Publications in the year 2006-07
VHAIs printed material is fairly popular and of a high standard. The organization has established itself as the largest publisher of health education material in India. Some important VHAI publications this year were:
Living a Healthy Life Starts Today: A Guide for Adolescents (English): This publication is attractively designed and packaged to target a most vulnerable group adolescents, as the country stands poised on the brink of a massive economic boom, urban development and increased success stories of young people in all fields. This book through high-quality photographs and graphics provides invaluable healthy lifestyle tips and guidelines for urban adolescents and young professionals. The concepts of healthy diet, physical activity and substance abuse are comprehensively covered.
WHO Booklet on NGOs (English): This booklet commissioned by WHO Geneva is a tool to support and facilitate further involvement and participation of NGOs in promoting health at the global, regional, country, community and institutional levels. It will also serve as a basis for strengthening and focusing on the ongoing collaboration between WHO and the NGOs. The Action Framework outlined in the booklet will provide a broad plan for key actions to build and shape comprehensive programmes and specific objectives on health promotion.
HIV/AIDS Counselling Manual for Health Workers (English): This is a revised version of a previous VHAI publication and is an informative, handy and easy-to-use manual on HIV/AIDS for use by counsellors, peer educators, health workers and professionals. It provides comprehensive information and is an illustrative guide to the background, risk factors, vulnerable groups, treatment options, support and caring measures for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Kaleidoscope (English): This book published in association with South South Solidarity focuses on issues that affect the interests of South Asian countries. It addresses the health sector and also strives to build a platform on which to bring to the forefront, the emerging concerns and priorities of these countries like rising population, fast-developing economies, wide urban-rural disparities and possible ways by which they might be addressed by their respective governments.
Anubhav Series: Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra and Karuna Trust (English): These latest additions to the Anubhav series provided information and greater understanding on the far-reaching initiatives of two voluntary trusts based in BR Hills, Karnataka VGKK and Karuna Trust. Efforts have been made in these documentations to emphasize the background, the challenging circumstances and significant achievements of these organizations working on health and development.
PACS: Learnings and Case Studies (English): This publication is an attempt to document key learnings and successful case studies by the PACS-Parivartan project teams working in the most backward blocks of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgrah. It provides inspiring accounts of the trends, processes, and patterns of change among community dwellers, womens groups, youth groups, Panchayat groups and health workers following the implementation of the PACS programme.
Other Publications
Other publications brought out this year included:
The VHAI Annual Report 2005-06
ICDHI Monograph on Urban Health
Hamari Chitthi Aapke Naam (newsletter) on Disaster Mitigation (English and Hindi)
Peer Educators Manual (Hindi and Oriya)
Abhilasha (newsletter) on Maternal and Child Health (English and Hindi)
Health for the Millions (4 double issues) on Public Private, Non-profit Sector Partnership in health, 2 general issues, and an update on health and development status
DFID HIV/AIDS (telespot)
Better Eye Care (Urdu)
Better Child Care (Urdu)
VHAI Calendar
JSY Helpline Brochure
Cancer and Diabetes ( Malayalam)
HIV/AIDS Health Workers Manual (Tamil)
UPVHA Annual Report 2005-06
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