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Dr Vimarsh Raina, Dr Aparna Hegde, Dr Avi Kumar Bansal and Dr Omesh Kumar Bharti win BMJ Awards South Asia 2018

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Dr VK Paul, Member Niti Aayog, the Chief Guest, who addressed the audience and gave away awards to the winners.at BMJ Awards South Asia 2018

BMJ Awards 2018 South Asia Winners held at Hilton in Chennai on December 1.

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) India organised the 5th edition of the BMJ Awards South Asia 2018 on December 1 at Hilton Chennai. The top healthcare dignitaries in the country attended the award ceremony.

Dr Aparna Hedge AARMAN Mumbai receiving her award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

The esteemed panel of jury members consisted of eminent thought leaders, senior experienced doctors, and industry veterans from various healthcare organisations.

Dr Avi Kumar Bansal from Agra receiving his award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

This year too, nominations were invited from the South Asian region, including India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal in numerous categories like healthcare quality, medical education, healthcare innovation, and research.

Dr Bawanta from Sri Lanka receiving his award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

More than 1500 nominations were received for the Awards from across South Asia and were shortlisted to 30 nominations across 10 categories.

Dr Kulesh Bahadur from Nepal receiving his award at BMJ South Asia Award 2018

Winners were presented with a trophy and a certificate in the presence of India’s most senior healthcare professionals, industry executives, government officials, academicians, and researchers.

Dr Kyaw Myo from Mynamar receiving his award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

Dr VK Paul, Member Niti Aayog, the Chief Guest, who addressed the audience and gave away awards to the winners.

Dr Fiona Godle Editor in Chief The BMJ during BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

Speaking on the occasion, Dr VK Paul said, “I salute this great institution The BMJ, and wish you best for leading healthcare professionals to truth, knowledge and innovation. I congratulate all 30 finalists for making into the prestigious awards and specially mention the international guests for making it here from 9 countries of South Asia. The BMJ is a journal that we all aspired to be featured in and most of us failed to do so. I am fortunate to have been featured in its pages couple of times and I still cherish those pages. In our time, we used to refer 5-6 journals to gain knowledge, today people do not do it. With its various initiatives like BMJ global health, am happy that BMJ has taken initiative to change this scenario.”

Dr Hiranya from Sri Lanka receiving her award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

Following are the winners of the prestigious 5th BMJ South Asia Awards 2018.

Category Winner Institution
Infectious Disease Initiative of the Year Dr. Avi Kumar Bansal National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases Agra
Mental Health Team of the Year Dr. Hiranya Wijesundra District General Hospital – Ampara Sri Lanka
Research Paper of the Year Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti State Institute of Health & Family Welfare,
Govt of Himachal Pradesh
Post Graduate Thesis of the Year Dr. Zainab Hasan Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi Pakistan
Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
team of the year		 Dr. Kulesh Bahadur Thapa Nepal Ambulance Service, Kathmandu
Nepal
Surgical team of the year Dr. Bawantha Gamage Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardenapura Sri Lanka
Non- Communicable Disease Initiative
of the Year		 Dr. Kanij Sultana Population Council Dhaka
Excellence in Medical Education Dr. Kyaw Myo University of Medicine, Mandalay
Healthcare Innovation of the Year Dr. Vimarsh Raina Chimera Translational Research Fraternity
New Delhi
Maternal & Child Health Team of the Year Dr. Aparna Hegde ARMMAN Mumbai

Dr. Fiona Godlee, Editor-in-Chief, The BMJ said, “I am happy to be part of the 5th edition of the BMJ Awards South Asia. Over the years, the Awards have grown in stature and credibility. The jury had to evaluate 30 high quality entries to select the final winners. The work done by all of nominees is of superlative value that also makes a positive impact on the lives of many people.”

Prashant Mishra Managing Diretor BMJ India and south asia during BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

Prashant Mishra, Managing Director, BMJ India, and South Asia said ‘Over the past five years, the Awards have attained the stature of a must-attend event in South Asia and have been recognised as an important initiative in providing much needed recognition to healthcare projects in the region. We are happy to celebrate the fifth edition of this illustrious event and hope the winners inspire other healthcare professionals to continue to advance healthcare through their work”

Dr Kanij Sultana from Bangladesh receiving her award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018

The BMJ Awards are conferred after a rigorous and thorough evaluation process and are awarded to commend those who have accomplished the most impactful healthcare work in South Asia.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Vimarsh Raina from New Delhi receiving his award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018
Dr Omeesh Kumar from Shimla receiving his award at BMJ South Asia Awards 2018
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Pradanya: The Three-Day Annual Conference on Healthcare to be held at IIHMR University Jaipur from November 29, 2018

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Pradanya, the three-day Annual Conference on Breakthrough Technologies and Transformation toward future healthcare at IIHMR University Jaipur from November 29, 2018.

