businesses

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has announced the launch of an advanced programme for family business owners.
IIMB has been offering the Management Programme for Entrepreneurs and Family Businesses (MPEFB) for over 13 years now. More than 400 family business owners, from diverse sectors, have completed past editions of the MPEFB. With the business environment growing in complexity, many family business owners have sought an advanced programme.
The Family Business Advanced Management (FAME) programme was conceived by IIMB to cater to this requirement. The goal of the programme is to equip the next generation of Indian family business owners with the skills and knowledge to power their organizations to the next level.
The programme has been designed by professors K. Kumar and Dalhia Mani, based on cutting-edge research, pedagogy and practical expertise.
The programme structure takes into account the busy schedule of family business owners and comprises 21 days of on-campus in modules spread over six calendar months. The participants conceive and implement a business challenge in their enterprise through the course of the programme, with mentoring from IIMB faculty.

Coronavirus Could Spread To Two-Thirds of the World Population

According to a top health official, the coronavirus epidemic could spread to roughly two-thirds of the world's population if the deadly bug is not controlled.
Most experts believe that each person infected can go on to transmit the coronavirus to about 2.5 other people, which would cause an attack rate of 60% to 80%. As per Professor Gabriel Leung, chair of Public Health Medicine at Hong Kong University, even with a general fatality rate as low as 1%, a possibility once milder cases are taken into account, there could still be a massive global death toll.

Feb 13, 2020

Two Indian Crew on Cruise ship off Japanese Coast Test Positive for Coronavirus

Two Indians, part of the crew of a cruise ship that is docked off the Japanese coast, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Diamond Princess cruise ship with 3,711 people on board include 138 Indians including passengers and crew.
The ship was quarantined last week off the Japanese coast after a passenger who had de-boarded last month in Hong Kong was found to be the carrier of the virus on the ship.

Singing National Anthem Mandatory in Maharashtra Colleges

According to Cabinet Minister Uday Samant, singing the national anthem will be made compulsory in all colleges of Maharashtra from February 19.
The State government will issue a notification asking colleges to begin their work with the national anthem from February 19, the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Last month, the Shiv Sena-led government made it compulsory for school students to read out the preamble of the Constitution during morning assemblies.

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