Young India Network for Good Health

The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the Centre's response on a plea by students of a private school seeking ban on sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around educational institutions. A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought the Centre's reply on students' plea and listed the matter for further hearing on January 4. While the plea had been made by civil society Uday Foundation, the Father Angel School students today sought to be made party to the court proceeding on the plea for ban on sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around schools. "Ban such evidently harmful foods and beverages from the canteen of the schools and from their immediate neighbourhoods," said the students' plea. The bench also asked the Centre to file a status report after its counsel said it has asked all the states to take adequate measure in this regard and various states have sent their action-taken-report on the issue. The plea als...

01/12/2011, NOIDA ,Alcohol and other drugs are biggest barriers in HIV/AIDS prevention among young people  says Suneel Vatsyayan Chairman,Nada India Foundation.  source :Amar Ujjala (Hindi daily newspaper published from Delhi NCR ) for further reading. Please visit the link  http://www.unfpa.org/hiv/iatt/docs/mostatrisk.pdf

Less than a week after more than 90 women, men, and children died in a calamitous fire at the AMRI hospital in Kolkata, illicit brew has claimed the lives of about 150 people, at Sangrampur in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Preliminary reports indicate that the hooch was sold in sachets, priced between Rs.7 and Rs.20, virtually opposite a police post in the area. Starting with a couple of deaths early in the morning, the toll kept rising through the day and touched 80 by daybreak next day. Most of the victims complained of body pain, stomach cramps, vomitting, and a burning sensation. The health authorities diagnosed the early deaths as due to “cardio-respiratory failure” arising out of methyl poisoning. Evidently, licensed liquor sold through the legal retail system was out of the reach of the poor, who fell into the trap of the hooch trade. At last report, about a hundred victims were in hospital, most of them said to be recovering.....

India toxic alcohol kills 50 in West Bengal BBC News More than 50 people have died after consuming toxic alcohol in India's West Bengal state, police say. Several residents of the Magrahat, Usthi and Mandirbazar areas in South 24 Parganas district fell ill after drinking the alcohol on Tuesday night. ... < http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/ i nt/news/-/news/world-asia- indi a-16174531 >

To use force to bring about social change, you have to become a mother: Anna ... NDTV There was no work, no food, so theystarted producing alcohol. Soon there were 30-35liquor shops in the village. So when I came back fromthe army I came upon the works of Swami Vivekanandaand was inspired by it. Anna Hazare: Yes. ... < http://www.ndtv.com/article/ i ndia/to-use-force-to-bring- abo ut-social-change-you-have- to- become-a-mother-anna- hazare- 155247 >

National Policy for prevention in India Category:   Freedom ,  Policy ,  Prevention ,  Rehabilitation Email Share on Twitter Share on Facebook The Government of India  is proposing to formulate a comprehensive National Policy on issues related to the prevention of the abuse of alcohol and other drugs.  This  policy would cover a wide range of issues such as prevention , treatment and rehabilitation aspects as well as institutional mechanisms and convergence of programmes in order to address the problem in India. It will be interesting to see the formulation process of the National Policy  in the light of the statement. I will keep you posted about the developments, for sure.