The Vaccination camp organized by Deshpande foundation fellows on 25th April 09, this is an activity of fellowship program. The Deshpande Foundation is one of the leading charitable foundations in India. It is in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and international development.
Hepatitis –b is a deadly viral disease caused by the hepatitis-B virus that attacks the liver and can cause both acute chronic diseases and it affects people by causing swelling, cirrhosis and cancer to the liver. Globally around 6, 00,000 people are dying every year. In India infection rate is 2 to 7%. It can be p
revented only by vaccination.
So fellows planned to take vaccination, instead of taking themselves they arranged camp for people and student of BVB college, through this they wanted to cover 1000 students and to aware about Hepatitis-B.
They made awareness in BVB campus, Jabin College, MBA College, Law College, and in Vidyanaga and Devinagar, Hubli. Fellows group was divided in small group to success the camp, that is fundraising, inauguration, banner applying,
card making, awareness making, media and food arrangement etc groups. With the support of all groups vaccination camp inau
gurated on 25th April 09, at 9.45 am on Saturday.
The Chief guest Mr.Shivand a Joshi, a veteran journalist, Dr. B.F.Appannawar, faculty of community medicine, SDM, Dhawad and Dr. Chetan Jayadeva. Chief guest were inaugurated camp by lighting the lamp, Mr.Shivanad Joshi gave speech, now days girls are working in all field also in journalism, if we want to do anything we should have knowledge about that project otherwise no one will succeed. Communication is a key especially who is working in development sector. We should aware about what is happening
in our State, Nation and in world, not only politics health also. We should know our inner resource, realizing our self is great then only we can achieve our goal. By vaccination we con not lose anything, it helps us to keep our health in good manner.
NGO are working better then government, the government of our country has lot of resource, they give well salary to the employee and all facility to the employee, but in organization they do not have fund, resource, facili
ty to employee to implement project, although they achieve their goal, only difference is in attitude. NGOs are more honest, sincere and they take care of people by their heart. He requested to prevent Hepatitis-B together.
Dr.B.F.Appannawar address the people by how hepatitis spread, it spread through blood or other infection body fluids such as saliva, semen and vaginal fluid. This spreads like HIV only, it is not spread by air, food or water and transmission from an infected mother to her baby usually at the time the baby is born. He encouraged making such type programs, by using leadership qualities.
After inauguration, vaccination, Counseling, blood testing and vaccination has started with the support SDM college doctors, councilor and blood test team. It covered 100 people successfully.
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