C-NES Newsletter (For the quarter April – June 2011) Editorial Delhi needs to follow Gogoi’s lead The Assam Chief Minister, cruising on his massive mandate in the recent Assembly elections, is wasting no time in getting down to business. In a flurry of activity, Tarun Gogoi has, these past days, instructed members of his Cabinet…
With the highest Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) the Centre’s latest estimates are a mixed bag for Assam . MMR is the rate of women who die in child birth as a proportion of the population. Against a national average of 212, the MMR in Assam is 390, the highest in the country, according to the…
Dr. Manmohan Singh’s declaration that a quarter of Bangladesh’s population were anti-India and radicalized by Islam so embarrassed the Centre which had put it blithely on its website on the basis, one surmises, of “transparency” and then swiftly withdrew the statement (without anyone explaining officially why). “… we must reckon that at least 25 percent…
The role of media in influencing readers and viewers has been rarely under as much stress as these days following the closure of The News of the World, Britain largest selling newspaper, after its editors and reporters were involved in a phone and email hacking scam where they bribed police, misused a murdered girl's cell…
The consistent agitations in Assam by student movements and other organizations opposing illegal influx from Bangladesh is the stuff, if not of legend, than the story of the mobilization of communities in the region in a rare way. The campaign began in the late 1970s although the issues are far more historic and date back…
Managing Trustee Sanjoy Hazarika held a meeting with senior officials of the National Rural Health Mission in New Delhi to discuss the ongoing partnership between C-NES and NRHM in Assam. The meeting, on 5 July, between Mr. Hazarika, Mr. Pradhan, head and Executive Director of the NRHM, and Mr. Naved Masood, Special Secretary was held…
The Assam Chief Minister, cruising on his massive mandate in the recent Assembly elections, is wasting no time in getting down to business. In a flurry of activity, Tarun Gogoi has, these past days, instructed members of his Cabinet to formulate their priorities in a document so that he can incorporate these into his annual…
A documentary on C-NES’ unique Boat Clinics is being developed by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), New Delhi. The film is part of a PHFI project supported by the renowned Mac Arthur Foundation under the title, "Developing Case Studies of innovations in Public Health for Competency Strengthening and Advocacy". The film will be…
C-NES Managing Trustee Sanjoy Hazarika visited Berlin, Germany, at the invitation of the Heinrich Boell Foundation with which C-NES has a partnership. It has concluded a major research study on the Impact of Conflict on Women in Assam and Nagaland and also finished filming a documentary on the same issue. The latter is produced and…
A two day Medical Officers training programme was organized by C-NES in association with NRHM, Govt of Assam, on 3rd and 4th June at Hotel Orchid, Guwahati. The training dealt with issues related to reducing Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR) Infant Mortality Rate(IMR) and Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in the thirteen Boat Clinic operated districts in Assam,…