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Expert Opinion EMOTIONAL CPR IN INDIA!  Prof. T K Thoma s Apr 21, 2020 As the whole world is facing its greatest existential threat due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are major mental health problems that are staring at people. The prolonged lockdowns and “social distancing” have resulted in trauma for millions of people. In India, millions of migrant workers, daily wage earners, workers in the unorganized sectors and their families have been the worst affected as they have become displaced persons stranded in urban centres with no source of income and facing hunger till the government came in. These traumatic experiences have a telling effect on their mental wellbeing. After every disaster, personal, natural or man-made victims experience trauma manifesting as depression, fear, anger, anxiety, hypertension, blaming / complaining, domestic violence and even suicidal thoughts. Once the scourge of the coronavirus is over, sooner than lat...

Stay home, Stay safe’  must add ‘ Stay connected.... Sanjai Bhatt , Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi,  and President, NAPSWI ), Delhi110007  sanjaibhjatt@gmail.com Amid Corona virus pandemic, we have added many new terms in our vocabulary such as COVID-19, novel corona, index patient, self-quarantine, social distancing. Some of these terms, have become buzz words in our daily life, television channels, print media and government directives. The Ministry for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has issued a comprehensive advisory on coronavirus (Covid-19) on 16th March 2020, directing states across the country to take social distancing measures as a preventive strategy. The term has gained popularity when Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has put emphasis on Social Distancing in his address to the nation and explaining the need of more preventive strategies. The search of the word social distancing on World Health Organisatio...

To mark the 200 th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, World Health Organization has designated the year 2020 as “International Year for Nurse and Midwife” and is calling for us “to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind the world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy, on World Health Day, this April 7 th. “Globally, 70% of the health and social workforce are women. Nurses and midwives represent a large portion of this.”  In India, the number of health workers reported in 2001 were 20,69,540 out of which 6,30,406 are nurses and midwives. “Nurses and midwives play a key role in caring for people everywhere, including in times of outbreaks and settings that are fragile or in conflict.”  “Achieving health for all will depend on there being sufficient numbers of well-trained and educated, regulated and adequately supported nurses and midwives, who receive pay and recognition commensurate with the services a...

We  Nada India  volunteers ,members of  National Association of Professional Social Workers in India  (NAPSWI), Young India Network Good Health  appeal to authorities, public health professionals and public in general to bring a change in use of phrases “Physical distance” in place of “Social distancing”,   ...... The World Health Organization (WHO) has started using the phrase  "physical distancing" instead of "social distancing"  as a way to prevent the spread of the novel  coronavirus from people to people. I think it was over due,  Young India Network for Good Health   welcomes this move as a step towards to bring back social wellbeing of People Living with COVID19 and their families suffering from social isolation. We underline the importance of a physical distance as  "absolutely essential" to respond to global pandemic "it does not mean that socially we have to disconnect from the people who are significa...