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Next Pulse Polio Day: 28th September,2008

The next Pulse Polio Day is on 28th September 2008.Parents are requested to get their children under five years of age protected with oral polio vaccine drops on the given date from any polio booth near your house.

There are 70 assembly segments in Delhi and a total of about 7900 booths, which are spread all over the city with an average of 50-100 booths per assembly.

Even sick and newborn children are to be given Polio drops.
‹ These drops are in addition to routine immunization doses.
‹ These drops are completely safe and are of highest quality.
‹ Repeated doses provide additional protection.
‹ Routine polio vaccination at birth, 6weeks, 10 weeks and 14 weeks of age is also essential.
‹ Polio Eradication efforts will continue till we achieve the “Goal of Polio Eradication”. Socially spirited individuals & organizations are invited to actively participate in this programme.

For any clarification / query, please contact Dr. C.M. Khanijo - Officer on Special Duty, Pulse Polio Cell, Directorate of Family Welfare, Govt. of Delhi, Bhagwan Mahaveer Hospital Campus,Guru Harkishan Marg, H-4/5 Zone: Pitampura, Near Rani Bagh, New Delhi –110034. Tel: 27033862

Massive Breastfeeing campaign in Bihar

Bihar, 01 September 2008:

A state-wide campaign to promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding was launched amidst much fanfare in Patna, the capital of the Bihar state, during the World Breastfeeding Week.

Ministers and senior officials from the state government, UNICEF and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Norway, a major donor nation, were among the important dignitaries at the launch.

Addressing a gathering of thousands of women, the Chief Minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to work with partners to ensure that women receive the necessary knowledge to give their children the right start in life.

UNICEF Deputy Country Representative Kunihiko Chris Hirabayashi emphasized that with 25 per cent of all infant deaths across the world occurring in India, the country accounts for the single highest share globally. “The world will not be able to achieve all the Millennium Development Goals unless the scenario changes rapidly in India,” he said, adding “We are happy that Bihar has made rapid advances in the development sector over the last couple of years and welcome the new initiatives.”

“We are confident that the successful implementation of this campaign will reduce the number of infant deaths in the state by about 20 percent. I call upon UNICEF to continue providing technical support and carry out monitoring and evaluation of this programme,” Bihar Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav added.

A historically backward state, Bihar contributes about 9.9 percent to the national burden of infant deaths in India with 158,000 infant deaths occurring annually. Malnutrition in Bihar is also a serious concern with more than half the children below three years found to be underweight according to a nationwide survey done in 2005-06.

The Effects of High-Tech Life on Children’s Bodies

Ergonomic experts Alan Hedge of Cornell
University and Karen Jacobs of Boston University
cite the risk of repetitive stress injuries to children
and adolescents from poor posture and long sessions
staring at screens; punching keys on computers,
laptops, handhelds, and cell phones; or hitting the
“fire” button repeatedly on video games.51 The
last-named problem has given rise to the term
“Nintendo thumb” in the medical literature as well
as warnings that game producers now include with
their products.52
Studies by Jacobs, former president of the
American Occupational Therapy Association, have
found about 40 percent of middle-school students
reporting musculoskeletal pain related to using
computers.53 She is currently studying whether the
time students spend playing video games and/or the
weight of their backpacks is combining with computer
use to cause additional problems.
Jacobs strongly recommends that parents and
teachers make sure students take physically active
breaks from keyboards or video games every 20
minutes, that they learn to check their chairs and
screen height each time, and adjust them if necessary,
and that they be taught the proper position for
typing to avoid strain. “We’re going to have a
whole generation of kids going into the workforce
who are hurting,” she predicts.

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