Sonipat, 9 April (IANS). Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development in collaboration with Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal School of Psychology and Counseling and Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities. A one -day ceremony was organized at Jindal Global University to commemorate World Health Day 2025.
The event organized on the theme ‘Healthy start, possibilities full of future’ participated in various scholars, global health experts, policy makers and students.
It consisted of Harvard University (US), Southampton University (UK), BRAC University (Bangladesh) and UNSW Sydney, Haryana Government expert, UNICEF, PATH, PHFI and Faculty Members of JGU.
Pro. Sabu Padmadas and Prof. Vikram Patel gave specific lectures and other participants participated in panel discussions, posters construction and presentations.
The dean of the host schools first gave a welcome address.
Dean Stephen P Marx underlined the main goals of World Health Day, including access to healthcare during pregnancy, reducing discrepancies in maternity and neonatal health, education and training, community engagement and policy commitment.
Dean Cathleen Modrovski emphasized the importance of universities working closely with society for better maternal and child health. He gave an example of students’ efforts in the horoscope region of Sonepat, where they learn from society and also contribute to society.
Dean R. Sudarshan spoke about the lesson and successful implementation of the policy during his career during his career in the United Nations, in which people applying policies to the ground are involved in the concept process.
Dean Deric Lindquist discussed the relationship between physical and mental health and the importance of life skills training in the relationship between physical and mental health and life skills.
JGU founder Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar praised the program on behalf of the university and spoke about the development of JSPH degree programs, which includes a new online MSc course in Global Health and Human Development and as per National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, a two -year residential Master of Public Health (MPH) included a year -old maph program.
He shared his views about policy -making in public health, aggressive efforts to overcome the problems of society and the challenges of negotiating with the state governments, by bridging the gap between theory and behavior.
Professor of Demographic and Global Health from Southmapton University, Prof. Sabu Padmadas gave a specific lecture on ‘Sustainability’s Danger: Easy Energy Crisis and Global Health’. He underlined the challenges of the Sustainable Development Target 7 (access to cheap, reliable and sustainable energy) and the estimates of world population growth and uneven access to energy on maternal and child health and ill effects of lack of energy.
He referred to AI’s special challenge and excessive demand for electricity and water and other challenges caused by anthropological factors, including deaths due to air pollution and increase in sea level.
Paul Farmer Professor and Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Professor Prof. at Chan School of Public Health. Vikram Patel gave a specific closing speech.
Talked about changes in mental health systems in India. Citing a survey data on mental health conditions, obstructions in care and paradigm changes in mental health care, he discussed from biomedical perspective to a wide range of interventions and from highly trained professionals to community level workforce. He gave examples of ‘Sangat’ works and implementation of ‘Empower’ project in India.
He ended his talk, advocating the involvement of frontline workers in community-based mental health care and global mental health care using psychosual interventions.
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