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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Jun 13, 2019

New Ebola Cases in Uganda

Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola, a grandmother and a 3-year-old boy, confirming that a deadly outbreak has spread for the first time beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Ugandan cases show the epidemic is entering a truly frightening phase and could kill many more people.
The current Ebola epidemic began in August last year (2018) in eastern Congo and has already infected at least 2,062 people, killing 1,390 of them.
The West Africa epidemic infected 28,000 people and killed 11,300, mostly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
The viral disease spreads through contact with bodily fluids, causing hemorrhagic fever with severe vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding.
Uganda, which has been on high alert for a possible spread of Ebola and has already vaccinated many frontline health workers, is relatively well prepared to contain the virus.
WHO is bringing in 3,500 additional vaccines and will begin vaccinating more people.
The current cases in Uganda will be quickly contained but the failure to stop the current Ebola epidemic in DRC is simply tragic.

Assam Misses Nutrition Target

The ongoing exercise to update the National Register of Citizens, aimed at weeding out illegal immigrants, could have led to missed nutrition targets in Assam.
This was revealed in a review meeting of the state's performance of the Narendra Modi government's flagship nutrition scheme, "Poshan Abhiyaan".
"Poshan Abhiyaan" is a monitoring exercise under the National Nutrition Mission, aimed at bringing down stunting of children in the age group of 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.
Union minister of women and child development Smriti Irani held a meeting in Guwahati with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, state ministers Pramila Rani Brahma and Ranjit Dutta, and officials from both WCD and textiles ministries to take stock of the scheme.
When Irani tried to find out why Assam had failed to get even 50% of their targets for Poshan, state officials told her that the ongoing work to update the NRC was one of the prime reasons .

Jun 12, 2019

Course on Digital Mindsets

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta rolled out a Long Duration Programme on Competing on Digital Mindsets (CDM).
The Programme aims to equip participants with the ability to think about technology and business differently – such that they can re-wire client organisations enabling them to become agile in technology and business, and redesign organisation and business processes with a digital mindset and outlook.
The one-year programme would focus on the following modules Ontology of the Digital Shift, Cognitive Tools for the Digital World, Competences and Skills for the Digital Landscape and Organizing and Executing for Digital Business.
It has been designed with the belief that the most robust talent in the IT Sector shall compete not merely on the basis of digital technologies, digital capabilities, or digital experience but, more importantly, on the basis of a carefully cultivated digital mindset.
The programme which starts in July 2019 will have one session of three hours every week for a period of 11 months. The sessions will be delivered through Direct to Desktop mode.

Life Expectancy Down by 2.6 Years

According to a recent report by an environment think tank, life expectancy in India has gone down by 2.6 years due to deadly diseases caused by air pollution.
The report by the environment organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) revealed that outdoor and household air pollution together are causing deadly diseases.
Air pollution is now the third highest cause of death among all health risks ranking just above smoking in India.
This is a combined effect of outdoor particulate matter (PM) 2.5, ozone and household air pollution, revealed the report.
Due to this combined exposure, South Asians, including Indians are dying early - their life expectancy has reduced by over 2.6 years. This is much higher than the global tally of reduced life expectancy by an average of 20 months.

Jun 11, 2019

First Woman to Lead a US Army Infantry Division

The California National Guard announced the appointment of the first woman to lead a US Army infantry division.
Brig Gen Laura Yeager would assume command of the 40th Infantry Division in June end at Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California.
Yeager currently commands Joint Task Force North, US Northern Command at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Yeager was commissioned in 1986 as a second lieutenant from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at California State University, Long Beach.

Encephalitis Outbreak in Bihar

At least 23 children have lost their lives in Bihar due to a fresh outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in June first week.
Muzzafarpur is the worst-affected district as 14 children have been reported dead due to the fatal fever.
With the number of children admitted to hospitals with encephalitis symptoms is increasing, Sri Krishna Memorial College Hospital (SKMCH) ensured adequate stocking of oxygen cylinders. Around 40 cylinders are reportedly stocked every day at the hospital.
Medical experts suggested that the outbreak occurs only when heat coupled with high-level humidity rises to an extreme level. The disease is controlled with the onset of monsoon.

Jun 10, 2019

MCI Renews 100 MBBS Seats

The Medical Council of India (MCI) finally allowed two state-run medical colleges to retain 100 MBBS seats in the upcoming session, ending uncertainty triggered by staff shortage in these institutes.
The MCI Board of Governors approved the admission of a fresh batch of students against the increased intake from 150 to 200 to Government Medical Colleges (GMCs), Amritsar and Patiala, for the upcoming session.
Both the GMCs were given permission to retain their seats after the council considered a compliance verification report, along with observations of a member of the undergraduate expert group-appointed Board of Governors.
The decision came two days after the government promoted 41 Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) doctors to the post of Assistant Professor, a development that helped overcome the staff shortage that could have cost the state some 100 medical seats.

Jun 08, 2019

Hindu College to Open Doors for Women's Basketball

Being one of the three pioneer Delhi University colleges, Hindu College continues to be on the top of the minds of the aspirants aiming to get a seat in the varsity.
Hailed widely for its academic excellence, the college is also known for its sports activities and is now expanding the ambit of sports for all its students.
For the first time ever, the college will conduct admissions and trials for women who opt for basketball under the sports quota in 2019.
College principal Anju Srivastava said that the institute this year is offering more games to women students at the competitive level.
For the first time seats are being offered to girls choosing basketball as a discipline under the sports quota.
The move effectively means that the college will get its first women's basketball team.

Written Tests to Fill Seats in 12 Courses

From courses on business economics to management studies, students applying for 12 undergraduate courses will have to appear for entrance examination beginning June 30.
While the entrance exam for nine courses will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) in 2019, the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts will conduct the exam for three courses, BA (Hons) in Hindustani Music, Karnatak Music and Percussion Music.
These are specialised courses with high demand. Be it B.Tech or the journalism course, generally, these subjects have an entrance exam everywhere.

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