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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 2018

Dear members.

I am happy to present all the activities undertaken by the Indian Public Health Association during the last calendar

year i.e. 2018

CC and GB Meetings conducted:-

Sl. Meeting Date & Venue

1. 62nd Annual Central Council Meeting 8th February, 2018 at Department of Community

Medicine, King George’s Medical University

(K.G.M.U.), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

2. 62nd Annual General Body Meeting 9th February, 2018 at Auditorium of King George’s

Medical University (K.G.M.U.), Lucknow, Uttar

Pradesh.

3. 174th Central Council Meeting 21st & 22nd April 2018 at Indian Institute of Public

Health(IIPH), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 4. 175th Central Council Meeting 29th & 30th September, 2018, at IPHA Bhaban, Salt

lake, Kolkata.

Reports on 62nd IPHACON 2018, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh:-

The 62nd Annual National Conference of Indian Public Health Association was held at King George’s Medical

University (K.G.M.U.), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from 9th – 11th February 2018 under the dynamic leadership

of our President Dr. Prabir Kumar Das, Secretary General Dr. Sanghamitra Ghosh, Organising chairman Prof. V.K.

Srivastava and Organizing Secretary Dr. Prof. Uday Mohan, Head, Department of Community Medicine, KGMU

and their wonderful team.

Around 1100 delegates attended the conference. Participation came from various International and National NGO

and Govt sectors. It was a very successful conference.

Details of the programme were uploaded in our website and Journal.

REPORTS OF FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEES

Oration: The committee had reviewed and suggested the names for the orations during the 62nd Annual National Conference

of IPHA 2018.

Oration delivered during 62nd IPHACON 2018 at KGMU, Lucknow

Orations Name of Orators

Dr. B.C. Dasgupta Memorial

Oration

Prof. Krishnan Anand, Professor,

Centre for Community Medicine, A.I.I.M.S., New-Delhi

Dr J.E. Park Memorial

Oration

Dr. A. Kiran Kumar, Director,

Public Health/Medical Officer of Health, Cayman Island.

Dr. K.N. Rao Memorial

Oration

Dr. Suneela Garg, Director, Professor & Head,

Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad

Medical College, New-Delhi

Oration delivered during IPHA Telengana State Conference 2018

Dr. G. Anjaneyulu Oration Dr J Ravi Kumar, Immediate Past President IPHA

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Oration delivered during 62nd Foundation Day, September 2018

Dr. A.L. Saha Memorial

Oration

Dr Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Department

of Endocrinology, IPGME&R, Kolkata

Fellowship Award: In 2017-18 the following IPHA life members were elected for the IPHA Fellowship Award:-

1. Dr Shivendra Kumar Singh

2. Dr Pragti Chhabra

3. Dr Jagannath Vinayak Dixit

4. Dt Lt. Col. Puja Dudeja

5. Dr Anupam Parashar

6. Dr Arun Kumar Aggarwal

This Year (2018-19) total 9 applications were received, fellowship committee has screened all the applications as

the set guideline of IPHA in fellowship meetings. Only 1 applicant was not considered after thorough screening and

8 applicants has fulfilled the criteria and were accepted by the credential committee.

Following life members were selected for IPHA Fellowship Award.

1. Dr. Arvind Singh Kushwaha

2. Dr. Rajesh Kunwar

3. Dr. Shibani Dutta

4. Dr. C.M. Singh

5. Dr. Indranil Saha

6. Dr. Sitanshu Sekhar Kar

7. Dr Najam Khalique

8. Dr A Rambabu

Best Paper Awards :

Award Name Title Awardee

S.D. Gour Best Paper Award

on “Environmental Health Practice”

“Exposure to Indoor Air Pollution and

its Perceived Impact on Health of

Women and their children”

Dr. Swanya Prabha

Maharana

P.C. Sen Best Paper Award

on “Rural Health Practice”

“Sun Exposure and Vitamin D in rural

India”

Dr. Shobhit Garg

Essay entry for 2019 two categories has been received and duly screened and they will present their paper in

the conference in competition category and will be judged by the eminent professors.

