Early Childhood Caries

 Early Childhood Caries

Dental caries (tooth decay) is a disease that may affect the teeth of people of all ages, including young children. It is the most common NCD among children around the globe. The disease affects primary teeth (milk teeth) and permanent teeth.

More information on Ending Childhood Dental Caries - a World Health Organization (WHO) Implementation manual ! 

Early childhood caries (ECC) affects teeth of children aged under six years. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2017, more than 530 million children globally have dental caries of the primary teeth. However, as primary teeth are exfoliated due to growth of the child, #ECC has previously not been considered important.

Dental caries can lead to abscesses and cause toothache, which may compromise ability to eat and sleep and restrict life activity of children.

Dental caries influences general health and quality of life. Dental caries links with several frequent diseases of childhood, primarily due to common risk factors. For instance, dental caries can co-occur with obesity, as both diseases are related to diet and nutrition. Moreover, nutritional status affects teeth pre-eruptively, although this is less important than the post-eruptive local effect of diet. Undernutrition coupled with a high intake of sugars may exacerbate caries.

Across the world, dental caries is particularly frequent or severe among underprivileged and disadvantaged groups of children. Socioeconomic factors also play a crucial role in the scope of services covered by primary oral health care. In many countries, poor children are underserved by dental care since access to dental care is not equitable.

Prevalence of ECC is increasing rapidly in low and middle-income countries, and dental caries is particularly frequent or severe among children living in deprived communities. In many countries, access to dental care is not equitable, leaving poor children and families underserved.

Know more of Ending Childhood Dental Caries - WHO Implementation manual ! 

Trinity Care Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization with main focus on enhancing the public programs effectiveness and strengthening the community programs by reaching out to the socially and economically underprivileged sections of the society both in rural and urban India since 2007. 

Trinity Care Foundation focuses on low-income/government schools in Karnataka State, India, and undertakes free School Health initiatives, more information at : http://www.trinitycarefoundation.com/schoolhealth/  

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World Sight Day 2021

World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on vision impairment, including blindness. This year, World Sight Day will take place on October 14, 2021 with the theme: Love Your Eyes. 

Blindness and vision impairment facts;

Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment. In at least 1 billion – or almost half – of these cases, vision impairment could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed.

The leading causes of vision impairment and blindness are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts.

The majority of people with vision impairment and blindness are over the age of 50 years; however, vision loss can affect people of all ages.

Vision impairment poses an enormous global financial burden with the annual global costs of productivity losses associated with vision impairment from uncorrected myopia and presbyopia alone estimated to be US$ 244 billion and US$ 25.4 billion. 

Causes

Globally, the leading causes of vision impairment are:

• Uncorrected refractive errors
• Cataract
• Age-related macular degeneration
• Glaucoma
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Corneal opacity
• Trachoma

There is substantial variation in the causes between and within countries according to the availability of eye care services, their affordability, and the eye care literacy of the population. For example, the proportion of vision impairment attributable to cataract is higher in low- and middle-income countries than high-income countries. In high income countries, diseases such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration are more common.

Among children, the causes of vision impairment vary considerably across countries. For example, in low-income countries congenital cataract is a leading cause, whereas in middle-income countries it is more likely to be retinopathy of prematurity. As in adult populations, uncorrected refractive error remains a leading cause of vision impairment in all countries amongst children.

Impact of vision impairment

Personal impact

Young children with early onset severe vision impairment can experience delayed motor, language, emotional, social and cognitive development, with lifelong consequences. School-age children with vision impairment can also experience lower levels of educational achievement.

Vision impairment severely impacts quality of life among adult populations. Adults with vision impairment often have lower rates of workforce participation and productivity and higher rates of depression and anxiety. In the case of older adults, vision impairment can contribute to social isolation, difficulty walking, a higher risk of falls and fractures, and a greater likelihood of early entry into nursing or care homes.

Economic impact

Vision impairment poses an enormous global financial burden. For example, the annual global costs of productivity losses associated with vision impairment from uncorrected myopia and presbyopia alone were estimated to be US$ 244 billion and US$ 25.4 billion, respectively. 

