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PROCEEDINGS OF
THE KARNATAKA STATE CONVENTION ON GREEN HEALTH,
ARANYA BHAVAN, BANGALORE,
10TH NOVEMBER, 95
Organised by
Karnataka Forest Department
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
and
Voluntary Health Association of Karnataka (VHAK)
CONTENTS
1.
Green health : An Introduction
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2.
Proceedings of the Convention
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3.
Convention resolutions
13
4.
Appendices
I. List of participants
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li. List of FRLHT publications
and information materials
on Green Health
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GREEN HEALTH CAMPAIGN : HEALING PLANTS
IN EVERY BACKYARD AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
IN EVERY HOME
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions
50 MSH Layout, Anandnagar, Bangalore 560 024
1. GREEN HEALTH: AN INTRODUCTION
Background: A Programme to conserve medicinal plants in public
interest.
Under a GOI/DANIDA supported medicinal plants conservation
programme that the Foundation for Revitalisation of Local health
Traditions (FRLHT), Bangalore, is coordinating in the states of
Karnataka,
Kerala
and
Tamil
Nadu
and
implementing
in
collaboration with the Forest Departments and a number of leading
research institutes and NGOs,
a network of 30
in-situ
conservation sites called Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas
(MPCA) and a chain of 10 botanical gardens called Medicinal
Plants Conservation Parks (MPCP) have been set up all over these
three states. These MPCPs will also be the centres for
documentation of traditional health systems.
This is essentially a public interest and community linked
project and steps are now planned to be taken to ensure that the
conservation of medicinal plants serves its end users. Some of
the largest users of medicinal plants are rural households who
have traditionally been using plants in the context of their
Primary Health Care needs. To encourage and enable the use of
medicinal plants by this vulnerable section of our people, FRLHT
is seeking the support of various Government departments and NGOs
to promote a strategy symbolised by the term "Green Health".
Relevance of Green Health
The social and scientific relevance of the Green Health
programme can be appreciated in the light of two contemporary
facts:
Firstly, the existing health infrastructure in the country
is unable to provide health care to all.
The present coverage
of state-supported rural health care, for instance, is reported
to have achieved a maximum of 3 0% coverage of the population,
with wide gaps between the actual health needs and the type of
health services available.
The other scientific fact is that worldwide it is being
increasingly seen that herbal medicines are generally safer than
chemical drugs and thus the alternative medicine movement has
gained ground with a serious search for applications based on the
traditional systems of medicine, particularly of countries like
India and China. WHO has strongly recommended the use of
traditional health systems particularly in primary health care.
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Implementation Strategy
Essentially the strategy to promote Green Health in South
India will involve setting up of a network of nurseries, which
would raise a package of medicinal plants useful in primary
health care. The total number of species (to be grown) in this
package is 17. FRLHT has brought out a "Nursery Manual" and a
"User's Manual" in English, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, which
would be handbooks bn the growing and use of these primary health
care plant packages. A 'Directory of Medicinal Plants Sources of
South India' is also available which gives details of sources for
procurement of planting materials and raw drugs required for
Green Health.
Need for organisational synergy.
For the Green Health programme to cover a substantial
segment of the rural population, as many organisations as
possible need to take up raising of these 17 species in Green
Health nurseries.
Although the Social Forestry wings of
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Forest Departments have already been
involved in this work, efforts need to be made on a much larger
:scale by involving a number of other agencies to give the
programme a broader base.
The agencies/departments that could act as "prime movers"
for this purpose are:
- Directorates of Agriculture, Horticulture and Watershed
Development.
- Forest Department
- Directorate of Health Services
- Directorate of Traditional Health Systems
- State Government Secretariat in the above Depts.
- District Administration
- Zilla Parishads
- Leading environment and health NGOs
- Media
Steps for building consensus.
FRLHT, in collaboration with leading NGOs and Government
departments, has organised one day State level conventions of
heads of these organisations exclusively with Green Health as
its agenda and theme. The Tamilnadu Convention was held on the
8th June,95, at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation at Madras,
and the Karnataka Convention was held at Aranya Bhavan,
Bangalore, on the 10th Nov, 95 in collaboration with the State
Forest Department and Voluntary Health Association of Karnataka.
