Pulse Polio Program at Sarikholia sapori
During a recent Pulse Polio Immunization campaign, special camps were organized by the Dibrugarh Boat Clinic (10 - 13 January 2010).The Deputy Commissioner of the District, Mr. GD Tripathy visited Sarikholia sapori and launched the program. He was accompanied by Dr. P C Hazarika, Joint Director of Health Services, Dr. Bhobojyoti Borah, Surveillance Medical Officer,…
Semester at Sea
Sanjoy Hazarika was a Lecturer on the unique Semester at Sea programme, which is run on the passenger ship MV Explorer, which is a traveling US University campus. Mr. Hazarika gave two major keynote addresses on A Writer’s Perceptive of India, mapping the historical growth and economic development of the country in lectures which were…
Project on Impact of Conflict on Women in Assam and Nagaland
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) has signed an agreement with the Heinrich Boll Foundation of Germany to conduct a year-long project on the Impact of Conflict on Women, with a special focus on Assam and Nagaland. This takes forward the work of an earlier research study that C-NES had done…
C-NES- NRHM Health initiative touches 2 lakh
Even as delayed monsoons and subsequent floods hit Assam, over 2 lakh flood vulnerable people living in the saporis or river islands of the Brahmaputra have been covered with sustained health care for the first time in their lives by the “Boat Clinics” of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES)- National…
Orientation for Community Radio Station
An orientation meet on Community Radio Station (CRS) was held at Dibrugarh from 15th to 17th July 2009 for C-NES’ upcoming Unicef supported project of setting up of a Community Radio Station (CRS) in Dibrugarh. The meeting was attended by 9 C-NES staff including Sanjay Sarma, Associate Program Manager, Manik Boruah, Assistant Programme Manager, Bhaswati…
Annual Review Meeting of NRHM-C-NES project
An annual review meeting of C-NES’ flagship health program was held at Guwahati on 16th and 17th June 2009, attended by 35 C-NES staff including members of the Programme Management Unit (PMU) and Boat Clinics from 10 districts where the National Rural Health Mission-C-NES project to take health services to the unreached communities on the…
C-NES Trustee visits boat clinics
Mr Chaman Lal, C-NES Trustee and former Special Rapporteur at the National Human Rights Commission, also former DGP, Nagaland, visited seven of the ten boat clinic districts in May 2009 to review the activities of the Boat Clinics. Mr Lal was on a similar mission last year (July 2008) to the two upper Assam districts…