Cleft Lip and Palate

Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that affect the upper lip and roof of the mouth. They happen when the tissue that forms the roof of the mouth and upper lip don't join before birth. The problem can range from a small notch in the lip to a groove that runs into the roof of the mouth and nose. This can affect the way the child's face looks. It can also lead to problems with eating, talking and ear infections.

Treatment usually is surgery to close the lip and palate. Doctors often do this surgery in several stages. Usually the first surgery is during the baby's first year. With treatment, most children with cleft lip or palate do well.

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The Companies Bill, 2012

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday 18th December 2012 gave its approval for the Companies Bill 2011, paving the way for a new modern company law.

The Companies Bill 2012 - http://www.mca.gov.in/Ministry/pdf/The_Companies_Bill_2012.pdf

The proposed legislation will replace the existing Companies Act 1956, which was enacted 56 years ago. The Companies Bill 2012 was passed by a voice vote in Lok Sabha in a marathon late night sitting. Besides making independent directors more accountable and improving the corporate governance practices, the Bill seeks to make corporate social responsibility mandatory for certain companies.

 Corporate social responsibility

The Companies Bill proposes that profit-making companies that meet certain conditions will be required to set aside 2 per cent of the net profit towards CSR. Mr. Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs  said India would become the first country to mandate corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a statutory provision. “While framing rules for the legislation, the government will take in to confidence MPs and other stakeholders, like NGOs. It’s an evolving idea. We will make compliance easy,” he said.

Under the new legislation, companies will be encouraged to create employees’ welfare fund. “Severity of law is not deterrent; it is surety which is deterrent. The companies may engage in promoting education, reducing child mortality and any other matter they feel can contribute for social welfare,” he added. Under the new law, the CSR spending would be the responsibility of companies like their tax liabilities. The Bill, with 470 clauses, seeks to make CSR spending compulsory for companies that meet certain criteria. Firms having Rs.5 crore or more profits in the last three years have to spend on CSR activities. One of the major proposals is that companies have to mandatorily spend 2 per cent of their average net profit for CSR activities. The changes, once in place, would amend the Companies Law that has been in force since 1956. 

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Outreach programs

Outreach programs are important tools for bringing health education and screening services directly to community members and serve to contribute to reducing health disparities.They assist communities and hospitals to reach mutually beneficial goals that would otherwise not be achievable for promoting accessible and equitable care.

Many developers of outreach programs are not aware of their audiences’ literacy level as well as the major cultural norms and boundaries that support or impede community members’ behaviors relating to screening, early detection and prevention.

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World No Tobacco Day 2012 Theme

Trinity Care Foundation organized an Anti Tobacco Program on June 15th 2012 on the World No Tobacco Day Theme 2012.  “Tobacco Industry Interference” was the theme.

The Health Team from Government of Karnataka Health Department, Trinity Care Foundation and M.R Ambedkar Dental College were present in the KSRTC Bus Stand Kanakapura Town, Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India for providing Health Services to the General Public.

Health Education 

The Program intended to create awareness among  the people about the harmful effects of tobacco consumption highlighting the ill health effects of smoking to both smokers and non-smokers. An Oral Screening with Health Education on the evils of tobacco was given  to the patients and their attendants. Patients were given education about the risk factors associated with tobacco consumption and smoking.

The Program focused  on :

1. Health Education –  ill effects of Tobacco
2. Oral Screening -  Diagnosis and Referral to   M.R Ambedkar Dental College for Further Treatment
3. Dental Treatment – Minor Treatments on the Mobile Dental Unit

World No Tobacco Day 2012 will educate policy-makers and the general public about the tobacco industry's nefarious and harmful tactics. Tobacco industry interference is the theme of this year’s World No Tobacco Day. 

Oral Screening 

The campaign will focus on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts  to undermine global tobacco control efforts. The campaign will focus on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) because of the serious danger they pose to public health.

Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. Each year, the global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people. It is on a track to kill more than 8 million people by 2030, by which time approximately 80% of the deaths would occur in low and middle income countries.

A tobacco ban on tobacco marketing can substantially reduce tobacco consumption and consequently tobacco related deaths and disease. We have to look into the causes of tobacco usage and think of new strategies to curb it, said  Dr. Umashankar G K, Trinity Care Foundation.

Dental Treatments

Many patients were diagnosed with oral dental pre-malignant condition and lesions like oral sub-mucous fibrosis, leukoplakia, tobacco quid lesion, smokers palate. Complete oral was done and many patients received treatments on the Mobile Dental Unit stationed at the Bus Stand. 

