• Home
  • About Us
    • About REACH
    • Our Executive Committee
    • The REACH Team
    • Our Partners & Supporters
    • Work with Us
    • REACH in the News
  • Our Work
    • Where we work
    • Involving private sector
    • Empowering Communities
    • Engaging the Media
  • Reports & publications
    • Publications
    • Scientific Papers
    • Annual Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Financial Reports
  • Resources
    • On TB and NCDs
    • For the media
    • Films & Videos
  • News & Updates
  • Contact Us
  • More
    • Home
    • About Us
      • About REACH
      • Our Executive Committee
      • The REACH Team
      • Our Partners & Supporters
      • Work with Us
      • REACH in the News
    • Our Work
      • Where we work
      • Involving private sector
      • Empowering Communities
      • Engaging the Media
    • Reports & publications
      • Publications
      • Scientific Papers
      • Annual Reports
      • Newsletters
      • Financial Reports
    • Resources
      • On TB and NCDs
      • For the media
      • Films & Videos
    • News & Updates
    • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About REACH
    • Our Executive Committee
    • The REACH Team
    • Our Partners & Supporters
    • Work with Us
    • REACH in the News
  • Our Work
    • Where we work
    • Involving private sector
    • Empowering Communities
    • Engaging the Media
  • Reports & publications
    • Publications
    • Scientific Papers
    • Annual Reports
    • Newsletters
    • Financial Reports
  • Resources
    • On TB and NCDs
    • For the media
    • Films & Videos
  • News & Updates
  • Contact Us
REACH

webinars for journalists

Webinars and briefings on topical NCD themes led by experts are regularly organised for journalists through the ‘Stitch in Time’ series. REACH also organises webinars on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leading experts are invited to share new findings on COVID-19 and NCDs and discuss stories ideas that journalists could explore. 

A Stitch in Time webinar series

Non-Communicable Diseases in the times of COVID-19

Speaker: Dr L. Swasticharan, DDG (LS) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt. of India
12 February 2021
Key issues discussed: An overview on Non-Communicable Diseases, the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) and the impact of COVID-19 on NCDs in India.  

Cardiovascular diseases and COVID-19

Speaker: Dr Sai Satish, Senior Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and International Trainer, Gottsegen Institute of Cardiology, Budapest
13 August 2020
Key issues discussed: Emerging evidence on abnormal cardiac function and key patterns of cardiac disease in people hospitalised with COVID-19 who have been treated with COVID-19

Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the Context of COVID-19

Speaker:  Dr Sundeep Salvi, Director of Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation, Pune

25 May 2020 

Key issues discussed: Challenges of living with asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, and current evidence on the extent to which masks can afford protection.

Mental Health in the context of COVID-19

Speakers: 

- Dr V Senthil Kumar Reddi, Additional Professor of Psychiatry National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore

- Dr Jayant Mahadevan, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS, Bangalore

- Dr Swarna Rajagopalan, the founding trustee of The Prajnya Trust
- Mr Manoj Chandran, the founding CEO of White Swan Foundation for Mental Health

8 July 2020
Key issues discussed: Anxiety and depression disorders, substance use disorders, gender based violence and the need to use sensitive language while address mental health issues, especially suicide

youth Mental Health promotion

Speaker: 

Dr Pradeep B.S. Head of the Dept of Epidemiology,

NIMHANS, Benguluru

28 February 2020
Key issues discussed: Importance of writing stories focusing on positive aspects of youth mental health and the community response to rising mental health issues among the youth

A Stitch in Time: Mitigating the Impact of Non-Communicable Diseases

Speaker: 

Dr Mukesh Kapila, Chief Executive, Defeat NCDs Partnership

20 December 2018
Key issues discussed: Burden of Non Communicable Diseases in India, epidemiological transition and the and key NCD issues in India 





REACH or the Resource group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health is a non-profit organisation based in India and working on Tuberculosis for over two decades.


Copyright © 2021 REACH - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by GoDaddy Website Builder

  • News & Updates
  • Contact Us