स्तनपान न करने वाले का स्वास्थ्य खतरे में

देश में स्तनपान की मौजूदा स्थिति पर तैयार की गई इंडिया रिपोर्ट २००८ में बताया गया हे की जिन शिशुओ और बच्चो को स्तनपान व् पूरक आहार का सेवन समुचित प्रकार से नही कराया जाता है। स्तनपान व् पूरक आहार से वंचित अनेक बच्चे बीमारियों का शिकार हो रहे है।

उक्त रिपोर्ट में स्तनपान से सम्बन्ध नीतिया और कार्यक्रमों में व्याप्त कमियों को दूर करना आवश्यक बताया गया है। रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है की स्तनपान के लिए महिलाओ को समर्थन देने सम्बन्धी कार्यक्रम दोषपूर्ण है।

शाशकीय सेवाओ में कम करने वाली महिलाओ के लिए मातृत्व अवकाश के प्रावधान के पश्चात कुछ प्रगति हुई है। तथापि, अनौपचारिक क्षेत्र में कम कराने वाली ९५ प्रतिशत महिलाओ को मत्रुत्व अवकाश का लाभ नही मिलता। विशेषज्ञों की राय है की बच्चो को सिर्फ़ स्तनपान कराने के लिए चाह माह तक माता और शिशु का एक साथ रहना बहुत जरुरी है।

स्तनपान के प्रोत्साहन में सामुदायीक स्वास्थ्य केन्द्र, स्वास्थ्य कर्मी, सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता, व पंचायतीराज संस्थाए महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका अदा कर सकती है।

WORLD HEALTH DAY 2009

Save lives
Make hospitals
Safe in emergencies
WORLD HEALTH DAY 2009

7 April 2009

The theme for this year’s World Health Day is “Health Facilities in Emergencies”. The South- East Asia Region has long experienced many disasters and in some of these health facilities were a major casualty. For example, during the 26 December 2004 tsunami, 30 of the 240 health clinics were destroyed in Aceh province, Indonesia and seriously damaged 77 others. In Shri Lanka, 92 health facilities were destroyed including 35 hospitals. In 2001 in Gujarat, India, a magnitude 7.7 earth quake destroyed 3812 health facilities. These are some examples of disaster situations where health services are affected and at times unavailable when they are most needed.
The focus of the biennial World Disaster Reduction Campaign (2008-09) is also on the same issue: “Hospitals Safe from disasters: Reduce Risk, Protect Health Facilities, Save Lives.” In this global effort, WHO is partnering with the Secretariats of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and the World Bank to work so that all health facilities stand up to emergencies and continue to function.
The goal of raising awareness in this issue is to effect changes that will ensure that health facilities and services are able to function in the aftermath of emergencies and disasters, protect the lives of patients, serve the affected population and keep health workers safe. This means:
Ensuring the structural resilience of health structures with existing technologies;
Keeping the equipment and supplies of these health facilities intact should an emergency happen;
Improving the preparedness and risk reduction capacity of health workers and
Involving communities in this effort.
Safe health facilities are those that are accessible and function at maximum capacity immediately after a disaster event. Health facilities, large or small, urban or rural, are the focus of this work. This is not just the work of the health sector and health professionals alone. We need to work together with other sectors and experts from other fields such as urban planners, architects, engineers to bring not just awareness, but more importantly action.
In WHO’s South-East Asia Region, Member States are committed to achieving a benchmark that health facilities, old or new, are safe from disasters. A Regional Consultation with Member States was conducted in April 2008 to plan out the next steps for country specific needs and activities have begun in some countries already.For years, a number of countries have been already undertaking activities to reduce risks to health facilities during disasters. This World Health Day theme is intended to generate more momentum that will help sustain and mainstream disaster risk reduction into health sector initiatives. WHO together with its global partners will continue to work with governments, international and regional organizations, non governmental organizations and individuals will build and sustain efforts that ensure that health facilities can function during and in the aftermath of disasters.

Regional Director's message on World Health Day

This year’s World Health Day theme focuses on health facilities in emergencies. The slogan “Save lives: make hospitals safe in emergencies” is a call that the health sector needs to heed.

