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…
Swedish Radio Culture Correspondent, Naila Saleem and Arnab Dutta from CSE, New Delh accompanied by C-NES' Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami visited a health camp conducted by the Nalbari Boat Clinic team on 19th November 2019. Here is the coverage- both as a news and feature piece. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1650&artikel=7351128&fbclid=IwAR2-e-R0D506HsG4AhfK8AefJhX4mcYaBqUV98sP-IEl0KUj3z_p0zk3RIU
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 46) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter April – June 2019) Visitors from USAID and SAATHII A team comprising officials from USAID and SAATHII (Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India) visited the Brahmaputra Community Radio Station (BCRS) on 9th May 2019 and Jorhat Boat Clinic on 11th May…
By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 45) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter January – March 2019) C-NES at Arogya launch event Programme Manager Ashok Rao and Communications Officer Bhaswati Goswami attended the launch event of Arogya, a community based intervention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) organized by Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI) on 12th February,…
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By the Brahmaputra (Vol: 43) C-NES Newsletter (For the Quarter July – September 2018) Researcher on the Boat Clinic: Pratyasha Acharya, a Market Research Associate working for the US based UnitedHealth Group, accompanied the Kamrup Boat Clinic health team Kaltuli char of Chhaygaon, Kamrup on 10th July 2018. She also visited the Boat Clinic unit…
There have been very few events in my life which have not only been life-changing but also provided a great learning opportunity. A recent trip that I undertook to Assam definitely qualifies as one of those. The backdrop to this experience relates to learning more about ‘healthcare’ coupled with my need to venture out on…
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