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Trinity Care Foundation has been actively supporting critical community health programs since 2007, you can get in touch now and make Trinity Care Foundation your CSR implementation partner in Karnataka state, India.

For further information on how to manage and implement CSR Projects, please get write to us : [ support@trinitycarefoundation.org ]

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Government Schools Go Solar in Karnataka

 One of the key initiatives as part of CSR activities, has been taken by Trinity Care Foundation for implementation in collaboration with partner organization's, which would include setting up a Rooftop Solar PV Power solution system at 3 Government schools thereby enhancing the use of renewable energy sources - this switch to clean & renewable energy sources will be pertinent in addressing future energy requirement, we are in the process of installing around a total of 15Kw solar power facility in the schools, before the end of this quarter. The CSR initiative is enabling Government schools with consistent access to electricity for an uninterrupted and comfortable learning experience.

The CSR initiatives ensure that companies have a positive social, economic, and environmental impact. From providing clean drinking water, lighting & illumination- sustainable projects related to renewables, in particular, contributing to climate action & long-term impact are increasingly being favored by Organization's for their CSR initiatives. 

Visit https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWPbToi a CSR initiative supported by Lapp India. 

If you have any queries or require our services, please contact us @ support@trinitycarefoundation.org . For more information regarding our CSR Projects, visit http://www.trinitycarefoundation.com/csr

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World No Tobacco Day 2021 campaign - "Commit to Quit"

 World No Tobacco Day 2021 campaign - Quitters are the real winners. 

When the news came out that smokers were more likely to develop severe disease with COVID-19 compared to non-smokers, it triggered millions of smokers to want to quit tobacco. But without adequate support, quitting can be incredibly challenging. 

The nicotine found in tobacco is highly addictive and creates dependence. The behavioural and emotional ties to tobacco use – like having a cigarette with your coffee,  craving tobacco, feelings of sadness or stress  – make it hard to kick the habit. 

With professional support and cessation services, tobacco users double their chances of quitting successfully. Currently, over 70% of the 1.3 billion tobacco users worldwide lack access to the tools they need to quit successfully. This gap in access to cessation services is only further exacerbated in the last year as the health workforce has been mobilized to handle the pandemic.

That’s why WHO launched a year-long campaign for World No Tobacco Day’s   – “Commit to Quit” theme. The campaign aims to empower 100 million tobacco users to make a quit attempt by creating networks of support and increasing access to services proven to help tobacco users quit successfully.

To truly help tobacco users quit, they need to be supported with tried and tested policies and interventions to drive down the demand for tobacco. 

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) provides a strong, concerted response to the global tobacco epidemic and its enormous health, social, environmental and economic costs. To help countries implement the WHO FCTC, WHO introduced the MPOWER technical package to support implementation of key strategies, such as raising tobacco taxes, creating smoke-free environments and offering help to quit. 

Why does the UN prohibit partnerships with the tobacco industry and their front groups?

The tobacco industry is the single greatest barrier to reducing deaths caused by tobacco use. Their interests are irreconcilably opposed to promoting public health, and point to a critical need to keep them out of global tobacco control efforts. 

WHO FCTC Article 5.3 aims to do just that. WHO established a firewall in 2007 to protect policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry. The United Nations Global Compact followed suit, banning the tobacco industry from participation in 2017, flagging the problematic and irreconcilable conflicts between the goals of the UN and an industry that is responsible for more than 8 million deaths per year. In line with Article 5.3, industry has been entirely excluded from the UN system and its agencies have been urged to devise strategies to prevent industry interference.

The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs , which has both the WHO and the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC as leading participants, has crafted a Model policy for agencies of the United Nations system on preventing tobacco industry interference, a strong policy to prevent industry tactics operating in the UN and then ensured its implementation at the intergovernmental level.

In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution for Smoke-free United Nations Premises, and in 2012, the United Nations Economic and Social Council called for “system-wide coherence on tobacco control”. The creation of smoke-free campuses puts into practice the United Nations smoke-free workplace policy, which aims to protect approximately 100,000 UN staff members from second-hand tobacco smoke.