It is also the theme of the biennial 2008-09 global campaign by the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, which is being implemented with WHO and the World Bank.

The countries of our Region are not strangers to the havoc that disasters bring. During 1994-2005, natural disasters killed 536176 people in the Region, which is 58% of the world’s total deaths from disasters. These disasters also profoundly affected health facilities and the communities that depend on them.

All health facilities, big or small, whether a primary health centre or a district hospital or a specialty referral centre, are in the frontline during an emergency. Health facilities are at risk from natural or human-generated hazards. In recent times, health facilities have also been targets of man-made violence. These facilities and the structures that support them need to be strengthened so that they continue to provide the needed services to the injured. But what makes a health facility safe? There are three aspects: structural, nonstructural and functional.

1. Modern engineering and architectural science and design have already provided us with low- cost solutions for ensuring structural integrity, so that health facilities do not collapse during earthquakes or cyclones.
2. In some cases we have seen that although a health facility remains intact, it is rendered non-functional. Lifelines such as water and electricity must be backed up, equipment well secured and access and escape routes ensured.
3. Our Region has taken important steps to make health facilities safe in disasters and save lives. The 12 South-East Asia Region Benchmarks for Emergency Preparedness included the issue of safe health facilities. It is complete set of standards, indicators and checklists to guide Member States and institutions in improving existing health facilities and ensuring that new ones are built to withstand disasters. WHO is committed to supporting countries in achieving this benchmark.
The Safe Hospitals Index developed by WHO/PAHO is another tool that can be applied. From Nepal and Indonesia more nationally adapted tools have been produced to measure the safety of health facilities so that decision-makers can prioritize actions.

The most significant effort we have seen on this issue is structural and nonstructural vulnerability assessments of hospitals and blood banks in the Katmandu Valley, Nepal, conducted by WHO in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal.

Global scenarios are changing. Our own development is pushing our health facilities to their limits. Rapid urbanization and migration are themselves looming emergencies for the environment and its inhabitants; climate change, where there is no predictable scenario, will also require health facilities to perform during extreme weather events.

For all these reasons it is vital that we discuss the safety of hospitals not only within the health sector but also outside it. Thus, other sectors and players have to be involved. And, as community members, we need to be fully aware of the issues, and be strong advocates to create the necessary awareness among decision-makers. Financial institutions should also lend a hand in ensuring that the infrastructure projects they support are disaster-resilient, including health facilities.

I hope that this year’s World Health Day will help to highlight that health concerns should be the primary motivation behind any action to reduce disaster risks. It is, therefore, all the more important for the health sector to play a pivotal role in catalyzing disaster reduction at the local, national and international levels. Let us remember that safe health facilities mean lives saved.
Thank you.
Dr. Samlee Pliangbangchang
Regional Director.

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The Cristian Bear

An atheist was taking a walk through the woods “What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!” he said to himself. As he continued walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bushes. Turning to look, he saw a 7 foot grizzly charging towards him.
He ran as fast as he could up the path. Looking over his shoulder he saw that the bear was closing in on him. His heart was pumping frantically and he tried to run even faster.
He tripped and fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw the bear raising his paw to take a swipe at him. At that instant the atheist cried out: “Oh my God…”
Time stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.
It was then that a bright light shone down upon the man and a voice came out of the sky saying: “You deny my existence for all of these years, teach others I don’t exist, and even credit creation to a cosmic accident. Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer?”
The atheist looked directly into the light, “It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps, could you make the bear a Christian?”
“Very well,” said the voice.
The light went out.
And the sounds of the forest resumed.
Then the bear lowered his paw, bowed his head and spoke: “Lord, bless this food which I am about to receive and for which I am truly thankful. Amen.”