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The Kerala convention will be organised by the Tropical
Botanic Gardens and Research Institute, Palode. The date is to
be finalised shortly.
Objectives of the State conventions.
The main purpose of inviting the above organisational
leadership to the State Convention is to appraise them of the
perspectives on Green Health and to urge them to initiate action
plans for Green Health through their concerned departments,
organisations and networks, both government and non-governmental.
Expected outcome.
The expected outcomes of the State Convention are
1.
An appreciation will be created about the perspective
on Green Health at the decision making levels in
Government as well as leading NGOs.
2.
Motivation & Commitment from Government Departments
and non-government organisations to establish Green
Health nurseries in specific locations and to support
them within their existing programmes and budgets.
3.
Formation of Coordination Committees with Government
and NGO representatives at State and District levels
to prepare Action Plans to promote Green Health.
These outcomes will be State Government and NGO initiatives
on Green Health and are expected to be launched and sustained
them through appropriate mechanisms which the concerned
by
organisations and departments may decide.
Women and Green Health.
Women are considered as a special target group for the Green
Health Campaign, because of their role in upholding the family
values and traditions, and their nurturing role in health care
of the family. Besides, they already have the knowledge of using
medicinal plants for treating common ailments. Housewives, beside
encouraging their families to rise the green health plants in the
backyard and use them as medicines, can also organise themselves
into Green Health Clubs. These Green Health Clubs can raise the
medicinal plants in a nursery for supply to households and also
work as enterprises to prepare and sell simple herbal medicines
like triphala and other products, thereby achieving economic
self-sustenance. FRLHT has brought out a 'flip chart, to be used
by health workers and motivators to inform and encourage women
about Green Health and Green Health Clubs.
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2. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION
The convention was inaugurated and presided over by Dr.
H.C. Mahadevappa, Hon. Minister for Health and Family Welfare*
Karnataka. The welcome address was delivered by Shri N.V.
Ramachandra Chetty, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests*
Karnataka. Shri S.K. Ghosal, Additional Chief Secretary-cumDevelopment Commissioner-cum-Agricultural Pricing Commissioner,
was the Chief Guest.
Shri Ramachandra Chetty, in his welcome address, outlined
the basic and simple concept of Green Health- the raising of 17
commonly found medicinal plants
in nurseries and their
distribution to the general public for use in primary healthcare.
He expressed his appreciation about the 'common sense approach'
of the Green Health campaign to healthcare through caring for
plants and added that the strength of the campaign lies in our
strong bio-cultural traditions of concern for plants and
healthcare. He also cautioned that some of the Green Health
plants may be getting endangered in the wild unless action to
conserve them is taken along with a programme of creating mass
public awareness and education about their critical role in
healthcare is initiated immediately. He felt that the Green
Health campaign was the most appropriate vehicle for creating
such awareness.
Shri Chetty mentioned about programmes initiated by the
Karnataka Forest Department for conserving useful plants in
general, and medicinal plants in particular. Theses include
setting up of 'Dhanwantry Vanas' and 'Nakshatra Vanas' and
popular radio programmes like ' Sasya Samala' and 'Sasya Surabhi.'
He also referred to the chain of in situ Medicinal Plants
Conservation Areas which the Department has set up as a part of
the GOI/DANIDA project for conservation of medicinal plants in
South India which is coordinated by FRLHT.
Dr. Mahadevappa in his inaugural-cum-presidential speech
said that traditional medicines are effective and inexpensive,
and they do not have any side effects.
He regretted that not
much is being done to revitalise the health traditions, though
the fact is that it is the best choice we have to provide basic
health coverage to the rural poor, specially those below the
poverty line, who do not get even two square meals in a day.
Calling for a green revolution in medicinal plants, he assured
the participants that the State Government will provide training
in the use of herbal medicines and encourage farmers to cultivate
medicinal herbs. He called upon the voluntary agencies to play
a lead role in promoting the Green Health campaign.
ShriDarshan Shankar, Director, FRLHT, made an illustrated
presentation on the perspectives of Green Health, including a
slide show on the 17 'Green Health' medicinal plants of South
India. He explained the basic strategy of Green Health and its
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relevance in bridging the substantial gaps in the present PHC
services which cover at best only 30% of the total population.