WHO and the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC have stated that no partnerships should be forged with tobacco industry front groups such as the Foundation for a Smoke Free World. PMI has committed to spending one billion USD over 12 years funding a new captive organization, the Foundation for a Smoke Free World (FSFW) – Philip Morris International (PMI) is its sole funder – to reproduce and launder its harm-reduction messages.

World No Tobacco Day 2020 : Protecting children and young people from exploitation by the tobacco and related industry.

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What is Herd Immunity and How Can We Achieve It With COVID-19 ?

What is herd immunity?

When most of a population is immune to an infectious disease, this provides indirect protection—or population immunity (also called herd immunity or herd protection)—to those who are not immune to the disease.

For example, if 80% of a population is immune to a virus, four out of every five people who encounter someone with the disease won’t get sick (and won’t spread the disease any further). In this way, the spread of infectious diseases is kept under control. Depending how contagious an infection is, usually 50% to 90% of a population needs immunity before infection rates start to decline. But this percentage isn’t a “magic threshold” that we need to cross—especially for a novel virus. Both viral evolution and changes in how people interact with each other can bring this number up or down. Below any “herd immunity threshold,” immunity in the population (for example, from vaccination) can still have a positive effect. And above the threshold, infections can still occur.

-> The higher the level of immunity, the larger the benefit. This is why it is important to get as many people as possible vaccinated. <- 

More @ https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/achieving-herd-immunity-with-covid19.html 

This is how vaccinating yourself against #COVID19 can help protect your whole community 🙅‍♀️ 👇#VaccinesWorkpic.twitter.com/cViYKupd8N

— UNICEF South Asia (@UNICEFROSA) April 19, 2021

~ Building a fairer, healthier world. 

World Health Day 2021

World Health Day 2021 ~ Building a fairer, healthier world

As COVID-19 has highlighted, some people are able to live healthier lives and have better access to health services than others - entirely due to the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age.

All over the world, some groups struggle to make ends meet with little daily income, have poorer housing conditions and education, fewer employment opportunities, experience greater gender inequality, and have little or no access to safe environments, clean water and air, food security and health services. This leads to unnecessary suffering, avoidable illness, and premature death. And it harms our societies and economies.

COVID-19 has hit all countries hard, but its impact has been harshest on those communities which were already vulnerable, who are more exposed to the disease, less likely to have access to quality health care services and more likely to experience adverse consequences as a result of measures implemented to contain the pandemic.

This is key to meeting today’s challenges of ensuring Health for All and to building the resilience of tomorrow. Community Outreach Health Interventions by Trinity Care Foundations during the pandemic in rural Karnataka. 

It's World Health Day! Let's build a fairer, healthier 🌎🌍🌏#COVID19 has highlighted how some 👱🙎🏽‍♀️ live healthier lives and have better access to health services than others, simply due to their living conditions. @tcfindia @ https://t.co/WsZjGfZPhc #WorldHealthDay #SDGs pic.twitter.com/4byx9f5Gsy

— Trinity Care Foundation (@tcfindia) April 7, 2021

The needs of the hour is Collaboration with Government Systems. In Karnataka state, India, Trinity Care Foundation supports;

1.  Safety of Medical Professionals & Healthcare Staff
2.  Infrastructure at Government Healthcare facilities
3. Community Health Programs
4. COVID19 Outreach Program

We appeal to Companies to come forward to implement their CSR Projects partnering with us, Visit https://www.flickr.com/photos/trinitycarefoundation/albums/ 

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UHC Day Campaign 2020 by Trinity Care Foundation

UHC Day Campaign 2020

HEALTH FOR ALL: PROTECT EVERYONE.

To end this crisis and build a safer and healthier future, we must invest in health systems that protect us all — now.

Background : Each year on 12 December, the world celebrates International Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC Day), an official UN-designated day, to raise awareness of the need for strong, equitable and resilient health systems and universal health coverage (UHC). UHC is based on the principle that everyone, everywhere should have access to quality essential health services without suffering financial hardship. It is a goal that cuts across all health targets and is such a beacon of hope for a healthier and more equitable world. 

