JSlPS Symposium
With an objective to promote Social Marketing, exhibition and sale of products produced by Self-Help Group (SHGs) of disabled persons (both exclusive and inclusive), a “Regional Symposium on Social Marketing and Exhibition of Products Developed by SHGs of PwDs” was jointly organized by Jharkhand State livelihood Promotion Society (JSlPS) and Sight Savers on Thursday at Ranchi Press club. SHGs of people with disability from different parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh took part in it and showcased their handmade products in 20 stalls. 78 disabled persons took part in th exhibition.
Tobacco control meeting on May 21
A high level meeting to strictly ensure the implementation of COTPA 2003 led by Chief Secretary will take place on May 21. Principal Secretaries and secretaries of various departments, including officials of health department will take part in the meeting. One of the primary agenda of the meeting is to ensure greater role of different departments, especially police and school education department to ensure tobacco free educational institutions and also the Information and Public Relations department to spread greater awareness among people for ill effects of tobacco.
Measles Rubella vaccination campaign
State Communication Planning Workshop was held here on Thursday. Planning process was discussed to make the Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign which is dated to be held on 26th June, 2018 a major success. N.H.M Campaign Head, Kripa Nand Jha said that serious initiatives and communicative actions need to be taken in order to improve the general health conditions of the people. State Representative, Dr. Sumant Mishra said that necessary information about the Measles Rubella Campaign is being circulated to a wider audience through mobile phones and social media.
World Sparrow Day
A pre-programme on upcoming World Sparrow week was observed in the premises of MBDAV senior secondary public school lohardaga. On the occasion the officer of Forest Department Vikas Kumar Ujjawal distributed the man made nest of the sparrow to save their lives. Kumar said, “We have to save the sparrow which are at the urge of vanishing to maintain balance in our ecology.” On the eve the world famous Bird man Panna lal made sound of more than 20 birds. The Principal of the school Vulyaan Chandar said, “We have to work to preserve the environment so the human being may get the pure air to breath in.”