I am working with NGO MAMTA for healthrise program supported by ABT associates and funded by Medtronic philanthropy.Through SALT and CLCP we are trying to motivate patients to respond to hypertension and diabetes. I saw the following changes after CLCP in Patient Support Group in Junga, Mashobra block, Himachal,…

Lalit Sharma is  working with Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) for healthrise program supported by ABT associates and funded by Medtronic philanthropy.Through SALT and CLCP, the programs is  trying to motivate patients to respond to hypertension and diabetes. He has written his experience in facilitating SALT visits in CLCP in Patient Support Group in village- Bhandimagri, Girwa Block. He did SALT visits with patients and stakeholders.)…

I am working with NGO MAMTA for healthrise program supported by ABT associates and funded by Medtronic philanthropy.Through SALT and CLCP we are trying to motivate patients to respond to hypertension and diabetes.

In MC area ,Theog ,Himachal,Republic of India Patient Support Group(PSG) members has begun to take actions for healthier lives.

Regular…

I am working with NGO Mamta for HealthRise program supported by Abt Associates and funded by Medtronic Philanthropy. Through SALT and CLCP we are trying to motivate patients to respond to diabetes and Hypertension.

In Sangti Village, Himachal, India Patient Support group (PSG), there are small changes. One patient used to not exercise but during action planning he committed to regular exercise. Now he goes for a walk daily with another patient or with his wife. Whenever he goes for a…

Knowledge Fair on 10^th August 2018 at Udaipur, India demonstrated why should we hold a knowledge fair of communities who are taking action for their issues.

This was under Catholic Health…

For past one year, we have facilitated CLCP in Barongajuli no. 3, Udalguri, Assam, India mainly around immunization and healthy children. Immunization coverage has improved.

On 11^th July Santu and I visited this village.  We had a discussion with ASHA who reported of a seven-month-old baby is not getting vaccine.  After CLCP, ASHA’s level of concern and commitment for the village has increased but this is a segregated area and she wanted our support for the issue.  The…

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I have recorded a podcast about SALT. It's intended to help as many people as possible to understand SALT. I'd be very grateful if you were to listen to it, and share it with others:

Things happen when ready to happen.  I quote this from Jean Louis's email some days ago. Yes, I feel the true of that inspiring sentence. 

IndoCompetence as newly-recharged group of facilitators is pleased to share what we have been learned as we facilitated Aids Competence training for two selected AIDS support communities at City of Bandung. Its been assumption that participants of training were conducted by City Aids Commission did not attend its until the training were fully…

We are using SALT and CLCP with Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) team for a patient-centred approach to diabetes and Hypertension through setting up of Patient Support Groups (PSG).

On 24th July, we had gone for a SALT visit to appreciate the actions the PSG of village Namli, Jhadhol block, Udaipur (India) has been taking. I asked them what are they proud of. The patients said that they have started taking medication regularly. The local health workers were able to…

We have been using SALT and CLCP with Patient Support Group in Chaili, Himachal for response to diabetes and hypertension.

Begenning of Jully, I had a week of  reconnexion with members of my team. And reconnexion to the essence of what make me an active member of this human network of people seeking to live in harmony with their environment and people around them.

I'm trained as facilitator of local response since 2013. In my training I learned that the best facilitators are local…

I have been using SALT and CLCP with Patient Support Group in Village Jamog, Mashobra, Himachal, India. I see a dramatic improvement in response of the group to the issue of health, diabetes and hypertension.

For eg a patient from our group, who is not part of our project but had come for screening. Her sugar levels high. She started taking medicine but stopped after some time. Then when she came for our camp in Suni her level had gone beyond 400. Meanwhile she became a regular when…

Salt-visit at Worldhouse in Amsterdam, November 6th 2017

During the visit I liked a lot the conversation I had with a woman who was colouring a mandala. I started talking to her in English (because we were talking English with the men). It turned out that she was speaking excellent Dutch. I didn't know if that is her mother tongue. What I realized: I automatically spoke English to her because that was the mode I was in. 

Learning point in a situation like the Worldhouse: don't…

Humanity and Unity pushing through bureaucracy

SALT WITH COFFEE AND POPCORN

No-one panics when the fire alarms goes off.

The odeurs of fresh coffee and crusty popped popcorn have filled the room - the steam causing the alarm to warn for ‘danger’. People…

Dream of the village Dhanout in Himachal Pradesh is to stay healthy. One of the action decided by Patient Support Group (PSG) during action plan meeting was to organize screening camps for Diabetes and Hypertension regularly at Panchayat or village level.

Anil Sharma followed up the members of the group and came to know that the group is planning to organize screening camp at village level. The group decided the date, venue of the camp and called Anil to attend it.

PSG…