UHC Day marks the anniversary of the UN’s historic and unanimous endorsement of UHC in 2012 as an essential priority for international development. Since then, it has become the annual rallying point for the growing movement for health for all. Every 12 December (12.12), advocates raise their voices to share the stories of the millions of people still waiting for health, to call on leaders to make smarter investments in health and to remind the world the imperative of Health for All.

December 2020 will mark one year since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported. UHC Day Campaign 2020 must remind the world that health for all is not a long-term wish, but an urgent priority to end this crisis and emerge stronger. Considering this global challenge that we are currently facing, the theme and primary narrative of campaigns this year will be: HEALTH FOR ALL: PROTECT EVERYONE. 

As part of Universal Health Coverage Day 2020, Trinity Care Foundation conducted a NCDs program for frontline workers in rural Karnataka state, India focusing on Police Personals, Drivers and Teachers on 12th December 2020. 

The needs of the hour is Collaboration with Government Systems. In Karnataka state, India, Trinity Care Foundation supports;

1. Safety of Medical Professionals & Healthcare Staff

2. Infrastructure at Government Healthcare facilities

3. Community Health Programs

4. COVID19 Outreach Program

We appeal to Companies to come forward to implement their CSR Projects partnering with us, Visit www.trinitycarefoundation.org/fight-against-covid19/

Connect with us to implement your company's Corporate Social responsibility/CSR Projects in Karnataka state, India : www.trinitycarefoundation.com/csr | Contact Us : | tel: +91 988039 6666 | +91 988035 8888  |

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Fight Against COVID-19 @ Sidlaghatta Cocoon Market

Community Outreach Health Interventions at a Cocoon Market in Karnataka. 

Fight Against COVID-19 Project ~ Mobile Medical Services in collaboration with Ashok Leyland, Trinity Care Foundation & Aster Volunteers.  

For more detailed information regarding our COVID-19 interventions as part of CSR Initiative, Kindly write to us at [ support@trinitycarefoundation.org ] The needs of the hour is Collaboration with Government Systems. In Karnataka state, India, Trinity Care Foundation supports;

1. Safety of Medical Professionals & Healthcare Staff
2. Infrastructure at Government Healthcare facilities
3. Community Health Programs
4.  COVID19 Outreach Program

We appeal to Companies to come forward to implement their CSR Projects partnering with us, Visit www.trinitycarefoundation.org/fight-against-covid19/ 

Follow our updates on : www.facebook.com/trinitycarefoundation : www.twitter.com/tcfindia

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Community Health Interventions

Community outreach programs is an important vehicle for reducing the discovery-delivery disconnect by bringing health education and Health screening services directly to community members. Such programs are consistent with the priority areas of Trinity Care Foundation initiatives for reducing health disparities.  

School Health Program focusing on Educational, Preventive and Curative. @tcfindia implements such #SDGs projects in #India : https://t.co/bjjYF7SHgC via @pinterest

#CSR #COVID19 #Doctors #corporatesocialresponsibility #volunteering #Karnataka #Medical #MPH #MBBS

— Trinity Care Foundation (@tcfindia) October 18, 2020

One such public health program is the Comprehensive School Health Program for the underserved school students in Karnataka state, India

Trinity Care Foundation partners with Education Department, Government of Karnataka State, India, and undertakes the following activities; 

1. Pre-screening of students for Height, Weight, Skin, Eye, Dental, Cardiac, ENT, Oral lesions, Defects, Deformities, Deficiencies.
2. Facilitating medical intervention for those shortlisted through the pre-screening.
3. Impart awareness on Health issues, Adolescent health, Hand-washing, ill effects of Tobacco and tooth brushing techniques.
4. Undertake training for Teachers and Health workers to carry forward the work.
5. Digital capture of Data of each child. 

 

Corporate Social Responsibility/CSR ~ Partnership 

To help meet your corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals, Trinity Care Foundation (TCF) can create specific project proposals for your organization. Partner organizations could fund to conduct a Comprehensive School Health Program for Government Schools in One District of Karnataka state, India. 

Such projects will make CSR contribution targeted, making them simple to execute as turnkey CSR projects. ‘Promoting healthcare’ is an area identified under schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 that is eligible to receive CSR funding either directly or through an implementing agency that has a track record. Trinity Care Foundation has been actively supporting critical community health since 2007, hence meets these requirements. 

