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NECHA BULLETIN WORLD HEALTH CATHOLIC BISHOPS ORGANISATION (WHO) CONFERENCE OF INDIA After the 2nd World War, CBCI office for Health care Health scenario in the world was established in 1989 to was not right. On the 7th of function as a coordinating April 1948 World Health body of all the health related Organisation (WHO) was organisations of the Church in founded. In May, 1977 World India. This office is the forum Health Assembly was held for for discussing various vital study and deliberations of issues of national importance World Health situation. related to health and for planning common action. The 147 out of 156 countries office is to inspire and guide assembled at Alma Atta, USSR all the health related in 1978. After long study and organisations according to the deliberations they signed a spirit of the Catholic teaching, unanimous declarations. It is practice and tradition. known as \"Almatta (Report of the CBCI General Declaration.\" They adopted the Body Meeting, Pune, 1992) slogan \"Health For All by 2000 ADThis bought the world VISION together to love and work for all. following the mandate of Jesus Christ, the Divine CATHOLIC HEALTH Healer, to ensure life in its ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (CHAI) fullness and inspired by his compassionate live, the Catholic Health Association Catholic Church in India (CHAI) was founded by Rev. Sr. envisages a society where Dr. Mary Glowery in 1943. It people, especially the poor was registered as Catholic and marginalised, attain and Hospital Association of India

and later the name was maintain holistic well being changed into Catholic Health and live in harmony with. Association (CHAI). The aim of the founder Sr. Dr. Mary MISSION Glowery was to have a forum for the Catholic Doctors to 1. To provide loving care come together for discussion, considering the dignity of the deliberations and planning for person and the needs of the effective Health Services. society. Following the Alma Atta 2. To ensure promotive, preventive, curative and declaration, \"Health for All\" rehabilitative health care to all (particularly to the poor CHAI upholds its commitment and the marginalised through their empowerment.) \"Health for All\". CHAI has over 3. To engage in social 2000 Institutional mobilization of the community by creating membership, comprising awareness on rights, duties and responsibilities. Hospitals, Health Centres, HEALTH TIPS Dispensaries and Wellness 1. your body is made of Centres. millions of living cells of different quantity and quality. CHAI's extensive network The cells grow, nourish, comprising of 11 regional increase and die. keep up the Units, about 1000 Sister quantity and quality of body Doctors, 25000 Sister Nurses cells and about 10000 plus para professionals effectively reach 2. your health depends on the out to the needy and the poor quality and quantity of across all the States of the nutrition your cells get from Country. your diet. hence the need of balanced diet. there is no NORTH EASTERN COMMUNITY substitute for balanced diet. HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NECHA) North Eastern Community Health Association (NECHA) is a Catholic Association specialized in Community

Health and Community 3. Your health depends also Organizing activities. NECHA on the quality and quantity of was founded by Fr. George spiritual nutrition you get. Kandathinkara (Fr.K.C.George) hence the need of spiritual of the Diocese of Imphal nourishment through a together with the Heath balanced spiritual life. Coordinator of 7 dioceses of the North Eastern Region and 4. How much and How to eat: Registered into an Association eat what your body needs and in 1985. Later NECHA was not the mind. when something affiliated to the Catholic Health is very tasty the mind may Association of India (CHAI) and dictate to eat and even over function as a Regional unit of eat. do not cross the CHAI. boundary. ACTIVITIES 5. Always keep a strict balance in your spiritual and The main activity of NECHA is physical food. to reach out to the unreached, especially in the rural COMMON AILMENT AND communities (villages) of the COMMON REMEDIES North Eastern Region, through its Members and Member INDIESTION Institutions. Causes: overeating , stale NECHA aims at enabling the food, contaminated food, people in the communities to adulterated food, high be responsible for their health chemical content, weak and development, through a stomach, ulcer, stress, process of Community Health irregular eating habit. and Community Organizing. NECHA looks for new ideas to REMEDY be more effective in taking Community Health to the 1. Drink by sipping very hot people. water. IMPORTANCE 2. Warm up the stomach with fire, clothe, hot water etc. NECHA gives importance to 3. Ayurvedic pills

Curative Health activities (Vayugulika) through Hospitals, Wellness 4. Homeopathy - Nux Vomiea, Ars, Alb, Brayonia. Centres, Doctors, Nurses, 5. Eat Ginger, Papper, Onion Health Workers and or any Arishtam. Traditional Practitioners. NECHA encourages all sorts of Preventive Health Education and activities. The main thrust of NECHA is Promotion of Health, i.e. enabling the people themselves to be responsible for their Health and death control, especially (child mortality) in the communities. VISION OF NECHA NECHA shares the Vision and Mission of Christ: Creation of leadership and leaders in the communities, who will enable the people to have life in its fullness (John 10:10), which is total health: physical, mental, social, cultural and spiritual. MISSION OF NECHA “Empowering and enabling” the poor (Luke 4: 18-22) to take responsibility for their health and development through a process of community health and community organizing. “Collaboration” with all the ongoing health activities and all the Organizations in the

Diocese and Parishes.