In view of the growing Covid cases during the second wave of corona, a joint online Covid 19 training and awareness campaign was conducted by the Women’s Doctors Wing, IMA Jharkhand, Swachh Bharat Mission and UNICEF.
This initiative was taken to clear up the misconceptions of Covid Appropriate behaviour and vaccination of the people of the village, especially its effects on reproductive health.
In the programme, 30,000 ‘Jal sahiyas’ were linked to various women’s branches of the IMA of the country. Dr. Jaya Lal, the national president of IMA, the inaugurator of the program, inspired the Chairmen of the Women’s Doctors Wing of all the states of the country to follow this campaign of Jharkhand in their respective States.
So that between 18 and 45 years of age, the speed of vaccination is not disturbed due to false assumptions related to vaccination. In particular, the misconceptions about its effect on reproductive health can be removed.
Dr Bharti Kashyap, President of Women Doctors Wing, IMA, Jharkhand and Director of Swachha Bharat Mission, Jharkhand, Nancy Sahay, coordinated and conducted the entire programme.
Keynote speakers Dr Ravi Kashyap, Dr Bharti Kashyap and Dr Rupinder Sekhon informed through webinars about safe effects of reproductive health of Covid Vaccine, behaviour according to Covid 19, eye donation awareness, methods of prevention of genital cancer of women.
Professor Ravi Kashyap of Illinois University, America, told in simple Hindi language, Covid compliant behaviour and safe effects of vaccines on reproductive health, through the webinar. He said that the vaccine can be given during pregnancy, milking mothers, it does not cause infertility in women and men, it may not cause Coronavirus infection, the infection can happen once again, it can happen even after vaccination, so do not stop adopting protective methods and young children can also have it, so adopt protective methods for children as well.
Dr Rupinder Sekhon, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, New Delhi, said that in order to prevent cervical cancer and breast cancer, symptoms such as bleeding or severe pain while making physical relationships, frequent white smelly discharge from vagina, period, pain in the urine bag, pain in the lower abdomen, irregular menstruation, etc should be reported to a doctor. He said that women should be watchful in the early times due to not being identified, many times women in our country breast cancer and cervical cancer cannot be saved. Dr Bharti Kashyap gave information about eye donation and Prashanta Dash, Jharkhand chief of UNICEF, on the correct methods of hand washing.
With the help of UNICEF, Sahias asked many questions on the protection of fertility from vaccine through online medium, which was answered by Dr. Ravi Kashyap in Hindi.
This campaign will be further connected to rural areas so that the infection in rural areas does not reach during dangerous times. During this online webinar, these Sahiyas including Sunita Devi from Bokaro, Soni Devi from Godda, Rinki Keshari from Ranchi, Aryama Kumari from Garhwa and Suranti Devi from Giridih asked questions.