Volume 44 No. 14 Dated: October 08, 2019 PROGRAMME Project NCD – Global Community of Heart Heros RI Directors Kamal Sanghvi and Dr Bharat Pandya have started a new initiative — Project Positive Health – Stop NCD — for our zones. India is facing an NCD epidemic responsible for 60 per cent of deaths. Indians are genetically and culturally prone to developing non-communicable diseases or NCDs, which are a major cause of premature deaths. Improper lifestyle and food habits contribute to the rise in NCDs among Indians. High-calorie food, rich in salt, oil and sugar kills many times more people than terrorism does. The four common NCDs are — diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, cerebrovascular accident (stroke) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). A National Committee has been set up to take the ‘Stop NCD’ project forward. A three-pronged approach is needed. To know your numbers campaign, Every Rotary club should take up a campaign that exhorts every adult to know his three main health numbers — weight, BP and blood sugar. Clubs must hold ‘Know your Numbers’ camps to monitor this regularly. These camps are inexpensive and easy to organize. Spreading awareness is two-pronged approach — Awareness among Rotarians and community; Awareness in schools and colleges. Involvement of Rotaract is important. Rotaract clubs can help in the social media campaign and spread awareness in schools and colleges. The .tagline for the campaign is ‘Ek Chammach Kum, Char Kadam Aage’. It means one spoon less of salt, oil and sugar and 30 minutes of exercise daily. Advocacy role by Rotary, along with other NGOs, can form an advocacy group which can push the agenda of NCD control and the narrative on healthy living to take center stage with the government. Advocacy can be by ensuring food labeling especially salt and energy content, statutory warnings on unhealthy foods similar to cigarettes, restrictions on advertising of junk food. Rotary has rolled out the Project Positive Health – Stop NCD and made it a pan India initiative to promote positive health among people. This is a very doable project. It is low cost and can be continued over a long period of time. It has been decided to have common pan-India dates for four health camps by all the clubs, besides the regular camps and awareness programmes. The dates for the pan-India camps and awareness programmes are: September 29, 2019, Sunday — World Heart Day, November 14, 2019, Thursday — World Diabetes Day, Feb 23, 2020, Sunday — Rotary’s Anniversary and April 07, 2020, Tuesday — World Health Day As desire of our RI Directors, Rotary Chandigarh Midtown initiated Project NCD at three locations on 29 th September 2019 (brief report on page 03 of Bulletin No. 13), at Vatika Garden, GH Sector 6, Panchkula and Sukhna Petrol Pump, Sector 28, Chandigarh. About 250 persons were checked and measured for BP, Weight and Blood Sugar. The next camp would be held on November 14, 2019. Rotary Public Image is being projected by all our Bulletins which are mailed all over the world to large numbers of non-Rotarians and Rotarians with photos and is having global viewing through our website since Rotary year 2006-07, our Facebook page, Whatsapp etc. Follow our regular weekly meetings live streaming on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/rotarychdmidtown THE FOUR WAY TEST Of the things we think, say or do 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Diabetic Foot Care Chief Guest: Dr. Mukesh Doshi, Sr. Prosthetic Orthotic Clinician President, Indian Association of Assistive Technologists Disability Empowerment - Presentation by PP Rtn. Dr. V.J.S. Vohra Date : October 11, 2019 (Friday) Time: 6.30 p.m. Venue: Hotel Shivalikview Sector 17, Chandigarh
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Volume 44 No. 14 Dated: October 08, 2019 PROGRAMME
Project NCD – Global Community of Heart Heros
RI Directors Kamal Sanghvi and Dr Bharat Pandya have started a new initiative — Project Positive Health – Stop NCD — for our zones. India is facing an NCD epidemic responsible for 60 per cent of deaths. Indians are genetically and culturally prone to developing non-communicable diseases or NCDs, which are a major cause of premature deaths. Improper lifestyle and food habits contribute to the rise in NCDs among Indians. High-calorie food, rich in salt, oil and sugar kills many times more people than terrorism does. The four common NCDs are — diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, cerebrovascular accident (stroke) and chronic kidney disease (CKD).
A National Committee has been set up to take the ‘Stop NCD’ project forward. A three-pronged approach is needed. To know your numbers campaign, Every Rotary club should take up a campaign that exhorts every adult to know his three main health numbers — weight, BP and blood sugar. Clubs must hold ‘Know your Numbers’ camps to monitor this regularly. These camps are inexpensive and easy to organize.
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3. Spreading awareness is two-pronged approach — Awareness among Rotarians and community; Awareness in schools and colleges. Involvement of Rotaract is important. Rotaract clubs can help in the social media campaign and spread awareness in schools and colleges. The .tagline for the campaign is ‘Ek Chammach Kum, Char Kadam Aage’. It means one spoon less of salt, oil and sugar and 30 minutes of exercise daily.
3. Advocacy role by Rotary, along with other NGOs, can form an advocacy group which can push the agenda of NCD control and the narrative on healthy living to take center stage with the government. Advocacy can be by ensuring food labeling especially salt and energy content, statutory warnings on unhealthy foods similar to cigarettes, restrictions on advertising of junk food.
Rotary has rolled out the Project Positive Health – Stop NCD and made it a pan India initiative to promote positive health among people. This is a very doable project. It is low cost and can be continued over a long period of time. It has been decided to have common pan-India dates for four health camps by all the clubs, besides the regular camps and awareness programmes. The dates for the pan-India camps and awareness programmes are: September 29, 2019, Sunday — World Heart Day, November 14, 2019, Thursday — World Diabetes Day, Feb 23, 2020, Sunday — Rotary’s Anniversary and April 07, 2020, Tuesday — World Health Day
As desire of our RI Directors, Rotary Chandigarh Midtown initiated Project NCD at three locations on 29th September 2019 (brief report on page 03 of Bulletin No. 13), at Vatika Garden, GH Sector 6, Panchkula and Sukhna Petrol Pump, Sector 28, Chandigarh. About 250 persons were checked and measured for BP, Weight and Blood Sugar. The next camp would be held on November 14, 2019.
Rotary Public Image is being projected by all our Bulletins which are mailed all over the world to large numbers of non-Rotarians and Rotarians with photos and is having global viewing through our website since Rotary year 2006-07, our Facebook page, Whatsapp etc.
Follow our regular weekly meetings live streaming on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/rotarychdmidtown
THE FOUR WAY TEST Of the things we think, say or do 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Diabetic Foot Care Chief Guest:
Dr. Mukesh Doshi, Sr. Prosthetic Orthotic Clinician President, Indian Association of Assistive Technologists
Disability Empowerment - Presentation by PP Rtn. Dr. V.J.S. Vohra
Date : October 11, 2019 (Friday) Time: 6.30 p.m. Venue: Hotel Shivalikview Sector 17, Chandigarh