Guwahati, 22nd May 2017: C-NES’ Jorhat Boat Clinic is probably the first in the country to be installed with solar power to run the entire medical and diagnostic equipment’s including a dental setup and a 50 ltr solar refrigerator to store vaccines. The boat now also has power supply available to cater to the entire…
The first reaction was a protective urge. They were just a little older than my first born and so innocently charming. "Everywhere we go we are asked about Tomaiina and bull fights, with young people singing the popular Bollywood number Senorita. Of course, we thoroughly enjoyed it. We did watch Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara before…
River Brahmaputra which flows across the Northeast Indian state of Assam, carves out a network of nearly 2,300 islands, isolating them from the mainland and excluding their inhabitants from access to basic infrastructure and health facilities. Based on her fieldwork, Anjali Mariam Paul describes the working of an innovative intervention in health communication – a…
Human resources for health are a critical building block of every health system. In India, the health system has struggled with the shortage and inequitable distribution of human resources, including the challenge of attracting and retaining health workers in remote settings. This blog, on the lives and work of crew aboard a mobile boat clinic,…
The boat clinic at Malkangiri, Odisha, launched on 2nd May 2017 was inspired by the success of C-NES' Boat Story. We wish this Boat Clinic all success in its noble mission of providing service to tribal populations in (Maoist ) disturbed areas. It may be mentioned that in 2015 the district administration of Malkangiri along with…
Who is the public health system actually catering to, if not these vulnerable women and children of the riverine islanders who actually are in dire need of these services? Do they not come under the MDG goal umbrella? Author(s): Anjali Paul | Posted on: Apr 10, 2017 http://www.esocialsciences.org/Articles/show_Article.aspx?qs=+30QEbn3Sin1XnvhkfnzXVMpYu7w83gG7XAQhjbRJx5JvXK7N5iWCi/2rwY2lAl+6oxpsYPCEUch+Ij7qcM7DA==
Sir Mark Tully and writer Gillian Wright visits Kamrup Boat Clinic. They share their thoughts with Communications Officer, Bhaswati Goswami
THE resignation of the Nagaland Chief Minister DR Zeliang is a fallout of the anti-reservation violence in the state. The government, in the wake of rioting, arson and large-scale intimidation of women candidates by male-dominated "civil society groups" and traditional institutions, had walked away from upholding its position as a government of all the people…
Six-year-old Altaf and his companions were sitting adjacent to the river bank since morning, with their eyes locked on the distance. With just a glimpse of a vessel, they stand up and begin bouncing and yelling in bliss. On the vessel, one of the crew members approaches the bow and checks the water level with…
Thanks to a philanthropist, remote villages in the Brahmaputra river islands in Assam will soon be lit up with solar street lights. The donor, Smti Almitra Patel, based at Bengaluru is a member of the Supreme Court committee for Solid waste management for Class 1 cities, Technical expert, Swachh Bharat Mission, Government of India, Clean…