Aravani Art Project

If you’re in Mumbai this Friday and Saturday please drop by to say hi Poornima Sukumar and help out on the Aravani Art Project.

Aarogyaseva is proud and excited to sponsor and support The Aravani Art Project on this initiative in association with Humsafar Trust.

Poornima is the Aarogyaseva artist in residence and she started the Aravani Art Initiative.   You will remember that for International Women's Day in March Poornima was one of the artists who beautifully decorated our now open free clinic in Jayanagar Bangalore Mahabodhi Aarogyaseva Kendra.

The Aravani Art Project aims to use art as a medium to bring the community together with particular emphasis on inclusion of the transgender community.   They have been doing projects across India most recently in Bangalore.   

Poornima first became involved in the transgender community through working on a documentation with Tabs Breese and wanted to stay connected and involved afterwards.   Her aim is to eventually expand the project across the world to give the third gender a voice and to encourage acceptance across the world.

Aravani Art Project has also been featured in The Hindu and Good.

If you want to find out more and support please head to their Facebook page.

It’s not too late to help! They are still after artists, scaffolding builders, buskers and magic markers.  Anything you can do to help would be much appreciated including just dropping by to say hi.

Aravani Art Project is also going to Chennai, Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata.   We'll let you know when it does. 

Don’t forget we’re also looking for more volunteers for our clinic Mahadohi Aarogayseva Kendra in Bangalore.   So drop us a line at Volunteer @aarogyaseva.org

We look forward to sharing some photos next week on the event.  Stay tuned!

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed within this article are the personal opinions of the author. The facts and opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of AarogyaSeva and AarogyaSeva does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.

To get in touch with the author or to join our team write to us at – Volunteer@aarogyaseva.org

Exercise, Sports and Physical Therapy in Hemophilia

The Vaccine Debate

Vaccines are one of the most successful health interventions that bring about significant reductions in infectious diseases and adverse health consequences and improve quality of life in the population.

In a situation where there is abundance of new and expensive vaccines on one hand and limitations of resources on the other, it becomes imperative that use of vaccines through induction in the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) as well as in the free market is done through a framework of decision-making that confers positive health and economic benefits to the society. The UIP in India targets 2.7 Crores infants and 3.0 Crores pregnant women every year and is one of the largest in the world. The country also has a 

strong vaccine manufacturing capacity that has recently taken on the challenge of producing more complex vaccines. Most of the new vaccines are used by one segment of the population, which can afford them, while the most vulnerable segment of the population, which is serviced through the UIP misses out on this opportunity.

Participate in a healthy discussion and debate about the UIP in India, vaccine policy in the US and Switzerland

Time: 10 am to 12 noon

Date: 22nd June 2013

Venue: MEG School, PSK Naidu Road, Coxtown, Bangalore - 560005

Facilitated by Dr Dayaprasad G Kulkarni

Law, Human Rights and Public Health

Law, Human Rights and Public Health

An interaction with Vinay Sreenivasa at the Alternative Law Forum.

Time: 2pm
Date: 18th June 2013
Venue: ALF Office, 122/4, Infantry Road, Opposite Infantry Wedding Hall, Bangalore, India 560001

ALF was started in March, 2000, by a collective of lawyers with the belief that there was a need for an alternative practice of law. We recognize that a practice of law is inherently political. We are committed to a practice of law which will respond to issues of social and economic injustice. Over the past few years ALF has grown from being a legal service provider to becoming a space that integrates alternative lawyering with critical research, alternative dispute resolution, pedagogic interventions and more generally maintaining sustained legal interventions in various social issues. We are also commited to an inter disciplinary interrogation of the law using creative forms. ALF perceives itself simultaneously as a space that provides qualitative legal services to marginalized groups, as an autonomous research institution with a strong interdisciplinary approach working with practitioners from other fields, as a public legal resource using conventional and unconventional forms of creating access to information, as a centre for generating quality resources that will make interventions in legal education and training, and as finally a platform to enable collaborative and creative models of knowledge production.