Award Name Title Nominees

S.D. Gour Best Paper Award

on “Environmental Health Practice”

Community perception and Risk

reduction practices towards Malaria

& Dengue: A Mixed methods study

in slums of Chetla, Kolkata

1. Dr. Debayan Podder

Safe food and water at every

household a dream or reality : A study

among tribal population of Naxalbari

Block, Darjeeling district, West

Bengal, India

2. Dr.Nilanjana Ghosh

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P.C. Sen Best Paper Award

on “Rural Health Practice”

Effect of dietary habit and physical

activity on over-nutrition of school

going adolescents:

A longitudinal assessment in a rural

block of West Bengal

1. Dr Arista Lahiri

Bone Health and its Association with

Vitamin D and other Covariates: A

Community based study among

Women in a Rural Area of West

Bengal

2. Dr Taniya Pan

Honorary fellowship: No Nomination has been considered by CC.

I.C. Tiwari Life time Achievement award: In 2017-18 as proposed by the committee, chaired by Dr. C.P. Mishra the Life time achievement award is

Conferred to Prof. Lalit M Nath, Ex-Dean, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

As proposed by the Committee for 2018-19 Chairperson, Dr C.P. Mishra nominated Dr Kamal Krishna Datta,

Emeritus Professor & Hon. Academic Coordinator for the prestigious I.C. Tiwari Life time Achievement award.

IPHA Website: Online Membership is going on smoothly. Most of the members they are registering through online membership

portal and also updated their personal information change of address by entering through login ID & Password.

IPHA’s functions, activities, program reports and images were uploaded regularly in website which increases

transparency to members Worldwide. Now it is carrying all announcements about conference and all activities of

IPHA and also of related nature. Periodical bulk Emails from google server are sent to all members’ registered

Email ID about branch activities and upcoming events IPHA.

IPHA Bhaban Committee: Bhaban is adequately used by the members for short/week long stay and different programmes, Workshops and

meetings. Annual maintenance of Air Conditioners, testing of Fire Extinguishers & regular Fire audit has been

done. The room/washroom amenities have been repaired.

Dr Surajit Ghosh, Vice President East had a talk with M/s-Deb Enterprises, Proprietor Mr Deb Kumar Mitra

regarding Bhaban original documents, after prolonged discussion & negotiation full and final settlement has been

done by clearing the due payment to the party & Bhaban Original land & building papers has been handover to

Bhaban Committee Chairman at IPHA Bhaban and kept it into IPHA Headquarter Office securely.

IPHA Membership Committee: This year total 229 new candidates were enrolled as IPHA Life member 196 has opted for e-journal and 33 opted

for hard copy of journal.

Indian Journal of Public Health: Report of Editorial Board by Managing Editor

Indian Journal of Public Health: Report of Editorial Board by Managing Editor

Indian Journal of Public Health is a peer reviewed journal where the articles are stringently reviewed by

national and international experts in the field of public health, medicine, ophthalmology, obstetrics,

nutrition, occupational health, pediatrics, dental, environmental health etc. The journal is regularly

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publishing special articles related to public health, national health policy and public health management

by nationally acclaimed experts.

Since 2010, Indian Journal of Public Health is being published both online and in print version with

increased visibility, open and free access globally. After being online, citation is also increased.

• Indexing Status:

The journal is currently indexed with, or included in, PubMed, Medline/ Index Medicus, Index

Copernicus, SCOPUS, Scimago journal ranking, Indian Science Abstracts, National Science Library etc.

The journal is registered with the abstracting partners of

Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic

Databases, Exlibris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, Journal Guide, National Science

Library, OpenJGate, ProQuest, TdNet. Documents H index is 14.

During the year new indexing ensured such as DOAJ (Directory of open access journal) and presently in

the process of indexing in PubMed Central (PMC) directory.

• Submission and Publication:

Submission of articles is being increased over the years; it has increased from 424 in 2017 to 468 in 2018.

All the four issues in 2018 have been published on time. 1st issue of 2019 is also in the process of printing.

Submission of articles and publication status over the years (as on 16.1.19)

• Sponsorship

o Conference issue of 2018 was partly sponsored by organizing committee of National Conference of

IPHA at Lucknow. No other sponsored issues could be published this year, though possibility is being

explored with two/three agencies/organizations.

• Renewal of agreement with Med Know and related issues

o Agreement has been renewed for another term of 2 years. Few clauses have been

incorporated/modified to ensure better control or negotiation in future.

o Journal dispatch system has been changed, rather than ordinary post, journal now being sent through

an identified courier agency.

o Though complaints of non-receipt of journal by many members could not be adequately solved, but

there has been an improvement in response to these complaints by the agency.

• Journal review and management system:

o Peer review process is usually conducted once in a month with available editorial board members and

reviewers at IPHA Bhawan, Kolkata. This has improved the quality of the published articles as well

as quick decision making in article review process.

o Presently we have no pending articles that were submitted in 2017.