For execution of this Project, please get in touch with Mr. Binu Varghese at +91 9880 35 8888. Visit www.trinitycarefoundation.com/csr for more details. 

Email: support@trinitycarefoundation.org | tel: +91 988039 6666 | 

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Free Mobile Medical Services

In collaboration with Ashok Leyland, Trinity Care Foundation and Aster Volunteers, Mobile Medical Services was launched by Aster RV Hospital on 25.August.2020. 

Under this initiative, two mobile medical clinics are being introduced that will aim to provide quality healthcare services to people in need and those living in remote areas of Karnataka where medical facilities are inadequate or inaccessible. 

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ಇಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಆಸ್ಟರ್ ಆರ್.ವಿ. ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಸೇವಾ ವಾಹನ ಆಸ್ಟರ್ ಆನ್ ವೀಲ್ಸ್‌ ಗೆ ಚಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಲಾಯಿತು. ಕೋವಿಡ್ ಸಂಕಷ್ಟದ ಈ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಸೇವಾ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳ ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆ ಇದ್ದು ಆಸ್ಟರ್ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಈ ವಿನೂತನ ಪ್ರಯೋಗದಿಂದ ದೂರ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳ ಜನರಿಗೂ ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ಸೇವೆಯನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸಬಹುದಾಗಿದೆ. ಆಸ್ಟರ್ ಆರ್.ವಿ. ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯ ಸಿ‌ಒ‌ಒ ಡಾ.ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ್, ಅಶೋಕ್ ಲೇಲ್ಯಾನ್ಡ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಶ್ರೀ ರಮೇಶ್ ಮತ್ತು ಟ್ರಿನಿಟಿ ಕೇರ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್ ನ ಡಾ.ಟೋನಿ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. Inaugurated Mobile clinic Aster on Wheels sponsored by Aster R.V. hospital Bengaluru today. These vehicles will provide emergency medical services to remote places and very useful in the fight against Covid-19. CEO Aster R.V hospital Dr.Prashanth, Shri Ramesh of Ashok leyland and Dr.Tony of Trinity care foundation were present during the inauguration.

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The initiative will also support the driver community who do not always have proper access to care, ASHA & health workers, Anganwadi teachers, and orphanages among others. 

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In collaboration with Trinity Care Foundation, Aster Volunteers and Ashok Leyland the Mobile Medical Services were launched by Aster RV Hospital. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmQgbYjh <- We also place on record appreciation for the support extended by the chief guest present at the event the Honorable Medical Education Minister of Karnataka, Shri. Dr. K Sudhakar. Under this noble initiative, two mobile medical clinics are introduced aiming to provide quality healthcare services to people in need in rural areas of Karnataka. @ashokleyland_official @aster.bengaluru @astervolunteers #covid #covid19 #corporatesocialresponsibility #kerala #karnataka #mandya #yadgir #raichur #doctors #nurses #maharashtra #bengaluru #bangalore #ramanagara #medical #mumbai #tamilnadu #sdgs #gratitude #empathy #helpingothers #giveaway #givingback #hospitals #safety #pandemic #CSR #India 🎗️

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The chief guest present at the event was the Medical Education Minister of Karnataka, Dr. K. Sudhakar along with Dr. Prashanth N, COO, Aster RV Hospital, Shri Ramesh of Ashok Leyland and Dr.Tony Thomas of Trinity care foundation were present during the inauguration. 

Trinity Care Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization, has the Trust registration, PAN, TAN, 12A, 80G, Professional tax and FCRA. It is registered with NITI Aayog, Government of India. It is National Health Mission Partner in Karnataka, India.

