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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Reflections- E-newsletter for Clairvoyance 2011

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Happy Reading..!

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Platinum Jubilee Alumni Meet, 2011





Schedule for 18th December 2011
 Hosted by: School of Health Systems Studies
  
Time
Event
Venue
10:15 AM to 10:30AM
Registration and Tea
Kumarappa Hall, Academic Building II, New Campus
10:30 AM to 11:15AM
Welcome note by Dr.Mariappan
Address by Dr.C.A.K. Yesudian, Dean, SHSS
Kumarappa Hall, Academic Building II, New Campus
11:15 AM to 12:15 AM
Debate
Session 1: Mandatory Accreditation is the mode to address Patient Safety
Session 2: Facebook: Why this Kolaveri Di?
Moderator: Dr. Atul Adaniya
Kumarappa Hall, Academic Building II, New Campus
12:15 AM to 01:00 PM
Experience  sharing and feedback by Alumni
Kumarappa Hall, Academic Building II, New Campus
01:00  PM to 02.30 PM
Lunch hosted by TISS
Volley Ball Court & Basket Ball Ground, Old Campus
02: 30 PM to 03:30PM
Discussion on Alumni Constitution

Room No.5, Old Campus
03:30 PM to  04:30 PM
Cultural fest:
Performance by an Alumnus
Singing by Dr. Ravi Bhatnagar
Performances by students
Mimicry by Mr.Kuldeep Pawar
Classical dance by Dr.Trupti Ben Patel
Rock and Sufi performance by Dr.Shailesh Sharma
Kumarappa Hall, Academic Building II, New Campus
04:30 PM onwards
Interaction between Alumni and students over tea
Kumarappa Hall, Academic Building II, New Campus

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

CLAIRVOYANCE2011: Clairvoyance 2011 "Invitation"

CLAIRVOYANCE2011: Clairvoyance 2011 "Invitation"
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CLAIRVOYANCE2011: Clairvoyance 2011 "Poster"

CLAIRVOYANCE2011: Clairvoyance 2011 "Poster"
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Equitable Healthcare: Reality Or Rhetoric?

By: Dr Arti Thapliyal, 
     MHA-Health (2010-12)

The hard push symbolic lines – “Go health “ , “ Health for all” , “ Healthy India” are good enough to give people a push to work hard towards improving health conditions at every level. But this fire-blowing assertive sound tends to mask the milder one’s saying “rampant malnutrition” , “ still high IMR”, “ Healthcare is unaffordable” and we realize that we systematically  tend to unhear this very crucial and critical sound which is no one’s but one of ours , our own country men,  our brothers and sisters.
In India, despite improvements in access to health care, inequalities are related to socioeconomic status, geography, and gender, and are compounded by high out-of-pocket expenditures, with more than three-quarters of the increasing financial burden of health care being met by households. Health-care expenditures exacerbate poverty, with about 39 million additional people falling into poverty every year as a result of such expenditures.
Voicing for healthcare is not the mere agenda here but the underlying purpose is to sensitize public and professionals for a longer term, get them thinking, touch their hearts and create realizations that there are many more “our people” whose healthcare needs have to be addressed.
Though with the advent of technology in healthcare, e-health, quality health, faster service, informed consumer etc, things have changed to certain extent, but only for a certain sect..! There have not been enough interventions for the major chuck of population which gets marginalized in every scheme, plan and policy.
Thinks are happening, happening for good and but not good enough…I would say not substantially enough. The soul and needs of the common man are not represented most of the time.
This discourse is very critical, especially on the lines of healthcare financing methods and making health affordable. Imbalance in resource allocation, inadequate physical access to high-quality health services and human resources for health, high out-of-pocket health expenditures, inflation in health spending, and behavioral factors that affect the demand for appropriate health care are some of the new age challenges.
I am happy that Clairvoyance 2011 has decided to give voice to all these issues. This platform will be an opportunity for us to bring together distinguished healthcare professionals on a common stage and discuss these issues. As we expect, this might lead to new solutions / suggestions coming in and guiding our way forward.
With a note on anticipated success, I would just like to say – “everything is possible, we just need a dig with a Heart”.
Please visit http://clairvoyance2011.blogspot.com/ for more details on Clairvoyance 2011.
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