• Journal Office Functioning-Since recruitment of the present journal assistant, journal office

functioning has improved.

Year Total

articles

submitted

Status of publication

Published Accepted Rejected

/withdrawn

Under review

2017 424 58 6 (in the

process of

printing)

360 (84.9%) -

2018 468 16 21 335 (71.6%) 96

2018 16 - - - 16

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ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES

Sl.no. Date & Venue Activities

1. World Oral Health Day

Date : 20th March 2018 at Students

Health Home(SHH), Kolkata

IPHA and Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences &

Research jointly observed “World Oral Health Day”

school level awareness programme in collaboration with

Students Health Home(SHH) Kolkata held on 20th March

2018.

Dr Surajit Ghosh, Vice President East, IPHA , welcome

the delegates and participants and delivered a short

speech on the occasion.

Dr Amitava Bhattacharya, Secretary Students Health

Home graced the occasion with all other staffs of the

institution.

Dr. Santanu Sen Roy, Associate Professor & Dr Puneet

Kaur Faculty Public Health Dentistry, Guru Nanak

Institute of Dental Sciences & Research delivered lecture

on oral health care amongst different school students

attending the programme. A Health checkup camp was

also organized in the same venue and dental kits were

distributed amongst the school students.

At community level on the same day an Awareness

program and Dental checkup camp was organised in

collaboration with Kalitara Mahila Samity at Pagladanga

Topsia Kolkata. More than 150 mother and children were

examined in the camp by the Doctors of Guru Nanak

Dental College. At the end of the program Snacks packets

& Dental kits were distributed among children on that

day.

2. World TB Day

Date: 28th March 2018

Venue: Department of Community

Medicine, Calcutta Medical College and

Hospital

IPHA observed “World TB Day” awareness programme

on Tuberculosis on 28th March 2018 at Department of

Community Medicine, Calcutta Medical College &

Hospital.

Dr Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary General, IPHA ,

welcome the delegates and participants and delivered a

short speech on the occasion.

Prof. Ashok Kumar Bhadra, Principal, Calcutta Medical

College& Hospital inaugurated the programme as a Chief

guest.

Prof. Salil Bhattacharya, Prof. & Head , dept. of

community medicine graced the occasion.

Dr Quazi Toufique Ahmed, Medical Consultant-Drug-

Resistant TB, World Health Organization, Kolkata started

with discussion on RNTCP: Recent Updates with proper

demonstration.

Dr Rivu Basu, Assistant professor, RG Kar Medical

College and Hospital delivered speech focusing on multi-

sectoral approach in fight against the disease and

expanding TB services and shared his field research

experience. The programme was successful and was very

much appreciated by the respected dignitaries &

members.

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3. World No Tobacco Day

Dated: 31st March 2018

Venue: Department of Community

Medicine, RG Kar Medical College &

Hospital

IPHA observed “World No Tobacco Day” awareness

programme on 31st March 2018 at Department of

Community Medicine, RG Kar Medical College &

Hospital.

Dr Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary General, IPHA & Dr

Rivu Basu, Assistant professor delivered a speech on the

occasion.

4. World Health Day

Dated: 7th April 2018

Venue: BNR Central Hospital, SE

Railway, Garden Reach, Kolkata

IPHA & IRMSA/GRC jointly observed World Health

Day on 7th April at BNR Central Hospital, SE Railway,

Garden Reach, Kolkata.

Dr Debashish Roy, Regional Team Leader(East Region)

WHO India, Dr Sumanta Dasgupta, Chief Specialist

(Anaesthesia), Central Hospital, S.E. Railway, Dr.

Bhudeb Sengupta, Addl. Chief Health, Director/ADMN.

Central Hospital, S.E. Railway & Dr Sanghamitra ghosh,

Secretary General, IPHA graced the occasion with their

presence.

Dr . Dipankar Mukherjee, Assistant Professor Rural,

Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical

College & Hospital delivered speech focusing on

“Universal Health Coverage: everyone everywhere”

Dr Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor,

Department of Community Medicine, College of

Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital delivered speech on

“Addressing inequalities on the road to Health for All”

Dr Dhiresh Choudhury – Director- Banchbo Healing

Touch delivered lecture on “Aging and Universal Health

Coverage- the reality”. The programme was a grand

success and very much appreciated by the respected

dignitaries & members.