College yaadein

1.College ——- Yaadein

2.Pricipal —— Jaani Dushman

3.Classes ——- Kabhi kabhi

4.Canteen— —- Kabhi alvida na kehna

5.Course ——– Godzilla

6.Exams ——– Kalyug

7.Examination hall —- Chamber of secret

8.Exam-time ———- Qayamat se qayamt tak

9. Question paper ——— Paheli

10.Answer paper ———- Kora kagaz

11.Cheating ———- Aksar/Chupke chupke

12. Paper out ———- Plan

13.Examiner ———— - The killer

14.Last exam ———– Independence day

15.Paper correction ——— Andha kanoon

16.Marks ———– Assambhav

17.Result ———– Murder

18.Pass ———— Ajjoba/Chamatkar

19. Fail ———– Devdas

20.Supplementary ——- Aakhri raasta

21.Vacation ———— - Waah life hoto ais

A precious Gift

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream.
The next day she met another traveler who was hungry and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him.
She did so without hesitation.
The traveler left rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifestime. But, a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.
"I've been thinking," he said.
"I know how valuable this stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me this stone."

Sometime it's not the wealth you have but what's inside you that others need.

jokes

There were two brothers aged 12 and 8. They were very naughty and people went with complains to their parents. Getting fed-up they took them to a psychiatrist.

Doctor first called the 12 year old and asked him ” Tell me where is God?”

The boy didn’t answer. Doctor again asked in a loud voice, “Tell me where is God?”

The boy suddently ran out of the clinic and seeing him the other brother too followed. He asked his brother “Why he was running away?”

The elder brother said, “God is missing and everybody thinks that we did it.”

DID YOU KNOW?

Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.

It takes a silkworm two to three days to complete its cocoon and it needs to move its head from side to side around 150,000 times.

Ants

Hi! Do you know that our eyes are made of many smaller eyes? We have two stomachs. We can lift 40 times our own body weight. The queen lays eggs. At night the worker ants move the eggs and larvae deep into the nest to protect them from the cold. During the daytime, the worker ants move the eggs and larvae of the colony to the top of the nest so that they can be warmer. If a worker ant has found a good source for food, it leaves a trail of scent so that the other ants in the colony can find the food. Army Ant are nomadic and they are always moving. For every human there are one million ants.

What do we build in our lives?

Once upon a time two brothers, who lived on adjoining farms, fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a conflict.
Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference, and finally it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.
One morning there was a knock on John’s door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter’s tool box.
“I’m looking for a few days’ work” he said. “Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with? Could I help you?” “Yes,” said the older brother. “I do have a job for you.”
“Look across the creek at that farm. That’s my neighbor; in fact, it’s my younger brother. Last week there was a meadow between us and he took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us. Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I’ll do him one better.”
“See that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to build me a fence –an 8-foot fence — so I won’t need to see his place or his face anymore.”
The carpenter said, “I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I’ll be able to do a job that pleases you.”
The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day.
The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.
About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job.
The farmer’s eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all. It was a bridge — a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work, handrails and all — and the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them, his hand outstretched. “You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I’ve said and done.”
The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hand.
They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox onto his shoulder. “No, wait! Stay a few days. I’ve a lot of other projects for you,” said the older brother.

“I’d love to stay on,” the carpenter said, but I have many more bridges to build.

A touching Love Story

10th Grade: -

I sat there in English class,

I stared at the girl next to me.

She was my so called ‘best friend’.

I stared at her long, silky hair,

and wished she was mine.

But she didn’t notice me like that,

and I knew it.

After class,

she walked up to me and asked me for

the notes she had missed the day before.

I handed them to her. She said ‘thanks’

and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I want to tell her, I want her to know

that I don’t want to be just friends,

I love her but I’m just too shy,

and I don’t know why.

11th grade:-

The phone rang. On the other end,

it was her. She was in tears,

mumbling on and on about how

her love had broke her heart.

She asked me to come over

because she didn’t want to be alone, So I did.

As I sat next to her on the sofa, I stared at her

soft eyes, wishing she was mine.

After 2 hours, one Drew Barrymore movie,

and three bags of chips,

she decided to go home.

She looked at me, said ‘thanks’

and gave me a kiss

on the cheek. I want to tell her,

I want her to know thatI don’t want to be just friends,

I love her but I’m just too shy,

and I don’t know why.

Senior year:-

One fine day she walked to my locker.

