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What is Health Education?

Health Education covers an expansive scope of intercessions, from HIV mindfulness and avoidance to cleanliness improvement.

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Health Education covers an expansive scope of intercessions, from HIV mindfulness and avoidance to cleanliness improvement. While health education can be a very practical mediation, we additionally realize that giving education isn’t equal to guaranteeing that individuals take the fundamental safeguard measures. Notwithstanding, this is a mediation that has seen incredible accomplishment previously, and it is along these lines one we are quick to keep investigating, especially to distinguish the best associations in this field.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has characterized health education as “any mix of learning encounters intended to support people and networks improve their wellbeing, by expanding their insight or impacting their attitudes”.[1]

The most widely recognized center regions, as portrayed beneath, are education about HIV/AIDS, cleanliness advancement and micronutrients.

Three promising models

HIV/AIDS Education

While there is no known solution for HIV, it is a preventable infection for most of individuals, except for the individuals who are constrained into unprotected sex or in instances of unprevented mother-to-youngster transmission. Education gives off an impression of being the best method to diminish the quantity of individuals that will bite the dust from HIV/AIDS, giving direction on avoidance and antiretroviral treatment, which keeps those with HIV alive, yet in addition makes them less inclined to give the infection to other people.

HIV anticipation education may incorporate clarifications for how the infection is spread, advancement of safe sex and exhibition of condom use, and ladies’ strengthening. It can occur in the homeroom or the home, in medical services settings, for example, centers or emergency clinics, or through broad communications, for example, paper ads, boards, TV or radio. HIV instruction can likewise prompt an abatement in the occurrence and transmission of other explicitly sent illnesses, just as of tuberculosis.

Cleanliness Promotion

Cleanliness advancement, which essentially advances hand-washing with cleanser (HWWS), gives off an impression of being the most savvy part of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programs. HWWS decreases the commonness of diarrheal ailment and there is some proof to recommend that it likewise diminishes Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs). These two ailment bunches are the most significant reasons for youngster mortality worldwide and ARIs likewise cause huge grown-up mortality.[2]

Micronutrient Education

Micronutrients are substances required distinctly in little sums by the human body yet are basic parts for the creation of compounds, hormones, and different substances fundamental for appropriate development and improvement. The results of their nonattendance are extreme. Iodine, nutrient An, and iron are the most significant micronutrients in worldwide general wellbeing terms; their need presents a significant danger to the wellbeing and advancement of populaces the world over, especially youngsters and pregnant ladies in low-pay countries.[3]

Micronutrient education may incorporate teaching salt makers about iodizing their salt, or instructing national governments about the equivalent.

Cost-viability

HIV/AIDS Education

WHO-CHOICE (Choosing Interventions that are Cost Effective) gives a cost-adequacy gauge for broad communications HIV instruction of $18 per Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) in nations in South East Asia with high grown-up and kid mortality and just $3/DALY in nations in sub-Saharan Africa with high grown-up and kid mortality.[4]

In any case, we are uncertain how much certainty to put in these figures as they are dated, going before both the spread of the Internet and cell phones, and there is probably some countervailing evidence.[5]

The Disease Control Priorities Project (DCP2) gauges that HIV peer education for high-hazard bunches explicitly costs $37/DALY, while WHO-CHOICE gauges that peer training and treatment of sex laborers explicitly costs $3-4/DALY.[6]

All in all, as indicated by WHO-CHOICE, it would cost $1,000 to broaden 125 individuals’ lives by two years whenever spent on peer education and treatment of female sex laborers. (Relatively, the equivalent $1,000 could be spent on expanding one HIV-victim’s life for in any event two years through antiretroviral treatment.)

Notwithstanding sparing lives, decreasing the commonness of HIV/AIDS has major financial and social advantages not considered by the DALY numbers, as it keeps people of working age alive and solid and their youngsters thought about and took care of.

Cleanliness Promotion

DCP2 gives cleanliness advancement a cost-viability gauge of $3.35/DALY; nonetheless, this is likely a think little of, given that it just considers the impacts of lessening diarrheal diseases.[7]

Micronutrient Education

For school or network wellbeing and sustenance programs, DCP2 gives gauges going from $20/DALY to $250/DALY.[8]

All the more explicitly, the Copenhagen Consensus positions network based sustenance advancement as more savvy than jungle fever counteraction and treatment or tuberculosis case finding and treatment, yet lower than direct supplementation or fortress of micronutrients.[9]

Actually, some examination recommends that nourishment education is around multiple times less practical than micronutrient supplementation/fortification.[10]

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An absence of space for additionally financing may likewise be an issue with health education, as it is acted in an assortment of ways by governments, volunteers, medical services laborers, advancement associations, and innumerable little and enormous gatherings and people.

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What is SACHET, the app PM Modi mentioned in Mann Ki Baat?

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During his Mann Ki Baat broadcast on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the Sachet app, an innovative alert system developed by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Rolled out across India, Sachet harnesses geo-intelligence to provide near-instantaneous disaster warnings through diverse channels like SMS, web browser notifications, and RSS feeds.

The app’s website advises users to stay alert for SMS alerts marked with the “XX-NDMAEW” header. Beyond disaster alerts, Sachet offers weather updates and allows users to track multiple locations, delivering notifications directly to desktops or laptops. Subscribed entities, such as news outlets, can access alerts via RSS feeds to amplify public warnings.

The app has gained significant traction, with roughly 5.4 crore downloads in Uttar Pradesh, 4.6 crore in Delhi, and 1.1 crore in Maharashtra, underscoring its vital role in bolstering disaster readiness.

Modi praised Sachet as a testament to India’s use of technology to empower citizens, ensuring timely information to mitigate risks during emergencies.