5. World Environment Day

Dated: 6th June 2018

Venue: Department of Pharmacology,

RG Kar Medical College & Hospital,

Kolkata

IPHA observed World Environment Day programme on

6th June 2018 at Department of Pharmacology, RG Kar

Medical College & Hospital.

Dr S Batabyal, Principal RGKMCH, Dr Anup Das, Dean

& HOD, Dept. of Pharmacology, Dr Sanghamitra Ghosh,

Secretary General IPHA graced the occasion.

Dr Arunabha Majumder, Emeritus Fellow – School of

Water Resource Engineering, Jadavpur University,

Kolkata delivered his valuable speech on the theme “Beat

Plastic Pollution”.

Panel discussion held on Plastic free Healthy World. Dr

Salil Bhattacharya, Professor, Dept. of Community

Medicine Medical college Hospital, Dr Nabanita

Bhattacharya Professor Community Medicine, National

Medical college, Dr Sandip Sanyal ADME, Swasthya

Bhavan joined as a panelist in the programme. Dr Pritam

Roy. WHO Consultant, Neglected tropical disease joined

the programme as a Moderator.

Dr Anjan Adhikary, Asst. Professor, Pharmacology

anchored the programme in a very organized way. The

programme was a grand success.

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6. Update on Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dated: 26.06.2018

Venue: Calcutta National Medical

College

IPHA organized programme on Update on Neglected

Tropical Diseases with technical support of WHO on

26.06.2018 at CNMC. The programme started with CME

registration.

Accreditation of CME hours 4 credit hours were

approved by West Bengal Medical Council. More than

100 delegates were registered from different medical

colleges.

Prof. Debasis Bhattacharya, DME West Bengal delivered

lecture on Medical Ethics.

Prof. Tamalkanti Ghosh, SplSecy, GoWB has delivered

speech on public health importance of Dengue Serology.

Dr Tapan Mukherjee, Chief Advisor, Health, KMC & Dr

Sanjib Bandyopadhyay, Asst. Prof.. Community

Medicine, CNMC & ADME, WB delivered lecture on

Role of community participation in Management of

vector borne disease.

Prof. Bibhuti Saha, HOD, Tropical Medicines, STM

Kolkata & Prof. Sibarjun Ghosh, HOD, Paediatrics,

Medical College, Kolkata delivered speech on Dengue

Management guidelines.

The programme continued with many more CME

sessions, interactive quiz was held after every session.

The programme was a grand success and very much

appreciated by dignitaries & members.

7.

Independence Day

15th August

Venue: IPHA Bhaban, Salt-lake

IPHA observed Independence day at IPHA Bhaban

premises. National Flag was hoisted by Dr Sanghamitra

Ghosh, Secretary General in presence of Dr. Surajit

Ghosh, Vice President East, Dr Dilip Kumar Das, Editor

and few members of the Association & staffs were also

present. National Anthem was sung and sweets were

distributed.

8.

World Breastfeeding Week

1st-7th August

IPHA observed WBW “Foundation of Life” week long

programme in different medical colleges and institutions

in befitting manner from 1st August – 7th August.

Inauguration programme was held at BR Singh Medical

College & Hospital, Sealdah on 1st August.

Dr Gautam Dasgupta, Medical Director graced the

occasion as Chief guest.

On 2nd August programme was organised by Department

of Community Medicine, ESIC Medical College, Joka.

Dr Rekha Dutt, HOD co-ordinated the programme in a

befitting manner.

On 3rd August programme was held at College of

Nursing, Asia Heart Foundation, Sonarpur.

On 4th August programme was held at Lady Dufferin

Victoria Hospital and the programme ends on 7th August

with colorful rally and interactive sessions with mothers

and community in remote areas.

The entire week long program was wonderfully

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coordinated by Dr Sunil Kumar Nag, Treasurer IPHA.

9. National Workshop on Basics of

Health Economics for Medical

Professionals:

Dated: 17th to 20th September 2018

Venue: NHM Building, Swasthya

Bhaban

IPHA in collaboration with IDSK Kolkata held from 17th

to 20th September 2018 at NHM Building, Swasthya

Bhaban. It was 4 days workshop the workshop was

beautifully organized and very much appreciated by the

delegates.

10. World Contraceptive Day

Dated: 26th September 2018

Venue: Hyatt Regency

IPHA in collaboration with Bengal Obstetrics and

Gynecological Society (BOGS) observed WCD on 26th

September 2018 at Hyatt Regency, Kolkata.