‘My date is sick’ she said,

‘his not gonna go’ well,

I didn’t have a date, and in 7th grade,

we made a promise thatif neither of us had dates,

we would go together just as ‘best friends’.

So we did.

That night, after everything was over,

I was standing at her front door step.

I stared at her as She smiled at me

and stared at me with her crystal eyes.

Then she said- ‘I had the best time, thanks!’

and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I want to tell her,

I want her to know

that I don’t want to be just friends,

I love her but I’m just too shy,

and I don’t know why.

Graduation:-

A day passed, then a week, then a month.

Before I could blink, it was graduation day.

I watched as her perfect body

floated like an angel

up on stage to get her diploma.

I wanted her to be mine-but

she didn’t notice me like that, and I knew it.

Before everyone went home,

she came to me in her smock and hat,

and cried as I hugged her.

Then she lifted her head from my shoulder

and said- ‘you’re my best friend,

thanks’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I want to tell her,

I want her to know

that I don’t want to be just friends,

I love her but I’m just too shy,

and I don’t know why.

Marriage:-

Now I sit in the pews of the church.

That girl is getting married now.

and drive off to her new life,

married to another man.

I wanted her to be mine,

but she didn’t see me like that,

and I knew it.

But before she drove away,

she came to me and said ‘you came !’.

She said ‘thanks’ and kissed me on the cheek.

I want to tell her,

I want her to know

that I don’t want to be just friends,

I love her but I’m just too shy,

and I don’t know why.

Death:-

Years passed; I looked down at the coffin

of a girl who used to be my ‘best friend’.

At the service, they read a diary entry

she had wrote in her high school years.

This is what it read:

‘I stare at him wishing he was mine,

but he doesn’t notice me like that,

and I know it.

I want to tell him,

I want him to know that

I don’t want to be just friends,

I love him but I’m just too shy,

and I don’t know why.

I wish he would tell me he loved me!

……….’I wish I did too…’

I thought to my self, and I cried.

Cash Withdrawal from ATM

How a BOY withdraws cash from an ATM.
1. Park the car
2. Go to ATM Machine
3. Insert card
4. Enter PIN
5. Take money out
6. Take ATM Card out7
. Drive away

How a GIRL withdraws cash from an ATM
1. Park the car
2. Check makeup
3. Turn off engine
4. Check makeup
5. Go to ATM
6. Hunt for ATM card in the purse
7. Insert card
8. Hit Cancel
9. Hunt in purse for chit with PIN written on it
10. Insert card
11. Enter PIN
12. Take cash
13. Go to car
14. Check makeup
15. Start car
16. Stop car
17. Run back to ATM
18. Take ATM card
19. Back to car
20. Check makeup
21. Start car
22. Check makeup
23. Drive for 1/2 mile
24. Release handbrake
25. Drive on.

Everyone makes mistakes and the busier you are, the more mistakes you will make. The only question is "How well and how effectively do you deal with the inevitable ups and downs of life?"

How Do You Measure Success?

Ask the next ten people you meet - whether on the street or in the boardroom - how they measure success. Its interesting exercise, and well worth the effort.

One businessman we asked came up with a list. He measures success six ways: Salary, prestige, Recognition, Cool "Toys," Satisfacion, and Balance.

Another business expert provided a shorter list: Profit, Longevity, Satisfaction and a loyal Following.

A third person stopped in mid-walk and recited his credo for success as if he had memorized it in school: "The alignment of culture with the company and the performance of people within that business strategy."

A woman who enjoyed cooking decided that she was successful because nobody died from her recipes yet.

And then there are all the adages for success, including "Success is measured by the company you keep" and "Success is measured by the journey."

That's all fine and dandy. But what can you make of all these definitions of success? It seems the only sure thing about success is that everyone measures it differently.

Perhaps that's the key to it all.

Everyone meaures success differntly. Don't force your definition of success to others. Find out how they measure success for themselves.

Cut Your Losses

The fact is that our society, our families, our companies, and our relationships continue to survive and thrive because intelligent people tend to cut their losses and minimize their mistakes. It is only when people refuse to accept that they have made a bad choice or decision-and prolongs the consequences by sticking to that bad choice or decision-that mistakes become extremely expensive and hurtful.