The Prime Minister also addressed the tragic Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, which claimed 26 lives, predominantly tourists, in the tranquil Baisaran valley.

The investigation has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), with the Ministry of Home Affairs urging a swift probe into one of the region’s most lethal civilian attacks in nearly two decades.

The NIA, in a press release, outlined its approach: “Under the supervision of senior officers, including an Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, and Superintendent of Police, our teams are meticulously interviewing eyewitnesses to piece together the chilling sequence of events.”

The agency is delving into granular details to identify the culprits, linked to The Resistance Front, an affiliate of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. As the NIA intensifies its efforts, the focus remains on securing justice and fortifying security, especially with the Amarnath Yatra scheduled to commence on July 3, a time when Kashmir expects a surge in visitors.

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NIA takes over Pahalgam terror attack case from J&K Police

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has assumed control of the investigation into the devastating Pahalgam terror attack, taking over from the Jammu and Kashmir Police to probe the April 22, 2025, assault that killed 26 tourists, including one Nepali citizen, and injured over three dozen others.

The agency registered a fresh First Information Report (FIR) late Saturday, April 26, following directives from the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation (CTCR) division, prompted by the attack’s severity and the involvement of The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which claimed responsibility.

Five days after the attack and four days after an NIA team, led by a Deputy Inspector General, visited the Baisaran meadow attack site near Pahalgam, the agency formally launched its probe. The team had initially supported local police in investigating what is considered the deadliest civilian attack in Jammu and Kashmir in nearly two decades.

The NIA is now tasked with conducting a comprehensive assessment, collecting forensic evidence, and identifying the perpetrators of the 2 p.m. massacre, which shattered the tranquility of a popular tourist destination. Helicopters were deployed to evacuate the wounded, underscoring the scale of the tragedy.

The attack coincides with a surge in tourist arrivals to Kashmir, raising concerns ahead of the 38-day Amarnath Yatra, set to begin on July 3. Against this backdrop, intelligence agencies have compiled a list of 14 local terrorists, aged 20 to 40, actively supporting Pakistan-based operatives with logistics and ground operations.

These individuals, affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen, LeT, and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), include Adil Rehman Dentoo (LeT’s Sopore commander since 2021), Asif Ahmed Sheikh (JeM’s Awantipora commander since 2022), Ahsan Ahmed Sheikh (LeT, Pulwama, since 2023), Haris Nazir (LeT, Pulwama, since 2023), Aamir Nazir Wani (JeM, Pulwama, since 2024), Yawar Ahmed Bhat (JeM, Pulwama, since 2024), Asif Ahmed Khanday (Hizbul Mujahideen, Shopian, since 2015), Naseer Ahmed Wani (LeT, Shopian, since 2019), Shahid Ahmed Kutay (LeT/TRF, Shopian, since 2023), Aamir Ahmed Dar (LeT, Shopian, since 2023), Adnan Safi Dar (LeT/TRF, Shopian, since 2024), Zubair Ahmed Wani (Hizbul Mujahideen’s Anantnag commander since 2018), Haroon Rashid Ganai (Hizbul Mujahideen, Anantnag, trained in PoK in 2018), and Zakir Ahmed Ganie (LeT, Kulgam).

Security forces have intensified operations in South Kashmir, particularly Anantnag and Pulwama, targeting these operatives to disrupt terror networks. The NIA is also exploring links between these 14 individuals and five terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack, including three Pakistani nationals—Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah, and Abu Talha—whose sketches were released earlier, and two local operatives, Adil Guri and Ahsan, with a ₹20 lakh bounty on each.

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Terrorists shoot dead social activist Ghulam Rasool in J&K’s Kupwara

His words underscore a growing international consensus on the need for collective action to address the scourge of militancy, particularly as India-Pakistan tensions flare.

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In a grim reminder of the region’s fragile security, suspected terrorists shot dead 45-year-old social activist Ghulam Rasool Magray in his home in Kandi Khas, Kupwara district, late Saturday night.

According to officials, the assailants fired at Magray inside his residence, and despite being rushed to a hospital, he was declared dead on arrival. The motive behind targeting the activist remains unclear, deepening the unease in a region still reeling from the recent Pahalgam terror attack.

Authorities have launched an investigation to uncover the circumstances and perpetrators of this brazen killing.

The murder follows the devastating Pahalgam attack on April 22, which claimed 26 lives, mostly tourists, and was attributed to The Resistance Front, a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba. In response, security forces have escalated their crackdown on the terror ecosystem. On Saturday night, officials demolished the homes of three active terrorists across Jammu and Kashmir, signaling zero tolerance for militancy. In Shopian’s Wandina, the residence of Adnan Shafi, who joined terrorist ranks in 2024, was razed. In Pulwama, the house of Amir Nazir met a similar fate, while in Bandipora, the home of Jameel Ahmad Shergojri, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative since 2016, was reduced to rubble. These actions reflect the government’s resolve to dismantle terror networks in the wake of escalating violence.

The Pahalgam attack has reverberated beyond India’s borders, drawing condemnation from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, April 26. In a statement shared on X by Iran’s embassy in New Delhi, Pezeshkian labeled the attack “inhumane” and called for regional solidarity to combat terrorism. “Such tragedies compel nations to unite in empathy and cooperation to uproot terrorism and secure lasting peace,” he said. His words underscore a growing international consensus on the need for collective action to address the scourge of militancy, particularly as India-Pakistan tensions flare.

The killing of Magray comes amid heightened India-Pakistan friction, with New Delhi suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty and Islamabad retaliating by closing its airspace to Indian airlines and threatening to suspend bilateral agreements. Cross-border skirmishes along the Line of Control have intensified, with the Indian Army reporting exchanges of fire for two consecutive nights

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