Welcome address by Dr Sudhir Adhikari, President

BOGS.

Dr Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary General, IPHA focused

on collaboration with the Public and Private sectors in

Family Planning services.

Keynote address by Dr Ajoy Chakraborty, DHS, Govt. of

West Bengal

Ms Indrani Bhattacharya, CINI, addressed Gender

Disparity and Increasing Male Participation in Family

Planning.

Ms Shikha Shrivastava, PSI, delivered speech on Quality

Assurance in Family Planning Services in the Private

Sector Panel discussions was held on different topics:

Public Health Challenges in Adopting Contraceptives in

the Community.

Moderator- Dr Sebanti Goswami & Dr. Biswajyoti Guha

Panelist- Dr. Mausumi De Banerjee, Hony Secretary,

IMA Kolkata; Mr. Supratip Mazumdar, Branch Manager,

Family Planning Association of India, Kolkata; Dr.Rajat

Kumar Das, ASHA; Dr Jayita Chakrabarti, BOGS;

Industry Session: A paradigm shift in injectable

contraception: Novel Subcutaneous LARC

By Dr. B D Mukherjee (Pfizer); Role and Progress of

DKT India in Contraception and Abortion by Mr. Todd

Callaghan (DKT India); Safe Abortion Techniques by Dr.

Sukumar Mitra (Ipas)

Session on Promoting Post-Abortion and Post-Partum

Family Planning: Moderator- Dr.Tulika Jha & Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya

Panelist- Dr. Sushmita Sen, PSS; Ms Moumita Sarkar,

IPAS; Dr. Bhaskar Paul, BOGS; Dr. Hiralal Konar,

BOGS; Dr Chinmoy Bose, FPAI Kolkata. Closing

remarks and Vote of Thanks by Dr Basab Mukherjee,

Hony. Secretary, BOGS.

11. 63rd Foundation Day

Dated: 28th September 2018

Venue: Calcutta National Medical

College

IPHA observed 63rd foundation day celebration on this

year theme: Preventing Diabetes – Primary to Tertiary on

28th September 2018 at New Auditorium building,

Calcutta National Medical College

Dr Pradip Kumar Mitra, DME inaugurated the

programme and graced the occasion as Chief Guest.

Dr Ajay Kumar Ray, Principal, CNMC graced the

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programme as Guest of honour.

Dr Prabir Kumar Das, President IPHA welcomed the

members and guests and deliver his speech on emerging

issues of Diabetes and role of IPHA.

Dr Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary General, IPHA

welcomed delegates and guests and informed the

audience about the brief history of IPHA.

Accreditation of CME hours 3.5 credit hours were

approved by West Bengal Medical Council. More than

100 delegates were registered from different medical

colleges.

Prof. Nilanjan Sengupta delivered speech on “Role of

Diabetic Educators in India”

Dr Rana Bhattacharjee delivered lecture on Initial

Pharmacological management of Type2 DM.

Dr Ghanashyam Goel delivered speech on Diabetic Foot

Ulcer.

Dr Sujoy Ghosh delivered speech on Fallacies on HbA1c and many more topics related with Prevention of

Diabetes has been covered.

Dr A.L Saha Memorial Oration: Dr Satinath

Mukhopadhyay, Professor, Department of

Endocrinology, IPGME&R, Kolkata

The programme continued with many more CME

sessions, interactive quiz was held after every session.

The programme was a grand success and very much

appreciated by dignitaries & members.

12. “Updates on Immunization”

Dated: 16th November, 2018

Venue: Calcutta Medical College &

Hospital, Mother & Child Hub

IPHA & Department of Community Medicine, Calcutta

Medical College jointly observed CME program on

Updates on immunization with technical support of Pfizer

on 16th November 2018 at MCH Hub, Calcutta Medical

College& Hospital.

Dr Ashis kumar Basu, Principal & Prof. Dr K.D.

Bhattacharyya, HOD inaugurated the programme and

grace the occasion.

Dr Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary General IPHA

welcomed delegates and guests and informed the

audience about the brief history of IPHA.

Various topics were discussed in the programme.

Dr Samar Biswas, WHO Consultant, NPSP delivered

lecture on MR Campaign

Prof. Aloke Gopal Ghoshal, Director, NAABI, delivered

speech on Pneumococcal diseases and vaccines.

Dr Basab Mukherjee, Secretary, BOGS focused on

Cervical cancer and HPV Vaccine.