Flex Your Mental Muscles

When you develop the skill of learning from your mistakes, you become the kind of person who welcomes obstacles and setbacks as opportunities to flex your mental muscles and move ahead. You look at problems as rungs on the ladder of success that you grab onto as you pull your way higher.Two of the most common ways to deal with mistakes are invariably fatal to high achievement. The first common but misguided way to handle a mistake is the failure to accept it when it occurs. According to statistics, 70 percent of all decisions we make will be wrong. That's an average. This means that some people will fail more than 70 percent of the time, and some people will fail less. It is hard to believe that most of the decisions we make could turn out to be wrong in some way. In fact, if this is the case, how can our society continue to function at all?Cut Your LossesThe fact is that our society, our families, our companies, and our relationships continue to survive and thrive because intelligent people tend to cut their losses and minimize their mistakes. It is only when people refuse to accept that they have made a bad choice or decision-and prolongs the consequences by sticking to that bad choice or decision-that mistakes become extremely expensive and hurtful.

Learn From Your Mistakes

The second common approach that people take with regard to their mistakes, one that hurts innumerable lives and careers, is the failure to use your mistakes to better yourself and to improve the quality of your mind and your thinking.Learning from your mistakes is an essential skill that enables you to develop the resilience to be a master of change rather than a victim of change. The person who recognizes that he has made a mistake and changes direction the fastest is the one who will win in an age of increasing information, technology and competition. By remaining fast on your feet, you will be able to out-play and out-position your competition. You will become a creator of circumstances rather than a creature of circumstances.Action Exercises: Now, here are three steps you can take immediately to put these ideas into action.

* First, imagine that your biggest problem or challenge in life has been sent to you at this moment to help you, to teach you something valuable. What could it be?

* Second, be willing to cut your losses and walk away if you have made a mistake or a bad choice. Accept that you are not perfect, you can't be right all the time, and then get on with your life.

* Third, learn from every mistake you make. Write down every lesson it contains. Use your mistakes in the present as stepping-stones to great success in the future

Using Stumbling Blocks, as Stepping Stones

There are two ways to look at the world: the benevolent way or the malevolent way. People with a malevolent or negative worldview take a victim stance, seeing life as a continuous succession of problems and a process of unfairness and oppression. They don't expect a lot and they don't get much. When things go wrong, they shrug their shoulders and passively accept that this is the way life is and there isn't anything they can do to make it better.On the other hand, people with a benevolent or positive worldview see the world around them as filled with opportunities and possibilities. They believe that everything happens as part of a great process designed to make them successful and happy. They approach their lives, their work, and their relationships with optimism, cheerfulness, and a general attitude of positive expectations. They expect a lot and they are seldom disappointed.

Let the Light Shine In

This is achieved through the simple exercise of self-disclosure. For you to truly understand yourself, or to stop being troubled by things that may have happened in your past, you must be able to disclose yourself to at least one person. You have to be able to get those things off your chest. You must rid yourself of those thoughts and feelings by revealing them to someone who won't make you feel guilty or ashamed for what has happened.

A nice lesson

Once a boy went to a shop with his mother. The shop keeper looked at the small cute child and showed him a bottle with sweets and said “Dear Child, u can take the sweets.”
But the child didn’t take. The shop keeper was surprised. Such a small child he is and why is he not taking the sweets from the bottle. Again he said take the sweets….
Now the mother also heard that and said “take the sweets dear.” Yet he didn’t take. The shopkeeper seeing the child not taking the sweets. He himself took the sweets and gave to the child. The child was happy to get two hands full of sweets.
While returning home the Mother asked the child, “Why didn’t you take the sweets, when the shop keeper told you to take?
Can you guess the response: Child replies “Mom! My hands are very small and if I take the sweets I can only take few but now you see when uncle gave with his big hands, how many more sweets I got!
Moral: When we take we may get little but when God gives… HE gives us more beyond our expectations… more than what we can hold..!!