On April 26, 2020, when the Dhemaji Boat Clinic was on its way to conduct a routine health camp in Pakhoriguri – one of the 2500 saporis or riverine islands situated across the 891 km long course of the river Brahmaputra in Assam – the clinic received a call to change course. They were asked…
C-NES Newsletter (Vol: 49)(For the quarter January- March 2020) Knowledge Fair New York based story teller Laura Simms introducedLaura addresses the participantsAn interactive session in progress at the Knowledge Fair Laura Simms, a New York-based award-winning performer, writer, and educator advocating storytelling as compassionate action for personal and community transformation was the resource person at…
Guwahati: Health workers of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) of all the 15 boat clinics across Assam have been issuing a three-pronged attack against COVID-19 to all the river island dwellers of the state. Apart from providing preliminary check-ups, they are also spreading awareness over COVID-19. The workers are also…
Fighting Covid 19. The Boat Clinic health workers carry on with their challenging work - with dedication, determination and sincerity. In this case, giving regular awareness on the pandemic and preventive measures to be taken the insular communities the Boat Clinics serve - the river island dwellers Fighting Covid 19. Our health workers carry on…
C-NES and the Boat Clinics gets the Healthcare Excellence Award 2020 in the category" Excellence in Outreach Healthcare" yesterday at a function held at Guwahati's Radisson Blu Hotel on 27th February 2020. Programme Manager Ashok Rao and Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami received the trophy and the certificate from the Assam Minister of State for Health and…
C-NES invites energetic and creative student interns to assist the communications team in making short(one minute) videos, pod casts and related work with a focus on the Boat Clinic health outreach programme for about 3 months each. Selected interns will be given a certificate of merit. The work will involve field visit. Students from Journalism…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 48) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter October – December 2019) From The Field Awareness on IDD by Boat Clinic Units: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) constitute the single largest cause of preventable brain damage worldwide. Majority of consequences of IDD are invisible and irreversible but at the same time these are preventable…
On the occasion of World Radio Day 2020, Brahmaputra Community Radio Station (BCRS) or Radio Brahmaputra as it is commonly known, was awarded the Community Radio of the year at the 6th International Radio Fair at Bhubaneswar by the Minister of Revenue & Disaster Management of Odisha Government, Sudam Marndi. Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Minister (MOS, Ind. Charge)…
For Rahima Khatun, whose one-year-old child has diarrhoea, and Jamila, who could not get medicines for her chronic body ache and fever, boat clinics have become the only mode of medical help during floods in Assam. At Goroimari, the char (riverine island) close to the Orang National Park in Morigaon district, they eagerly waited for…