Dr Suman Kanungo, Scientist E, NICED delivered

lecture on Rota Virus vaccine

Dr Mousumi Datta, Assistant Professor, Department of

Community Medicine, MCH delivered speech on Adult

Vaccination. The programme was a grand success and

very much appreciated by dignitaries & members.

Participation certificates have been distributed among

participants. The programme is supported by Pfizer

limited.

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13. Children’s Day Celebration:

Dated: 14th November

The programme was organized by Kalitara Mahila

Samity at Pagladanga. Ms. Manju Chatterjee was

secretary of the committee. Gifts and sweets were

distributed among childrens on that day borne by IPHA

HQ .

14. World AIDS Day

Dated: 1st December 2018

Venue: Dhulagarh Truck Terminal

IPHA organized an HIV/AIDS awareness programme in

collaboration with Ambuja cement foundation & Apollo

Tyre among the truck drivers at Dhulagarh truck terminal,

1st Dec, from 14.00 - 16.00 hr. The programme was

attended by CMOH, Deputy CMOH II, DMCHO of

Howrah district.

Mr. M.K. Maity, Project Coordinator, Ambuja Cement

Foundation, Dhulagarh was the program organizer.

15. National Workshop on GIS for Health

professionals

Dated: 7th - 9th & 21st – 23rd Dec 2018

Venue: IPHA Bhaban, Kolkata

IPHA & OPSIS System Pvt. Ltd. has made a MOU

between them and conducted an interactive workshop &

training program to medical professionals on

Geoinformatics education/Geographical Information

System(GIS) at IPHA Bhaban.

Dr Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary General IPHA, Dr

Pritam Roy, organizing Secretary, Dr Abhishek De,

program Coordinator, Dr Soma Basu, Director OPSIS

System welcomed delegates and interacted with them.

In this workshop around 50 no’s of delegates has been

registered from different states. Training materials, GIS

software & dataset has been handed over to trainees.

Theoretical lectures, practical use of GIS technology in

the domain of Health GIS for using collected data to infer

location impact through visual maps practically

demonstrated by trained resource faculties from OPSIS.

At the end of the programme certificates has been

distributed among participants & organizers.

The Workshop was a grand success and very much

appreciated by dignitaries & members.

Secretary General Regional Meetings / Programmes Visit

1. “Delhi - End TB Summit”: – On invitation Dr. Sanghamitra Ghosh, Secretary General, IPHA participated in the

programme at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi on 13th March 2018. Hon’ble Prime Minister of India- Shri Narendra

Modi graced the occasion and address the gathering.

Welcome speech deliberated by Shri J.P. Nadda, Hon.MoHFW, Govt. of India. The programme was co-hosted by

the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India, WHO South East Asia Regional Office, and global

STOP TB Partnership. The Summit was deliberated on multi-sectoral approach in fight against the disease and

expanding TB services in the context of Universal Health Coverage.

The Summit was attended by the Ministers of Health from over 20 countries, technical international agencies,

NGO’s Donors, Private Sector and Communities affected by T.B.

Director General of the WHO also participated along with Heads of other international organisations. The

programme was successful and was very much appreciated by the respected dignitaries & members and was

followed by valedictory session.

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2. World NCD Federation: - Secretary General on invitation attended 2 days programme on guidelines for

prevention, surveillance and Management of Non communicable diseases at Primary and Secondary healthcare

settings held at PGIMER Chandigarh from 6th-7th, March 2018.

Guest of Honour: Dr. S.K. Aggarwal, DGHS, Haryana, Dr J.S. Thakur, Dr Sanjay Bhadada.

Various topics – opening remarks and process of guidelines development , evidence synthesis for guidelines

development, health facilities and services available at primary and secondary care level across the world were

discussed by resource persons. Presentations by different groups on Diabetes, Cancer, COPD/ Ashtama, CVDs,

stroke, hypertension CKD, Mental Health, Liver disease (NAFLD and ALD).

Expert group presentations on prevention, surveillance. Panel discussions on participation of professional

associations and implementation of guidelines. The programme was a grand success.

3. “National Expert group technical consultation on prevention and treatment of iron deficiency Anaemia” :

On invitation Secretary General attended programme held on 23rd April 2018 at AIIMS, New Delhi. The sessions

deliberated on objectives of the National Expert Group Technical Consultation,

Introduction to Development Process of WHO Guidelines. Sessions on Recent scientific evidence on Iron

absorption, metabolism and its adverse effect. Global guidelines on prevention and treatment of Anaemia amongst

Pregnant and lactating mothers and many more sessions.

