Youth Voices

Youth Catalyst *Navya Narang Youth Catalyst *Navya Narang facilitated the campaign run by Nada India Foundation and Young India Network for Good Health to appreciate the hard work and efforts of Nurses and Health Attendants by spreading awareness and getting network members and volunteers to connect with nursing assistants and thanking them for their service, patience and dedication.   In conversation with Nada team member Riya Thapliyal, Navya shares her journey of working on the campaign. #Youthforcaregivers Riya : Hi! Navya. First of all, thank you so much for associating with the campaign and working so hard to make it a success. What motivated you to join the campaign in the first place?  Navya : I personally feel that the work all the nurses do is always worth saluting and thanking. I saw a nurse at work when I was 9 years old, taking care of my grandfather who was on his deathbed. She used to stay with us the whole day, helping us everywhere wherever she could;

“Everyday , you come to hospital with a smile; Keeping your priorities aside ,you take care of patient’s priorities with utmost perseverance; Navya Narang Youth Catalyst Navya Narang is a Youth Catalyst at Nada India Foundation, and is currently a first year student at Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi, pursuing Psychology (H). She is interested in learning  about human behaviour. I personally feel that the work all the nurses do is always worth saluting and thanking. I saw a nurse at work when I was 9 years old , taking care of my grandfather who was on his deathbed. She used to stay with us the whole day, helping us everywhere wherever she could; whether it was cooking food for my grandfather or consoling our family members when they were broken seeing the state my grandfather was in. The nurse even took out time from her personal life, to help us .  That was why I joined the campaign initiated by “World Health Organisation” and facilitated by Nada Ind

Health Advocate, Pooja Choudhary, felt that everyone uses eCPR in their daily lives, knowingly or unknowingly. She also observed that generally we practice it with people we know. “jo humse close hote hain, unhi ke saath hum eCPR practice karte hain. Anjaan log jab apno se hi nahi baat kar pate toh humse kaise karenge (We practice it with people who are close to us. When a stranger can’t tell their plight to the people they know, how will they discuss it with us)”, noted Pooja.  Dr Fisher agreed that connecting is easier with people we know however eCPR can be practiced with strangers also. It’s like CPR. In his words, “It (eCPR) is a universal language of emotions which supersedes language and culture.” He substantiated this with the example of a baby. We and the baby don’t share a language; it cries and we try to soothe it. We don’t know why it is crying, it gives us clues, we try to address its needs but almost always it needs to be soothed and eventually we realise what it n

To mark the 200 th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, World Health Organization has designated the year 2020 as “International Year for Nurse and Midwife” and is calling for us “to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind the world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy, on World Health Day, this April 7 th. “Globally, 70% of the health and social workforce are women. Nurses and midwives represent a large portion of this.”  In India, the number of health workers reported in 2001 were 20,69,540 out of which 6,30,406 are nurses and midwives. “Nurses and midwives play a key role in caring for people everywhere, including in times of outbreaks and settings that are fragile or in conflict.”  “Achieving health for all will depend on there being sufficient numbers of well-trained and educated, regulated and adequately supported nurses and midwives, who receive pay and recognition commensurate with the services and qua

Image source Enhance the quality of social bonding and social wellbeing  by connecting with people living with COVID19 and empower them with their rights as patients and caregivers   and create safe space for everyone....   The World Health Organization (WHO) has started using the phrase  "physical distancing" instead of "social distancing"  as a way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus from people to people. I think it was over due,  Young India Network for Good Health   welcomes this move as a step towards to bring back social wellbeing of People Living with COVID19 and their families suffering from social isolation. We underline the importance of a physical distance as  "absolutely essential" to respond to global pandemic "it does not mean that socially we have to disconnect from the people who are significant and part of day to day life. Image source   Since coronavirus is spread mainly through respiratory droplets, espec