Experts from India as well as from abroad who are in the fields of healthcare, pharmaceuticals and allied industries are set to converge at IIHMR University’s Jaipur campus at the 23rd version of its celebrated annual conference, Pradanya, present the vision of the future healthcare by delivering and educating the audience about breakthrough technologies, transformations, innovations and discoveries as well as discussing existing healthcare models and best practices, from November 29, 2018 to December 1, 2018.

The IIHMR Campus in Jaipur, where the 23rd Annual Healthcare Conference, Pradanya will kick-start on November 27, 2018.

The event will see participation from Dr Chandrakant Lahariya, Technical Officer- Health: Care, Access & Protection’ WHO India, VP, IPE, Global Limited, Dr.GauravThukral, Dr.Jayesh Jani, Medical Director, Asia Pacific, Boston Scientific Consulting, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Health Care at Home India Pvt Ltd, Dr.Gaurav Thukral, Joy Chakraborty, Chief Operating Officer , P.D.Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Satyen Chaturvedi, Executive Director, Rajasthan VHA and Deep Bhandari (Executive Coach and Former BU Head,UCB India Ltd.) among many other eminent speakers.

The three-day conference will also explore the imperatives of equity in healthcare in rural India, its challenges and ways through, improving healthcare delivery through multi-sectoral collaboration, Ayushman Bharat, India’s experience in attaining SDGs in rural development, shifts in disease burdens in view of new drug and vaccine discovery and patient centric approaches in hospital cultures as well as the latest advances in healthcare technology. The theme this year is “Reimagining HealthCare”, Yesterday’s Dreams Tomorrow’s Reality.

Dr. Pankaj Gupta, COO, IIHMR, Jaipur.

Dr. Pankaj Gupta, President, IIHMR University Jaipur said, “The future of healthcare is on the verge of being transformed by disruptive technologies as well as global practices geared toward patient-centric approaches. These are trends that will envelop hospital cultures, drive pharmaceutical innovations and digitise healthcare access. At the same time rural India is beset by great inequalities in access to quality healthcare and lack of infrastructure. The aim of this conference is to discuss these divergent and often conflicting pulls on India’s wellness future, raise awareness and find ways to reconcile these challenges in a coordinated manner”, .

With the public expenditure on healthcare at 1.28% of the GDP and under performing public health care systems, nearly 55-60 million Indians are pushed into poverty every year due to high out of pocket expenses. The Ayushman Bharat hopes to overcome these challenges to development of vulnerable groups in India but prevention and private sector contributions are also central to success in this endeavour.

Raising awareness is a vital concomitant to new drug discovery and vaccine development without which disease burdens cannot be addressed. Service providers need the right tools and patient feedback loops through multi-stage treatment programs to enhance therapy outcomes. Integrated and accessible devices will play a key role in registration, data analysis and health monitoring in future healthcare service delivery.

The IIHMR University, Jaipur is dedicated to improvement in standards of health through better management of health care and related programs. It seeks to accomplish this through management education, training, research, consultation and institutional working in a national and global perspective. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has identified IIHMR as an Institute of Excellence for training and capacity building.

The Centre of Health Economics at IIHMR University aims to contribute towards developing high performing health systems through health economics research, policy dialogue, consultation, education, and training.

Dr. Ravi Mahajan, Chief Plastic, Cosmetic & Microvascular Surgeon at 42nd national conference

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Dr.Ravi Mahajan is new President of Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand

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Dr. Ravi Mahajan, Chief Plastic Surgeon, Amandeep Group of Hospitals, Amritsar, has been elected as President – Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand at 42nd national conference of the society held at Coimbatore.

ISSH is a body of Plastic and Orthopaedic surgeons practising hand surgery all over the country. Objective of the society is to promote the speciality of hand surgery amongst junior doctors by organising CMEs, workshops and conferences all over the country.

Dr. Mahajan took over as President of the society at Coimbatore in the presence of Dr. Levin Scott, President American Society of Surgery of Hand, Dr. Raja Sabapathy organising chairman, Dr. Balakrishnan, Trustee ISSH, Dr. Ravi Gupta; the outgoing President and many senior hand surgeons of the country.

Dr. Mahajan said that he will work hand to promote the speciality amongst Plastic and Orthopaedic surgeons particularly in smaller cities, so that common people get benefited from their expertise.

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Round table on eliminating Female Genital Mutilation or Khafz in India by 2030

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Around 25 representatives from the global anti-Female Genital Mutilation Movement and UN agencies recently came together to discuss the actions needed to eliminate this harmful practice by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, at a round table organised by WeSpeakOut and Equality Now in India, according to a statement issued by PR Newswire.