4. IPHACON 2019 Pre-Conference visit: Secretary General visited upcoming IPHA Annual National Conference

venue at Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The AP State branch of IPHA under the

leadership of Dr K.S. Karunamurthy with support of Dr TSR Sai & Dr J Ravi Kumar former Presidents of IPHA

organizing this Conference. The college has an Auditorium with a seating capacity of 600 with adequate

audiovisual equipment. There are 4 to 6 lecture halls with a seating capacity up-to 200 persons. 3 to 5 Star hotels

are available for comfortable accommodation at best prices. Around 2000 delegates can comfortably accommodate

for four days for conference.

5. HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2019: Secretary General attended 2 days programme on National Pre-Surveillance

Meeting of RI AND SACS held on 11th & 12th October 2018 at Country Inn & Suites, Gurgaon, Haryana jointly

organized by NACO & AIIMS. Shri Alok Saxena, Joint Secretary, NACO graced the occasion as Guest of honor.

Key note address by Shri Sanjeeva Kumar, Add. Secretory & DG (NACO & RNTCP).

Sessions held on HSS 2019: Review of actions taken by SACS on important instructions and review of

proposal of new sites on different topics. Dr Sanjay Rai, AIIMS delivered speech on Key findings and learnings

from HSS 2018: An Overview. Presentation by State Teams (PGIMER Region), (NARI Region), (NIE Region).

6. Telengana State Conference: Secretary General attended 1st Joint Conference of Telengana State Chapters of

IAPSM and IPHA organized by Department of Community Medicine at Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences,

Hyderabad. from 30th November - 1st December 2018 with Pre-Conference Workshop on 29th December 2018.

Theme of the Conference was “Universal Health Coverage: Opportunities and Challenges” and topic of

preconference workshop was “Health Economics” Dr. G. Anjaneyulu Oration was held on the same day, Orator

was Dr J. Ravi Kumar, immediate past president IPHA . The Organizing Chairman Dr Prashant Kokiwar &

Organizing Secretary Dr Varun Vijay Gaiki and their wonderful team has made the conference a grand success.

COMMUNICATION

IPHA membership Directory: The Membership directory has been updated regularly at HQ. Membership database has been uploaded in the

website and details of individual member can be changed or edited by login in the website. Individual members are

requested to update their profile in the website as soon as any change occurs. All information are sent by bulk

Email and website notification and also in the journal. Fellowship Online Voting link has been created and sent to

individual fellow members at their corresponding email-ids. The recent & upcoming events has been regularly

updated in website. To get regular communication all members are requested to save the IPHA HQ mail in the

contact list.

REPORTS OF EXISTING BRANCHES

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Lucknow State Branch: Observed World Health Day on 7th April 2018 in which importance of health day

focusing on theme “Universal Health Coverage” were discussed.

Observed World Environment Day on 5th June 2018 in which introduction on what is environment, its importance

and the need to save it were discussed. It was followed by focusing on the theme 2018 i.e. “Beat Plastic Pollution”

and discussing about tremendous use of plastic and its hazards. Observed World Breast Feeding Week from1st – 7th

Aug 2018.

Day 1- Introduction to breastfeeding week, its origin and need to spread awareness about benefits of breastfeeding,

focus was on theme “Foundation of Life”.

Day 2- discussion was done on ideal breastfeeding positions, attachment and latching. Baby friendly hospital

initiative was also discussed.

Day 3- individual nutritional components in breast milk were discussed. The need of these nutrients in infants was

talked about.

Day 4-7 visits to sub-centre and primary health centre Sarojini Nagar for spreading awareness in community

regarding benefits of breastfeeding

Observed World Nutrition Week from 1st – 7th September 2018 focusing on the theme “Go Further with Food” in

which awareness about the importance of proper nutrition for health and well-being was discussed

Observed World Diabetes Day on 14th Nov 2018 focusing on the theme "The Family and Diabetes". Awareness

about the impact of diabetes on the family and how to provide a support network to those who are affected by

diabetes was raised.

Observed World AIDS Day on 1st Dec 2018 in which focus was given on the theme “Know Your Status”. Burden

of AIDS in India and importance of knowing your status was talked about in the session

Pondicherry State Branch: The following activities were conducted under the banner of Pondicherry State

Chapter of IPHA.

