The unique partnership between the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) and the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) covering a health initiative has completed a year and covered close to 1.5 lakh persons on the saporis of the Brahmaputra in 10 districts who were earlier without sustained health care. The focus of…
C-NES’ partnership with UNICEF began in July 2006 through Akha, “the Ship of Hope in the Valley of Floods” to provide health services, training and awareness on health, sanitation, livestock care and education to the poor and marginalized in the river islands of the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh district and was responsible for the surge in…
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research(C-NES) -National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) partnership’s health initiative, has been extended to cover the districts of Jorhat, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Nalbari and Barpeta. The inaugural camps which witnessed a huge turn out even from the neighbouring villages in all the districts were held simultaneously on 16…
An orientation meet was organized by C-NES on 9 March, 2009 at Guwahati for the new team of doctors and district community organizers joining C-NES' Boat Clinic Program which has been up scaled to include 5 more districts- North Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Nalbari and Barpeta from January 2009 taking the total districts to ten. C-NES’…
As part of its golden jubilee celebrations this year, Oil India Limited (OIL) has donated Rs. 10 lakhs to the Centre of North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) to support its innovative boat clinic initiative in Assam. “The funds will be used to build a boat clinic in Jorhat district and we hope it…
Prominent editor, columnist and economist, Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar, visited the upper Assam towns of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia on 27 & 28 December 2008 . Mr. Aiyar is renowned for his writings in the publication - `The Economist' and is the Consulting Editor of The Economic Times .The Times of India has recently released a collection of…
An orientation meet was organized by C-NES on 11th December, 2008 at Hotel Alankar, Guwahati for new members joining the organization's Boat Clinic program. This programme is to be upscaled to include 5 more districts- North Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Nalbari and Barpeta from January 2009. Five District Community Organizers were recruited for the clinics in…