🗓️ March 26, 3rd cohort ASHAs training, Samartha tarabeti, NCBS. Organized by National Centre for Biological Sciences NCBS, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India TIGS with BeST - Bengaluru Science and Technology Cluster as outreach partner and ground partners Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum VITM, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Molecular Solutions Care Health, Precision Health Platform, Swasti and @Dept of Health and Family welfare Karnataka
🔎 🔬 The 3rd cohort training for health workers was conducted for Yelahanka zone for 84 personnels, including ASHA workers, health officers and medical inspectors from public health departments. The training module for capacity building included expert lectures on disease epidemiology, entymology, reporting, prevention and innovative novel technologies for disease surveillance, outreach methods for raising awareness and education for community members to mitigate disease outbreaks, timely diagnosis and reduce antimicrobial resistance, AMR burden. Following the lectures, participants received hands-on training through curated exhibits, guided by team volunteers, culminating with educational activities to reinforce learning. The module was conducted in English and Kannada languages, through team volunteers and IEC materials, short films and infographics brochures.
We thank all the organizers, partners, mentors and volunteers.
Rakesh Mishra | LS SHASHIDHARA | Dr. Sufia Sadaf (Ph.D.)
Mentors: Sunita Swain PhD | Mansi Malik, Ph.D | Dr. Sufia Sadaf (Ph.D.) | @Dr. Ramu, Medical Officer of Health, Mini Vidhana Soudha, Yelahanka | @Priyanka GK, Community mobilizer, BBMP
BeST cluster partners: Dr. Sreeparna Samanta | Dr. Suresh Kumar Mendem
Kannada infographics and Materials partner: Precision Health Platform | Swasti | Ivanna Bagul
Volunteers: Sai Disha K, NCBS, Darshan Narayan, PSA office, Delhi, Apoorva Shrivatsa, Ankita Ankita, Samruddhi Walaskar, Priyadarshini Mohapatra, PRAJAKTA JATHAR, Priyanka B. Yukta Rachannavar | @Antony S @Ritika Majji-TIGS, Rangappa, CCBT and Yesu Raja, NCBS
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Capacity-building and refresher training for ground health workers (ASHA workers) was designed in Kannada language and English. ASHA work is crucial and plays a central role in community level public health surveillance, their contributions in disease-surveillance, data entry, vector-monitoring for diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, malaria, infectious and non-infectious diseases, fever reporting, aligning with APSI’s outreach efforts for knowledge sharing, education and awareness at grass-root levels along with training health technicians, municipal organization personnel.
Program Schedule 4th workshop: Samartha tarabeti April 16, 2025 at NCBS, 2:30PM - 5:30PM
Expert talks: 2:30PM to 3:30PM (Dasheri)
Welcome remarks & context-setting - Capacity-building: Dr. Sufia Sadaf & Sai Disha K, NCBS
Talks
Rising Antimicrobial resistance, AMR, vector-surveillance and community involvement to mitigate: Dr. Mansi Malik, Scientist, TIGS
Grass-root involvement and impactful contributions for ASHA work: ASHA mentor, BBMP
Vector entomology: lessons from Mosquitoes: Dr. Sunita Swain, Insectary Manager, TIGS
Hands-on exhibits: 3:30PM to 4:30PM (1st floor SLC)
Hands-on exhibits, disease-vectors: mosquitoes, larvae, breeding sites – Dr. Sunita and her team, TIGS
Exhibits by Dr. Mansi’s team – TIGS
Team activities: 4:30PM to 5:30PM, Dasheri
Led by Dr. Sufia Sadaf with team volunteers:
Sai Disha K, Apoorva MV, Priyanka Bhavsar, Samruddhi Walaskar, Priyadarshini Mohapatra, Antony Selvakumar A, Prajakta Jathar, Rangappa, Yesu Raja
Activity 1: Group quiz and learning games focused on vector-borne disease surveillance, hotspot-identification, fever reporting, dengue prevention strategies.
Activity 2: Superheroes empowered! Grass-root educators for public health awareness.
Prize distribution, felicitation, certificate distribution
High tea and wrap up