1. World TB Day celebration: Indo US TB Project, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, JIPMER,

Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) Government of Puducherry and Indian Public Health

Association Puducherry Chapter observed the WORLD TB DAY 2018 on 23rd March 2018. The theme of the

Community Engagement Programme was “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world..

2.Efficient quality-assured data capture using a mobile phone: A hands-on training on EpiCollect, an open

access (free) web and mobile (android and iOS) application for electronic data capture was organized by

Department of PSM and IPHA State Branch, Pondicherry on 26thJuly 2017. The inaugural session was attended by

Dr Sonali Sarkar, Head of PSM, Dr Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Additional Prof & Secretary-IPHA State Branch and Dr

Palanivel C, Associate Professor & Lead facilitator for the workshop.

3. Workshop on Pallitaive care conducted by IPM, Calicut.- A three day workshop on Palliative care was

conducted by Institute of Palliative Care Medicine and JIPMER, Puducherry under the aegis of IPHA state branch

from 26th to 28th June 2018.

4. Observation of various events in the field practice areas of dept of PSM, JIPMER

World health day, malaria month, breast feeding week, hypertension day, World diabetes day and International

Yoga day were observed in the field practice areas of JIPMER to create awareness about these events/conditions in

community.

5. Membership drive: A special membership drive was conducted by the State Branch to enrol new life members

from various medical colleges in and around Puducherry. A total of 30 members were enrolled during this year.

Rajasthan State Branch: Started regular school health programme in different schools of Jodhpur.

1. Ear morbidity detection camps in urban & rural health training centres in March 2018 (on World Hearing day)

2. A camp was conducted on reproductive morbidities on March 6 & 7 2018.

3. Regular health & silicosis diagnosis camp for mine workers from March 2018

4. Swachata Pakwada organized in Peripheral Health Centres , poster and slogan competitions were organized in

first week of April 2018

5. Training of medical officers for diagnosis of pneumoconiosis on 19th & 20th November 2018

6. Vector borne disease surveillance was carried out in urban health training centre

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Andhra Pradesh State Branch: Conducted several activities throughout the year.

1. 14 institutions which included 12 medical colleges, 1 PHC and 1 Nursing College had participated in observing

World Health Day under IPHA AP State Branch which included various activities in the field and at the institution

level.

2. World Menstrual Hygiene Day at GVPIHMT under IPHA AP State Branch and the involvement of IPHA- AP

State Branch in prevention and control of breast cancer.

3. Created Awareness on Menstrual Hygiene, Breast Cancer and cervical Cancer. Beneficiaries- 1 Lakh Women in

Reproductive age group. Sponsored by: MEPMA- AP

4. Distributed Sanitary Napkins to teenage girls.

5. Created awareness and collected signed Consent forms for organ donation from, 1.2 Lakh people in Andhra

Pradesh- Record and entered in INDIA BOOK OF RECORDS. Sponsored by MEPMA- AP

6. World Population Day was observed across the state

7. IPHA Exhibition stall in “8th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management”.

8. Observed World hand washing day

9. Journal related developments?

10. State conference on 31st, January-2019.

11. IPHACON2019- National Conference, 1st -3rd Feb 2019.

Aknowledgements

I would like to place on record our appreciation for the wonderfully hosted 62nd Annual National

Conference held from February 9th – 11th, 2018 (IPHACON 2018) organized by Department of

Community Medicine & Family Medicine, King George’s Medical University (K.G.M.U.), Lucknow,

Uttar Pradesh. Particular mention must be made for the committed efforts of the Organizing Chairman

Dr. V.K. Srivastava, the Organizing Secretary Dr. Uday Mohan and their wonderful team.

All branches require yearly recognition. This recognition can be given followed by ratification in the

Annual General Body of the Association provided the branches submit report of their activities including

the report of their Annual General Body meeting and Statement of Accounts. As is evident from the

records, majority of the branches are not submitting Audited Report of Accounts.

The MIPHA scrolls have been prepared and dispatched to the members. All members are requested to

continue their efforts towards membership drive.

We thank all our members for being with us always and gratefully acknowledge the support and

cooperation received by the association from all government and non government institutions and

organizations.

We would like to place on record our deep appreciation of the sincere and committed efforts of our office

staff for making all our achievements possible.

Let us keep working together for realizing all our dreams for the Indian Public Health Association.

Dr. Prabir Kumar Das Dr. Sanghamitra Ghosh,

President IPHA Secretary General,

(On behalf of the Indian Public Health Association)