Counseling Sessions were also discussed with patients and their attendants.The Program was initiated by Government of Karnataka Health Department, Trinity Care Foundation and M.R Ambedkar Dental College.

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Warn about the Dangers of Tobacco

One of six cost-effective actions endorsed by who to reduce tobacco’s deadly toll .

Passive Smoking

Tobacco is a deadly, addictive product. The extreme addictiveness of tobacco and the full range of health dangers are not fully understood or appreciated by the public.

WHO framework convention on tobacco control (FCTC)
FCTC

Article 11 of the FCTC requires parties to use large, clear health warnings that should cover 50 percent of the principle display areas. The article also requires parties to implement effective measures to ensure that tobacco product packaging and labeling do not promote a tobacco product by any means that are false, misleading, deceptive, or likely to create an erroneous impression about its characteristic, health effects, hazards, or emissions.These include terms such as “light,” “low tar,” and “ultra-light.”

Tobacco Free Kids

Key Messages

• Tobacco is deadly and addictive.

• To ensure that the public is fully informed of tobacco’s harms and to counter the seductive images of tobacco portrayed by the tobacco industry, it is essential to:  

» Place health warnings on all tobacco product packaging. Tobacco pack warnings should be clear, include graphic pictures of tobacco’s harms and cover at least half of all outer product covering.  

» Launch tobacco control media campaigns and other counter advertising activities. Media campaigns must be hard hitting, sustained over significant amounts of time and effectively counter the tobacco  industry’s marketing and promotional tactics.  

• Terms such as “light” and “low” are misleading and deceptive. Such products do not reduce risk.

Smoking

The case for warning about the dangers of tobacco   

• In Brazil, after the introduction of new picture warnings, 73% of smokers approved of them, 54% had changed their opinion on  the health consequences of smoking and 67 % said the new warnings 

made them want to quit.

• Pack-a-day smokers are potentially exposed to the warnings over 7,000 times per year.

• Pictorial warnings are overwhelmingly supported by the public.  

• Hard hitting, intensive media campaigns using graphic images inform the public, reduce tobacco use, and increase quit attempts and cessation rates.

Sources:

1. http://tobaccofreecenter.org/files/pdfs/en/MPOWER2009_warning_en.pdf
2. http://www.facebook.com/notes/trinity-care-foundation/bidis-an-overview/206543949409063 
3. http://www.facebook.com/trinitycarefoundation 

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Bidis - Tobacco

The Indian market of smoking tobacco is dominated by bidis (also known as beedis and biris) which actually consists of  shredded tobacco, hand rolled in a tendu leaf secured with a colorful string at one end. Bidi are usually smoked by men, but produced mainly by women and young children who roll them in their homes. Bidis outsell cigarettes by a ratio of eight to one (8:1) in India. 

Bidi smoking kills :

• Bidi smoking has been shown to increase the risk of chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, and respiratory diseases.
• A study in Bangalore found that smokers of 10 or more bidis per day were over 4 times more likely to have a heart attack than nonsmokers.
• Studies in India show that bidi smokers have 5 – 6 times greater risk of lung cancer than nonsmokers  as well as high risks of oral cancer. 
• A study in Tamil Nadu demonstrates that about half (47%) of deaths of rural men from tuberculosis (TB) are caused by bidi smoking.
• A study in Mumbai reported death rates to be 64% higher among bidi smokers compared to non-tobacco users. Even among smokers of less than 5 bidis a day, the death rates were 42% higher.
• Bidi smoke delivers more tar, carbon monoxide and nicotine than western-style cigarettes, and therefore Bidis are more or equally harmful as cigarettes. 

Bidi rolling forces the poor to remain in perennial poverty: 

• The minimum wage fixed by state governments for rolling 1000 bidis varies from Rs. 29.0 in Tripura to Rs. 64.8 in Gujarat. 
• After continuous exposure to tobacco, the skin on the fingertips begins to thin and they become inefficient in rolling bidis at about the age of 45. Many are forced to resort to begging when they can no longer work. 

Tobacco cultivation and bidi-rolling cause serious occupational hazards to the workers and their families:

• Studies show that those working in tobacco harvesting have evidence of nicotine in their urine. Exposure to nicotine facilitates addiction.
• Bidi rollers experience exacerbation of tuberculosis, asthma, anaemia, giddiness, postural and eye problems, and gynecological difficulties. 
• When bidis are stored in the house, food spoils quicker and family members experience nausea and headaches. 

