Lesson for Right To Health agenda : Learning From TamilNadu’s response to Covid19 pandemic

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Ellora Vigyan Manch, Assam

website: http://www.elloravigyan.org/ 

Since its inception in May 2004, the Ellora Vigyan Mancha has engaged itself in fighting all forms of superstition and blind belief and for spreading scientific temper amongst the people. The major issues being taken up include : menace of ‘witch’ hunting, black magic, sorcery. wizardry, fraudulent healer or quackery, false beliefs in astrology and gemstones, so called ‘Godman’, etc.
As part of its activities, the Ellora Vigyan Mancha also takes up the issues related to people’s health and hygiene, environment and climate change, science popularization, etc.
The major activities of the organization has been the campaigns and encouragements for voluntary blood donation while alive and eye donation, organ donation or whole body donation after one’s death for transplantation or for enrichment of medical science and benefit of mankind.
It has also been launching joint campaigns and movements with like minded organisations in furtherance of the aims and objectives of the Mancha.

77,P.D. Chaliha Road. Hedayetpur

(Near Guwahati Club)

Post: SILPUKHURI- 781003

GUWAHATI 3

Mobile: 9435042102, 9435550207

 

Chhattisgarh Vigyan Sabha, Chhattisgarh

website: http://www.cgvigyansabha.in/

Chhattisgarh Vigyan Sabha (CGVS) is a registered (No.CGstate-459 dated 10.12.2003) non government organization, committed to generate scientific temperament among the people for better living and environment. The CGVS has a team of scientists, Doctors, Engineers, Social Scientists, Academicians, folk artists, teachers and students from all over the Chhattisgarh state. It has its units in all the districts with more than 1000 members all over the state. The Vigyan Sabha is also supported by other part time science activists. The CGVS is a peoples science movement active in the state since its inception .

The CGVS aims at concrete analysis of the impact of science on society. Its role in socio economic and political context to increase scientific input in development of planning and self reliant peoples science movement for scientific temperament and awareness towards science and technology to work for world peace , conservation of environment and eco-system, conduct seminars, exhibitions, competitions and generate peoples science movement. The CGVS is governed by an elected executive council for a period of two years. It also has its elected district level units.

Mr. P.C. Rath

B-6, Sales Tax Colony

Shankar Nagar,

Raipur – 492007, Chattisgarh

Mobile :9479203040

 

Tamil Nadu Science Forum, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Science Forum, Tamil Nadu

JM MayJun2020

Tamil Nadu Science Forum is a people’s movement (a registered society) committed to science popularization and education. Started in 1980 by a group of scholars interested in science and society, it functioned during the 80’s mainly as an organizer of popular science lectures. In 1987, with the starting of Thulir Magazine, a monthly children’s science magazine in Tamil, the group moved on to science communication among children. During the years 1987 to 1991, it mobilized school science teachers in a large way and started organizing efforts in teacher re-orientation so as to make science education more enjoyable.

The starting of Total Literacy Campaigns in 1991 in Tamil Nadu turned out to be a turning point for TNSF. The group provided the lead in these campaigns by assisting the District Literacy Societies in planning the various aspects of the campaign. Its members got involved in a big way in the implementation of the programme in the first 10 districts in which these campaigns were taken up. This experience brought TNSF into a meaningful relationship with extremely poor and oppressed sections of our society, and completely transformed its agenda and the style of its functioning.

Science Publications

While these are periodicals, TNSF’s Science Publications Unit produces books on a variety of themes. The book, Anuvilirindu Aagayam Varai, a collection of essays published in 1993, was once adjudged `Best popular science book in Tamil’ and has since been named as a textbook by two universities in the state for their undergraduate studies in Tamil, in the technical communication component. Some recent titles follow, which give an idea of the range of interests of TNSF: The bicycle (illustrating science in everyday life), on banned medicines and drugs that ought to be banned (a discussion on drug policy), United We Sit (a handbook for savings groups). So far, more than a hundred titles have been published.

A form of mass communication that TNSF has extensively used is that of street theatre. This form, with songs, skits and dance drama, has proved to be extremely attractive among the people, particularly in rural areas. TNSF has a collection of street plays on cholera (emphasizing oral rehydration therapy), blood donation, pollution, children’s education, gender discrimination, and so on. Apart from these, TNSF organizes, from time to time, slide shows and video shows with themes like `Cosmos’, `Evolution’, `Health Care’, `Nuclear Weapons’, `Beyond Savings`, `Use of Pesticides’, etc.

Email: tnsfstatecenter@gmail.com

website: http://www.tnsf.co.in/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/tamilnaduscienceforum/about/?ref=page_internal

blog: http://tamilnaduscienceforum.blogspot.com/

Office address:

245,Avvai Shanmugam Salai

Gopalapuram

Chennai-600  086