In India, 25 representatives from the global anti-FGM movement, and UN agencies recently came together to discuss the actions needed to eliminate this harmful practice by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, at a round table organised by WeSpeakOut and Equality Now.

Female Genital Mutilation

The act of FGM is perfromed in India among the Dawoodi Bohra community prevalent and among few Sunni Muslim sects. As such, India has not enacted any separate law against FGM. It was at an ongoing public interest litigation seeking a ban on FGM, the Supreme Court observed that the practice is a clear violation of a woman’s bodily inegrity as laid down in the Indian Constitution.

Dawoodi Bohra Community

The practice of FGM among the Dawoodi Bohra community, known in the local parlance as Khafz is shrouded in secrecy till 2015, when the first known anti FGM/Khafz case against a Bora religious leader and two others went to trial in Australia. As early as April 2017, a Michigan-based medical practitioner from Dawoodi Bohra community was arrested and charged, along with two others, for performing FGM, noted the statement. Apparently, this is the first time in the US anyone has faced prosecution under the Federal FGM Law, said the report.

Joint Statement

During the roundtable, a joint statement read: “FGM is a violation of the human rights of women and girls, under both international law and the Indian constitution. It has no health benefits, and in fact, often has both short-term and long-term health and psychological consequences.”

Emphasising on the need to protect the young girls, the joint statement observed that it is the Union Government’s responsibility to make sure that the instances such as FGM or Khafz are taken seriously and those involved in it are prosecuted, under the existing criminal laws. What is more, the Indian legal system should include the WHO’s full definition of FGM (Including Khafz) and introduce a separate law banning the practice.

Equality Now is an international human rights organisation that works to protect and promote the rights of women and girls around the world.

Awareness Campaigns

The participants of the round table suggested that the Government must create more awareness on the negative impacts of FGM, specifically asking doctors to refrain from performing it and prioritising preventive measures. The Indian Medical Association has since issued a statement against FGM.

Masoom Ranalvi, Founder of WeSpeakOut said, “”Although sharing my story helped act as a catalyst, what is happening is about much more than my personal experience. We are living in a time where women have really found their voices. Centerstaging this much secret and hidden issue through personal narratives has helped us garner support for our campaign.”

Shelby Quast, Regional Director (Americas), Equality Now said, “The key to addressing the practice is to reframe the issue as a child protection and human rights issue, rather than a religious one.”

Political Will

Political will is a must, if the measures against FGM is to be successfully implemented. With respect to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent meeting with Dawoodi Bohra religious leaders, the Union Government must show urgency in tackling this issue by officially condemning the act and beginning discussions with religious leaders to end FGM. Equality Now is an international human rights organisation that works to protect and promote the rights of women and girls around the world (equalitynow.org/india_fgm). WeSpeakOut strives to work for equal rights of Dawoodi Bohra women in all spheres of life by amplifying the voices of Bohra women (wespeakout.org/about/our-mission/). For Media Contact:
Holly Cooper, 201990@email4pr.com, 212-586-0906 x 16 and for knowing more about Equality Now, visit equalitynow.org.

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PM Narendra Modi lays Foundation Stone for India International Convention and Expo Centre at Dwarka in Delhi

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The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi today laid the foundation for India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) at Dwarka in New Delhi, according to a PIB statement. While speaking on the occasion, Modi said, “The Government would reflect India’s economic progress, rich cultural heritage, and our consciousness towards environment protection. It is a part of the Government’s vision which gives importance to world class infrastructure, and ease of doing business.”

Photo Caption: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone of the India International Convention and Expo Centre, at Dwarka, New Delhi on September 20, 2018. The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (I/C), Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Commerce & Industry, C.R. Chaudhary and the Secretary, DIPP, Ramesh Abhishek are also seen. Photo: PIB.

The Prime Minister recounted how the Union Government has begun a series of unprecedented projects for the nation’s development. In this context, the Prime Minister mentioned the longest tunnel, the longest gas pipeline, the largest mobile manufacturing unit, and electricity to every household among many others. He said these are illustrations of the skill, scale and speed of New India.

Modi said, “Several countries across the world have developed elaborate capacities to hold conferences. This had not been thought of in India for a quite a while. Now this is changing. A country progresses through strong organizational and institutional capacities, which are the result of years of effort. For this, it is important to take decisions at the right time, and implement them without delay.”

In this context, the Prime Minister cited an instance of the recent decision on merger of Public Sector banks. “This had been thought about for nearly two and a half decades, but not implemented. Our Government will not shy away from taking tough decisions in national interest. All round progress has happened in the last four years only because national interest has been kept supreme. This process of taking tough decisions in the best interest of the people, will continue. He said that despite challenges, the economy is on a firm footing.” While elaborating on the “ease of doing business”, Modi added that the Union Government is now working towards taking this effort to the district level as well.

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