Connect with us to implement your company's Corporate Social responsibility/CSR Projects in Karnataka state, India : www.trinitycarefoundation.com/csr | Contact Us : | tel: +91 988039 6666 | +91 988035 8888  |

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Volunteering Opportunities

Benefits of volunteering ~ 

1. Build contacts and interpersonal relationships with key stakeholders of society.
2. Enhance their state of mind and body while experiencing a boost of self confidence, reducing depression through monotony, participating in active programmes.
3. Gather key insights on society and the world, thus paving way to a more sustainable lifestyle and business processes.
4. Develop a sense of achievement as an individual and togetherness as a team.
5. Gain practical experience that is currently lacking on your CV. 
6. Stand out from the crowd which is desirable for employers.
7. Opportunity to work in the healthcare industry that interests you and is aligned with your values.
8. Many volunteer roles display experience in communication, management, teamwork and using your initiative.
9. Meet new people and expand your network.
10. Opportunity to develop and improve your social and relationship building skills.
11. Provides a healthy boost to your self-confidence, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. 
12. Keeps you in regular contact with others and helps you develop a solid support system, which in turn protects you against stress and depression when you’re going through challenging times. 

If you wish to volunteer some quality services to our Outreach Health Programs focusing on women and children both in urban and rural areas in Karnataka, India. kindly click this link and fill the application: Volunteering application form  : https://forms.gle/s9MNy6ppfyFsNbJH6 

Important information :

• Due to a high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted after the application.
• Volunteering applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
• TCF volunteering programme lasts for at least two months and can be as long as six months
• TCF provides travel allowance for the number of days attending the office (per day INR 300 and for 22 working days = INR 6600). Complimentary lunch facility is provided in office/project site.
• TCF provides an Accident insurance cover for all its Volunteers.

Note: Only shortlisted Volunteers will be contacted. 

Trinity Care Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization, has the Trust registration, PAN, TAN, 12A, 80G, Professional tax and FCRA. It is registered with NITI Aayog, Government of India. It is National Health Mission Partner in Karnataka, India.

Contact Us : | tel: +91 988039 6666 | +91 988035 8888  |

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World No Tobacco Day 2020 : Protecting children and young people from exploitation by the tobacco and related industry.

World No Tobacco Day 2020 : Protecting children and young people from exploitation by the tobacco and related industry.

For decades, the tobacco industry has deliberately employed strategic, aggressive and well-resourced tactics to attract youth to tobacco and nicotine products. Internal industry documents reveal in-depth research and calculated approaches designed to attract a new generation of tobacco users, from product design to marketing campaigns aimed at replacing the millions of people who die each year from tobacco-attributable diseases with new consumers – youth.

In response to the tobacco and related industries’ systematic, aggressive and sustained tactics to attract a new generation of tobacco users, World No Tobacco Day 2020 will provide a counter-marketing campaign and empower young people to engage in the fight against Big Tobacco.

The World No Tobacco Day 2020 global campaign will serve to:

• Debunk myths and expose manipulation tactics employed by the tobacco and related industries, particularly marketing tactics targeted at youth, including through the introduction of new and novel products, flavours and other attractive features;
• Equip young people with knowledge about the tobacco and related industries’ intentions and tactics to hook current and future generations on tobacco and nicotine products; and
• Empower influencers (in pop culture, on social media, in the home, or in the classroom) to protect and defend youth and catalyze change by engaging them in the fight against Big Tobacco.

How are tobacco and related industries manipulating youth?

• Use of flavours that are attractive to youth in tobacco and nicotine products, like cherry, bubble gum and cotton candy, which encourages young people to underestimate the related health risks and to start using them
• Sleek designs and attractive products, which can also be easy to carry and are deceptive (e.g. products shaped like a USB stick or candy)
• Promotion of products as “reduced harm” or “cleaner” alternatives to conventional cigarettes in the absence of objective science substantiating these claims
• Celebrity/influencer sponsorships and brand sponsored contests to promote tobacco and nicotine products (e.g. Instagram influencers)
• Point-of-sale marketing at vendor outlets frequented by children, including positioning near sweets, snacks or soda and providing premiums for vendors to ensure their products are displayed near venues frequented by young people (includes providing marketing materials and display cases to retailers)
• Sale of single stick cigarettes and other tobacco and nicotine products near schools, which makes it cheap and easy for school children to access tobacco and nicotine products
• Indirect marketing of tobacco products in movies, TV shows and online streaming shows
• Tobacco vending machines at venues frequented by young people, covered in attractive advertising and pack displays, and undermining regulations on sales to minors
• Litigation to weaken all kinds of tobacco control regulations including warning labels, display at point of sale, and regulations that limit access and marketing to children (specifically provisions to ban the sale and advertising of tobacco products near schools)

Call to action

The world cannot afford another generation deceived by the lies of the tobacco industry, which pretends to promote freedom of personal choice while really ensuring eternal profits – regardless of the millions of people that pay with their life each year.

