Understanding Local Self-Governance body: Students of Public Health at Panchayat

The Masters of Public Health students from Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health visited the Permude panchayat in a bid to understand the working system and community health initiatives by the panchayat. The visit aimed to provide detailed working knowledge of a local self-government institution and the multiple developmental schemes prevailing for the well-being…

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Learning from Professionals: An industrial visit to Air Traffic control.

To study the working setup of an Air Traffic control, the Masters of Public Health students of Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health organised an industrial visit to ATC Mangalore. Students, as part of their curriculum, visited the ATC on 15th June 2023 to get hands on experience of the way the ATC works.…

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Teenage Pregnancy: A neglected Adolescent Health issue

There are around 3 billion younger people (under 25 years of age) in the world, of whom 1.2 billion are adolescents (10–19 years old). In India, adolescents constitute 20% of the total population, which is about 250 million adolescents. These adolescents can play a crucial role in contributing to the economic and overall development of…

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Addressing India’s Malnutrition Challenges

Malnutrition encompasses a state characterized by insufficient ingestion of vital nutrients essential for optimal health, growth, and development within an individual’s diet. This condition can arise from inadequate intake of crucial nutrients, impaired absorption mechanisms, or excessive excretion leading to nutrient loss from the body. Two primary categories of malnutrition exist: under nutrition and over…

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Strategic methods of promoting medical tourism by hospitals

Medical Tourism is a combination of two totally different worlds words ‘Medical’ and ‘Tourism’ which is well understood by patients who have benefited from Medical Treatment Abroad or by Primary Caregivers who have referred their ailing patients to a foreign Medical Facility. As the name indicates it is a technical term given to the Global…

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Career options after completing Masters of Public Health

There are many career options available to individuals who have completed a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree. Here are some potential career paths: Epidemiologist: Epidemiologists investigate the patterns and causes of diseases and other health-related problems. They also design and implement public health interventions to prevent the spread of disease. Health Policy Analyst: Health…

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MPH Students unravel Occupational health outcomes by visiting a German Major

Edward and Cynthia Institute of Public Health – an Advanced Technical Cooperation centre with Yenepoya University had an industry visit for Masters of Public Health (MPH) students to BASF India Pvt Ltd. The factory visit was scheduled to understand the Environmental and Occupational Health standards, Factory Governance, learn more about the Factory Act 1948 and…

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Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health supports Government of Mizoram

Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health – a unit of CHD Group along with the District Administration Champhai conducted an advanced health systems strengthening and operational readiness during humanitarian emergencies workshop for medical doctors and nurses of Champhai, Mizoram. The workshop was inspired by Mr. James Lalrinchhana, Deputy Commissioner, Champhai, Mizoram. The medical doctors…

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How Global Solutions are Failing Local Communities

Disasters and emergencies became a part of communities around the world. Local communities or existing infrastructures are not designed and framed to withstand the consequences of emergencies that are happening presently around the world. The extended shortcomings to support the post-disaster phases and rehabilitation in communities breaks down the expectations and hopes of sustainable growth…

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India needs to urgently address the disaster-climate-health nexus

Building community resilience calls for understanding how systemic risks influence policy outcomes and why existential gaps need to be plugged to tackle the nexus of public health consequences – extreme weather events and natural disasters. The pandemic has exposed the fault-line threadbare which imposes new questions and also calls for an amendment to the Disaster…

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