Women and children share the greatest burden of bidi production:

• Nearly 225,000 children are engaged in bidi making. 
• Women constitute 76 – 95% of total employment in bidi manufacturing. 
• Female bidi rollers report verbal and physical abuse based on gender and caste differences.

Source:     

1. http://tobaccofreecenter.org/ 
2. http://www.facebook.com/trinitycarefoundation
3. http://www.trinitycarefoundation.org/            

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Toll of Tobacco in India ...

Youth Smoking 

                                                  Consumption

Tobacco related Diseases 

• There are almost 275 million tobacco users in India.        
• Over one-third of adults (age 15+) use some form of tobacco (35 percent), including almost half of men (48 percent) and 20 percent of women. 
• Among youth (age 13-15), 4 percent smoke cigarettes and almost 12 percent use other types of tobacco products.
• Bidis comprise 48 percent of the tobacco market, chewing tobacco 38 percent and cigarettes 14 percent. 

•  Bidis comprise 48 percent of the tobacco market, chewing tobacco 38 percent and cigarettes 14 percent. 

                              Health Consequences       

Tobacco Related Diseases 

• About 1 million Indians die from tobacco-related diseases each year in India.
• Among youth (age 13-15), 27 percent are exposed to secondhand smoke at home and 40 percent are exposed to secondhand smoke in public places.         

Source :  

• http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/facts_issues/toll_global/india/  
• Tobacco Free Society    

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Stopping the Spread of Germs at Work..

Spread of Germs

How Germs Spread ? 

Illnesses like the flu (influenza) and colds are caused by viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. The flu and colds usually spread from person to person when an infected person coughs or sneezes.Spread of Germs..

• How to Help Stop the Spread of Germs

Take care to:    

• Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough
• Clean your hands often
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth
• Stay home when you are sick and check with a health care provider when needed
• Practice other good health habits.

• Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough

Cough or sneeze into a tissue and then throw it away. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.

• Clean your hands often

When available, wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- then rub your hands vigorously together and scrub all surfaces. Wash for 15 to 20 seconds. It is the soap combined with the scrubbing action that helps dislodge and remove germs.

When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using a gel, rub the gel in your hands until they are dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in the gel kills germs that cause colds and the flu.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth

Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches their eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs can live for a long time (some can live for 2 hours or more) on surfaces like doorknobs, desks, and tables.  Stay home when you are sick and check with a health care provider when needed.

When you are sick or have flu symptoms, stay home, get plenty of rest, and check with a health care provider as needed. Your employer may need a doctor’s note for an excused absence. Remember: Keeping your distance from others may protect them from getting sick. Common symptoms of the flu include:

• fever (usually high)
• headache
• extreme tiredness
• cough
• sore throat
• runny or stuffy nose
• muscle aches, and
• nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, (much more common among children than adults).

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Tobacco's Deadly Seduction :- Women!

Awareness about ill effects of Tobacco

Tobacco's Deadly Seduction :- Women!

Tobacco use among women is rising. Without governments taking action to reduce smoking, the worldwide women's smoking rate is expected to rise to 20 percent by 2025 from a rate of 9.3 percent 2007.

• Increases in tobacco use are the result of changes in the role and economic status of women as economies grow, as well as changes in social and cultural factors as nations modernize.
• However, the direct, aggressive marketing of tobacco targeted to women is the driving factor in increased tobacco use by women seen around the world.
• The tobacco industry targets women and girls with aggressive and seductive advertising that exploits ideas of independence, emancipation, sex appeal, slimness, glamour and beauty. Tobacco companies design products to specifically appeal to women, such as flavored cigarettes and fashionable packaging.



Health Programs

• Even in countries where tobacco use by women is low, women are disproportionately exposed to secondhand smoke in the home and workplaces. Of all deaths attributable to secondhand smoke, 64 percent occur among women.
• Effective policies must be adopted to reduce tobacco use among women and protect women from secondhand smoke.
• By curtailing tobacco marketing, adopting strong health pack warnings, increasing the price of tobacco products, expanding protection against secondhand smoke and carrying out effective public education campaigns, the predicted epidemic of tobacco-related illness and death among women around the world will be prevented.

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Diabetes Program

Diabetes Program:

Health Screening 

Our goal is to help with the care and treatment of diabetes including diagnosing the symptoms. Being able to diagnose quickly is very important. We also aim to give the most useful information we can find, with as much help as possible..

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