WHO urges influencers – in pop culture, on social media, in the home, or in the classroom – who reach and connect with youth to expose the industries’ manipulative tactics to create a new generation of tobacco users. We need to empower youth to stand up to Big Tobacco by dispelling its lies and refusing to use its products.

Resources :

1. https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/29-05-2020-stop-tobacco-industry-exploitation-of-children-and-young-people 
2. https://www.who.int/news-room/campaigns/world-no-tobacco-day/world-no-tobacco-day-2020

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Support Front-line Healthcare Workers

Front-line health workers are integral to the global response to COVID-19. In hospitals, primary health centers, clinics and homes around the world, health workers are taking on significant personal risk and too often working without adequate equipment to ensure all of us can receive the care we need. The current crisis is demonstrating the essential, tireless, innovative and too-often undervalued role of health workers in ensuring strong, resilient health systems for everyone, everywhere.

Our doctors, nurses, technicians, transporters, EMTs, pharmacists and everyone who supports patient care are rising to the occasion and caring for our most vulnerable populations.

Support Medical Professionals and Healthcare workers with N95 Masks, PPE Kits, Gloves, Sanitizers and other medical products during this covid19 crisis. Contribute to support https://pages.razorpay.com/tcfproject 

 

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World Health Day 2020

7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy. Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 response - providing high quality, respectful treatment and care, leading community dialogue to address fears and questions and, in some instances,  collecting data for clinical studies. Quite simply, without nurses, there would be no response.

In this International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, World Health Day will highlight the current status of nursing and around the world. WHO and its partners will make a series of recommendations to strengthen of the nursing and midwifery workforce. This will be vital if we are to achieve national and global targets related to universal health coverage, maternal and child health, infectious and non-communicable diseases including mental health, emergency preparedness and response, patient safety and the delivery of integrated, people-centered care, amongst others.

We are calling for your support on World Health Day to ensure that the nursing and midwifery workforces are strong enough to ensure that everyone, everywhere gets the healthcare they need.

The tagline for World Health Day is: Support nurses and midwives. Trinity Care Foundation team were at Primary Health Centers in Bangalore City during Covid19 crisis supporting Medical Professionals and Healthcare workers.

Nurses, midwives and other health workers are on the front-lines of the #COVID19 response, putting their own health at risk ! @tcfindia team at PHCs, donating N95 Masks and Sanitizers.
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Trinity Care Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization, has the Trust registration, PAN, TAN, 12A, 80G, Professional tax and FCRA. It is registered with NITI Aayog, Government of India. It is National Health Mission Partner in Karnataka, India.

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National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (NCSRA)

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented first National Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards to selected companies on 29.October.2019. The President conferred national awards to winning companies in two categories namely, “Corporate Award for Excellence in CSR” and “Contribution of CSR in Challenging Circumstances”.

In his address, President Shri Ram Nath Kovind observed that through National CSR Awards companies are being recognised for their contribution to society. Such contribution through CSR is a true manifestation of the trusteeship philosophy of Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. He also noted that the award assume greater significance since these are being presented in the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. He stated that CSR has now become an integral part of business philosophy such that companies also carry activities which directly benefit the poor and needy including women, people with special abilities, rural areas, slums, etc. The President congratulated the companies for building healthy and inclusive societies, sustainable markets, combating corruption and safeguarding the environment. The President also announced that going forward National CSR Awards will be given away on 2 October every year. He called upon the industry to strive to achieve the target of providing good quality personal care to all orphan children.

The ceremony was graced by the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, industry leaders, Shri Injeti Srinivas, and DG&CEO, IICA, Dr Sameer Sharma. A large number of senior government functionaries, CSR professionals, were present during the National CSR Awards Ceremony held.

