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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Govt disburses ₹3,649 crore to 12 million tuberculosis patients for nutrition

New Delhi: The government has disbursed ₹3,649 crore to 12.4 million tuberculosis patients to help them with a nutritional diet, key to treating the disease, according to the health ministry official overseeing India's TB control efforts. The government, in 2018, introduced NPY scheme to provide financial aid to TB patients for their nutritional supplements.” As part of the plan, when …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Joyleen Butler first high school graduate in a decade from remote Kaltukatjara

ABC

Joyleen Butler had to travel roughly 2,000 kilometres to finish her schooling. 'She made the community proud' Ms Butler was able to study at the Clontarf Aboriginal College in Perth for two years through the NPY Women's Council's boarding school program. "She passed away and we gave her a promise — we kept her promise for Joyleen to join boarding …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Youth programs in remote communities help close the gap, but many say they are chronically underfunded

ABC

Federally funded remote youth programs in Central Australia have been thrown a lifeline and had their funding extended, but operators say the fix is a bandaid that fails to address ongoing funding woes in the sector. Key points: The federal government's National Indigenous Australians Agency has awarded interim funding for several programs that were set to close NPY Women's Council …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Nutritional security is vital in the fight against TB

The Hindu

Two silent epidemics, of tuberculosis and undernutrition, have been working together and devastating India for decades. But other ‘risk factors’ and ‘comorbidities’, among which feature undernutrition, can increase the probability of the latent bacteria manifesting themselves as TB disease. Despite India’s economic progress, even today, an increasing number of people remain undernourished and without food security, particularly children, women, tribal …

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6 years ago

TB-free India a distant reality for rural UP population struggling with recurrent TB and expensive private healthcare

Firstpost

Under the Revised National TB Control Program, a patient is given an identification card that tracks their site of infection, severity and treatment course, ‘notifying’, or adding them onto a national database. “[TB> spreads because of dust, that’s what the doctor says,” said Daharra resident Ram Kishore. “We had to borrow money for the treatment,” she said, her voice a …

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6 years ago

Aboriginal women create mindfulness app in language, bringing outback meditation to the world

ABC

On a warm Alice Springs morning, Wanatjura Lewis closes her eyes, puts in some headphones and gets ready to relax and meditate. Key points: Women from the NPY Women's Council collaborated with the team behind Smiling Mind to create the app It combines the skills of traditional healers with interpreters and western mental health professionals to improve wellbeing The app …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Mosquitoes ‘put off biting’ by human diet drugs

CNN

CNN — By giving mosquitoes diet drugs, they could be prevented from biting humans and spreading deadly diseases, according to new research. “We were impressed and amazed that drugs designed to affect human appetite worked perfectly to suppress mosquito appetite,” study author Leslie Vosshall said in a statement. “A compound with a novel mode of action that prevents mosquito feeding …

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6 years, 10 months ago

Larapinta Extreme Walk: A life-changing Australia trek

CNN

CNN — Kayla Milaudi will never forget the daunting feeling of looking out across the expansive, ancient Northern Territory landscape at sunrise from the peak of Mount Sonder, west of Alice Springs. Tania Verbeeck/Larapinta Extreme Walk The charity trek, which takes place over 11 days, ends each year on May 26 on National Sorry Day. Tania Verbeeck/Larapinta Extreme Walk “It’s …

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7 years, 10 months ago

Ngangkari healers of NPY lands bridge divide between Western healthcare and traditional care

ABC

Navigating the complexities of Western medicine can be a challenging and even frightening experience for Aboriginal people of Central Australia. Alison 'Tjulapi' Carol, also a Ngangkari, credited the NPY women's council with leading the charge for the Ngangkari's esteemed place in the medical community of Central Australia. "Women's council have been really innovative in establishing a Ngangkari program, and are …

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9 years, 5 months ago

Domestic violence under-reported in remote communities, NPY Women's Council says

ABC

A group of senior women from remote Aboriginal communities in central Australia say a reluctance to report domestic violence is a serious issue in the region. About 130 women from remote communities in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia met in Umuwa in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands for the council's annual general meeting. "We've got a lot …

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10 years ago

Brain Protein Could Cure Binge Drinking, Alcoholism

The Quint

A naturally-occurring protein in the brain could help suppress binge drinking and even lead to a cure for alcoholism, according to a new study. “When we then mimicked the actions of NPY using engineered proteins, we were also able to suppress binge alcohol drinking in mice,” Kash added. “Finally, we found that this anti-drinking NPY system is altered by long-term …

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