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Health impact study of Mangaluru’s APD presented at Tata Institute of Social Science

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August 11, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 11: City based environmental NGO Anti-Pollution Drive (APDF) Foundation was invited by Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai to make a presentation about their health impact study on the outdoor workers of Mangaluru and Bengaluru. The report was presented during the National Seminar for Clean Air organized by TISS in association with Centre for Environmental Health & Public Health Foundation of India.

Dr. Melanie Rodrigues, scientist in regenerative medicine at Stanford University who also is board member of APD Foundation, represented the foundation and explained the project to the seminar faculty and student-delegates. The main objective of the seminar was to raise a discussion on the right to clean air in urban setting focusing on the rights of some of the most vulnerable communities. The other panelists invited to the seminar were the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mumbai Traffic Police; Joint Director, Mumbai Pollution Control Board and others.

Titled ‘Shuddha Gali’, the project was a pioneering research undertaken by APDF to collect scientific data on the impact of air pollution on outdoor workers such as street vendors, traffic policemen and auto drivers. APDF completed 3 phases of this project in Mangalore and has completed one phase in Bangalore. The research brought Mangalore its first data on the impact of air pollution on the health of outdoor workers. Under the project it was shown that 26% of the traffic policemen (2016), 19% of auto rickshaw drivers (2017) and 35% of street vendors (2018) were affected by air pollution.

After listening to APDF’s presentation, other organization representative who were present showed keen interest to replicate APDF’s health research projects in Tier 2 & 3 cities of Maharashtra. 

Dr Melanie Rodrigues, who has about forty scientific publications in reputed international journals to her credit, has undertaken compile and consolidate all the studies under APDF into a comprehensive report for publishing in reputed peer reviewed scientific journals.

Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation is a not-for-profit organization which was founded on 2nd October 2014 to coincide with the Swachh Bharath initiative launched by. APD is driven to work towards achieving clean sanitized environment and unpolluted air for the citizens and works closely with various Government and Private agencies across the country.

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July 8,2020

Kasaragod, Jul 8: The meeting of Kasaragod district-level corona control core committee has resolved to make pass mandatory for vehicles to bring vegetables and fruits to Kasaragod from Dakshina Kannada and other parts of Karnataka.

Pass will be issued by RTO. Employees, including the driver of the vehicle, must visit the nearest primary health facility once in seven days and undergo a health check and submit a medical officer's certificate.

District Collector Dr D Sajith Babu, who presided over the meeting, said that only those vegetable and fruit vehicles that produce medical officer's certificate and RTO's passes will be allowed to cross the border.

Meeting, the RTO has decided to convene an emergency meeting of vegetable and fruit merchants.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: A cost-effective state of the art glove box testing booth for swab collection was inaugurated by Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar at Victoria hospital.

Inaugurating the specially designed booth for safer, easier and quicker testing, Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar said that the portable booths can be used at border check posts and hot spots.

"The testing method involves the collection of samples from inside a box of aluminium and glass. The suspected corona virus-infected individual, whose samples are being taken, has to walk up to the booth and stand in front of the glass exterior. The healthcare worker inside the kiosk collects the sample and then, follows the sanitisation process before proceeding to take the next sample. The collection process, fully contactless, gets over in five minutes," the Minister said.

Dr Sudhakar also said: "This booth significantly reduces manpower requirement and the need for PPE kits. The main advantages of this procedure are that it needs fewer healthcare workers and strictly adheres to the norms of social distancing. 

The booth is low-cost. Each model costs about Rs 15,000-20,000."
It is also portable and can be mounted on a vehicle and transported to any location.

It can be particularly useful for collecting samples in hot spots and border checkpoints, he added. 

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May 30,2020

Kasaragod, May 30: Karnataka origin IPS officer D Shilpa has been appointed the new Superintendent of Police of Kasargod district.

The 35-year-old 2016-batch IPS officer is the first woman SP of Kasaragod. 

Her appointment follows the sudden transfer of P S Sabu who was hitherto holding the post. He has now been appointed as SP of Alappuzha.

Shilpa has earlier served as ASP of Kasargod. She was also ASP of Kannur during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Shilpa was one of the three IPS officers assigned to Kasaragod with IG Vijay Sakhare during the first phase of covid lockdown.

A native of HSR Layout in Bengaluru, Shilpa holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering and a Masters Degree in Business Administration.

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