A discussion on Emergency and Critical Care

A discussion on Emergency

and Critical Care

Friday, June 14^th 

2:00pm-4:00pm

LOCATION:MSRMH Board Room, M S Ramaiah Medical College

Join us as we learn about the three contrasting emergency and critical care systems operating in  Switzerland, the United States and here in India. A brief presentation will be given about each country, outlining the manner in which emergency and critical care are provided to its citizens and the intricacies of these services. Following the presentations, there will be an open exchange of ideas involving the audience.

This program is done in collaboration with Doctors For Seva, Department of Medical Education and Department of Emergency and critical care; M S Ramaiah Medical College and Madhyama Foundation.

	Topic	Speaker	Time
02.00PM	Introduction to the Program and speakers Introduction into Emergency care in India	Dr Dayaprasad G Kulkarni Dr Kumar, President Medical Education	15min
	Emergency Department Care process	Group 1, Switzerland (Milena, Annabel, Srilak, Micheal)	15min
	Strategies to save time in the ER.	Group - 2, Switzerland (Karin, Adrien, Yann, Jonathan)	15min
	Emergency Department (ED) care process	Dr Aruna C Ramesh Chief of AES, MSRMH	15min
03.00 PM	Brief overview of the US system.	Group - 3, USA (Ila, Harika, Sai)	15 min
	Inter hospital transfers-Our experience	Dr Rathna COO MSR CARE	15min
	Economics of emergency care, public health implications	Dr Naresh Shetty. President, MSRMH	15min
	Open House Discussion over Tea Break & Conclusion	Dr Naresh Shetty. President, MSRMH	15min

Talk Stories -3

Q & A with Dr. Sanjay Sharma

Facilitated by Dr. Dayaprasad G Kulkarni

Visiting Faculty, Department of Post Graduate Studies, General Surgery
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences


A opportunity to discuss corporate healthcare, advent of tele medicine, chronic disease management. Its interactions with public health and opportunities to find innovative solutions

Venue: 25/1, Skip House, Museum Road, Bangalore – 560 025
Date: 12th July 2013
Time: 4 pm 

Brief Bio:

Track record of steering growth initiatives for businesses ranging in scope within start-up, turnaround and large hospitals in diverse geographies and market segments. 

Adroit at aiming growth from new partnerships by identifying & assessing opportunities, mergers and acquisitions. Competent in spearheading large-scale projects, which includes planning, design & liaison with government/external agencies. 

Adept at Business & Services Modelling, Creating SOP’s, Capacity Building, Monitoring, Behaviour Change, Process Improvement. 

Possess rich experience in the areas like Public Health / Population Health, Tele-medicine, Corporate Wellness, Health Care IT, Hospital Administration, Neighborhood Clinics. 

An effective communicator with strong people management, leadership and entrepreneurial skills

Specialties:Core Areas

Healthcare Strategy Consulting
Innovative Health Care Delivery Models
Healthcare Operations Managements / Process Management
Public Health
Disease Management
Corporate Wellness
Health Care IT / Telemedicine
Project Management
M & A
Capacity Building

Clinical Specialization in Ano-Rectal Diseases & Wound Management

Talk Stories - 2

Walk with Geographer and Educationalist Dr. Chandrashekar Balachandran

Understanding India in the context of its cultures, traditions and Geography

Venue: Starts from Koshys Cafe
St. Marks Road
Date: 11th June 2013
Time: 10 am

Talk Stories

Interaction with Social Worker, Thinker and Philosopher - Bhaskar Guda

Facilitated by Dr. Dayaprasad G Kulkarni

Challenges and Opportunities for Non - Profit organisations, Development Professionals and Volunteers in creating Positive Change.

Venue: MEG School Auditorium
PSK Naidu Road
Coxtown, Bangalore - 560005
Date: 10th June 2013
Time: 10 am to 12 noon