The National CSR Awards have been instituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to recognize corporate initiatives in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to achieve inclusive growth and inclusive and sustainable development. The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), think-tank of the Ministry, has rendered technical and logistics support in the conduct of the rigorous award process.

Winning companies in the third category of Awards, i.e. “Contribution of CSR in National Priority Areas” were felicitated by Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman. In her address, the Finance Minister said that CSR is not merely contribution of funds, it is the corporate contribution towards inclusive societies which matters. Smt. Sitharaman emphasized that companies should strive for development of North Eastern region of the country. She assured the industry that while administering the law, the core spirit of CSR shall be protected. She further added that the MCA would encourage, and not force, companies to come forward and embrace CSR. She released a coffee table book on CSR activities by companies in India. The first copy of the coffee table book was presented by Smt. Sitharaman to the President of India. The book contains the noteworthy focus and impact of CSR activities on ground.

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Projects fund to be deployed in areas identified for CSR in Schedule VII of the Companies Act and aligned with provisions of Section 135 of the Act;

1. Activities implemented by not-for-profit  Trust (TCF) with track record of 12+ years in priority areas of health and education.
2. Contributions to TCF  eligible for inclusion under CSR spend as per the Companies Act  AND eligible for 50% deduction under section 80G of the Income Tax Act
3. Registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs under Section 11 (1) of the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010. It is also registered with the National Health Mission and NITI Aayog.

Available Tax Benefits

1. 50% weighted deduction under Section 80G for contribution out of ‘income from business or profession’, 
2. Registered with the Ministry of Home Affairs under Section 11 (1) of the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010.

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Stronger focus on nutrition within health services could save 3.7 million lives by 2025

Health services must integrate a stronger focus on ensuring optimum nutrition at each stage of a person’s life, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is  estimated that the right investment in nutrition could save 3.7 million lives by 2025.

“In order to provide quality health services and achieve Universal Health Coverage, nutrition should be positioned as one of the cornerstones of essential health packages,” said Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General at WHO. “We also need better food environments which allow all people to consume healthy diets.”

Essential health packages in all settings need to contain robust nutrition components but countries will need to decide which interventions best support their national health policies, strategies and plans.

Key interventions include: providing iron and folic acid supplements as part of antenatal care; delaying umbilical cord clamping to ensure babies receive important nutrients they need after birth; promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding; providing advice on diet such as limiting the intake of free sugars in adults and children and limiting salt intake to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Investment in nutrition actions will help countries get closer to their goal of achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. It can also help the economy, with every US$1 spent by donors on basic nutrition programmes returning US$ 16 to the local economy.

The world has made progress in nutrition but major challenges still exist. There has been a global decline in stunting (low height-for-age ratio): between 1990 and 2018, the prevalence of stunting in children aged under 5 years declined from 39.2% to 21.9%, or from 252.5 million to 149.0 million children, though progress has been much slower in Africa and South-East Asia.

Obesity, however, is on the rise. The prevalence of children considered overweight rose from 4.8% to 5.9% between 1990 and 2018, an increase of over 9 million children. Adult overweight and obesity are also rising in nearly every region and country, with 1.9 billion people overweight in 2016, of which 650 million (13% of the world’s population) are obese.

Obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes; cardiovascular diseases (mainly heart disease and stroke); musculoskeletal disorders (especially osteoarthritis – a highly disabling degenerative disease of the joints); and some cancers (including endometrial, breast, ovarian, prostate, liver, gallbladder, kidney, and colon).

An increased focus on nutrition by the health services is key to addressing both aspects of the “double-burden” of malnutrition. The Essential Nutrition Actions publication is a compilation of nutrition actions to address this “double burden” of underweight and overweight and provide a tool for countries to integrate nutrition interventions into their national health and development policies.

Source : WHO 

Trinity Care Foundation is a Non-Profit Organization, has the Trust registration, PAN, TAN, 12A, 80G, Professional tax and FCRA. It is registered with NITI Ayog, Government of India. It is National Health Mission Partner in Karnataka, India.

Contact Us to implement your company's Corporate Social responsibility/CSR Project: www.trinitycarefoundation.com/csr

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