Self-help Group (SHGs) Activities under DAY-NRLM at Kolar district of Karnataka

A report on women Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Kerala state, India : a public health perspective

“yoga for Promotion of Health”: Conference Held on International Day of Yoga-2015 at Kolar

Yoga, an ancient science originated in India and over the march of time transcended its geographical boundaries. Hundreds of studies conducted under rigorous scientific protocols across the globe have established many preventive, promotive, and curative health benefits, especially for psychosomatic ailments. Yoga, through “Yogah chitta vritti nirodhah” (voluntary mastery over the modifications ...

Blueprint for the Self-Help Group

It all started when a drunken man dialled a wrong number and talked to another alcoholic by mistake. Today, Alcoholics Anonymous is probably one of the most successful self-help organisations in existence. It has the minimum of dogma, but that dogma, is unshakable. Dr. Griffith Edwards* takes a closer look at the intriguing AA approach to alcoholism. To talk of designing a self-help group may s...

District paediatric day care.

Although there have been several recent papers published on the results of day case surgery in children, little has been written on hospital-based day care for medical problems; in spite of this lack of information we believe many paediatric units provide this service. This paper describes our attempts to organize medical day cases on a general paediatric ward, and analyses some problems encoun...

Traditional veterinary healthcare practices in Shimoga district of Karnataka, India

An ethno-medico-botanical field survey was conducted during 2007-08 to document the veterinary healthcare practices followed by local communities residing in Shimoga district of Karnataka, India. The information on plant species and their local name, plant parts used, preparation of drug, dosage and duration was obtained from the traditional herbal healers settled in 10 selected villages by the...