Prevention is not about averting disease. It’s an art and a science that enables the individual to lead a productive and fulfilling life by making good choices.
Pranav S., seventh semester MBBS student at SMIMS has won the Best Paper Award in the Communicable Diseases category at the third National Conference on Students Medical Research held at Trivandrum on the 8th and 9th of January 2010. He presented a paper on the ‘Perceived Stigma and Discrimination among People Living with HIV / AIDS attending Snehatheeram Rehabilitation Programme’. The other students in the study group are Anju Madhu, Ammu J, Aswathy Sasikumar, Prabha M and Nishanthi S. The group was guided by Dr. Anoop Lal, Assistant Professor of Community Medicine.
The Abstract of the study can be found here.
A Christmas Celebration was organised at Snehatheeram Rehabilitation Centre for People Living with HIV AIDS. As a part of this, a Health Awareness Programme cum Free Medical check-up was conducted by the SMIMS team. There were lots of singing, dancing and playing of games. Christmas cakes were distributed and we had lunch together in the afternoon. A group from YWCA, Trivandrum also attended. See more photos on the SMIMS website.
An awareness programme on healthy living was conducted on the 3rd of this month at Snehajyothi, Malaicode. The 6th semester MBBS students of SMIMS and the Dental Interns together presented more than 10 awarness items, including talks, demonstrations and skits. The audience were mothers of the children who avail services of the Snehajyothi Child Development Centre. The complete Photos can be seen on the SMIMS website.
World AIDS Day 2009 was comemmorated at SMIMS on the First of December. Free Medical check-up and Lunch for around 100 People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) was arranged in collaboration with Snehatheeram, an NGO working in the field of rehabilitation of PLHAs. There was also an awareness program at the lobby of the OP building, where videos related to HIV/AIDS was screened.
Attended World AIDS Day Comemmoration at Trivandrum on 29-11-2009, 4pm. This was arranged by the Mar Thomma Church. Vijayakumar, Minister of Law, Kerala Satae, who was the chief guest, is seen lighting the lamp.
I practice & teach Preventive Medicine in India. My passion is exploring better methods of communication in the field of Medicine. I do this by trying out innovative educational tools, creating health videos and by developing medical websites.