These gaps can be filled up by creating self reliance at the
household level by promoting the growing and use of medicinal
plants. The other advantages of using plants are that they are
environment friendly, easily affordable, the knowledge of their
use is already with us, and they can be safely used for primary
healthcare.
Shri Darshan Shankar said that the traditional health
practices have evolved in different regions based on the locally
available ecosystem specific plant resources. Ideally, therefore,
the Green Health package should contain a mixture of locally
found herbs, shrubs and a few trees, he suggested. He underlined
the fact that Green Health is not a newfangled slogan- it is
question of rediscovering our medical and conservation heritage
and putting it to creative use.
Shri Darshan Shankar summarised his presentation by
emphasising that the Green Health campaign can succeed only if
different Government agencies like Horticulture,
Forests,
Agriculture, Watershed and Health, along with NGOs and private
nurseries, can work in a coordinated and missionary spirit to
bring into action the three key elements of Green Health:
★
A network of nurseries in rural and urban areas
which will raise and supply the GH plants.
*
A network of agencies, including mass media,
which will
create
public
awareness
about
growing and using medicinal plants, and
★
Availability of educational materials to guide
nursery managers and the public about propagation
and use of these plants.
He concluded his presentation with a brief account of the
in situ and ex situ conservation works being done in Karnataka,
Tamilnadu and Kerala as a part of the FRLHT's medicinal plants
conservation project in these three State.
Shri S.K. Ghosal in his presentation mentioned about a few
key issues in the background of which the Green Health campaign
seemed to be the most appropriate and timely step in ushering in
a low cost and self reliant alternative system of primary
healthcare. Firstly, as a result of the recent GATT agreement
involving international application of patent rights held by the
leading allopathic bulk drug suppliers, these drugs would be too
costly for the general public to afford. This was a serious
matter when one considered the fact that a little more than 40%
of the population lived below the poverty line. Secondly,
increasing environmental regulations, particularly for chemical
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industries, precluded any increase in the capacities of the drug
factories. Thirdly, there was an urgent need to reverse the trend
of blind reliance on the use of western drugs promoted by the
industries, whose only guiding factors of production were the
profit motive and giving the consumer what he felt was convenient
to him.
Shri Ghosal said that there was a whole gamut of Plan
schemes centred on watershed development, soil conservation,
horticulture, agro-forestry andafforestation, and targeted at
the small and marginal farmers, in which Green Health can be
easily integrated, and therefore, funds for Green Health was not
at all a constraint. He urged the Heads of these Departments to
fully
utilise
these
opportunities
to
help
effectively
operationalise Green Health.
Shri Ghosal however cautioned that the critical issue of
motivating the farmers to plant the medicinal plants and use them
should not be lost sight of, specially when there may not be any
possibility of immediate economic gains out of these plants. He
appealed to the NGOs to take a lead role in reaching out to the
farmers and convince them about the benefits of Green Health in
real terms, even in the short run.
He also stressed the importance of strong coordination among the
different Departments and NGOs for Green Health to be
sustainable.
Dr. Gautam Basu, Principal Secretary (Health), reiterated
the importance of Green Health in filling in the enormous gap in
the PHC coverage and for revitalising our traditional health
practices. He felt that the creation of a separate Department of
ISM by Government of India is a very encouraging sign of
increasing recognition of our medical heritage. He assured that
Green Health will have the full support of the State Government.
Dr. S.M. Angadi, Director, ISM, in his presentation brieflydescribed the uses of the Green Health plants and their relevance
to bringing in self reliance in primary healthcare.
Dr. H. Sudarshan, Director, Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana
Kendra, said that there were two extremes of healthcare services
in India- while on one hand we had state- of- the-art facilities
to handle the most of the highly complicated medical conditions,
the ..scenario of availability of even elementary facilities in
most general hospitals, specially PHCs, was pathetic, with 50%
of them not having even a simple facility like that of a
microscope. The availability of basic medicines in these
hospitals is also very limited. Under these circumstances, he
felt. Green Health is the only workable alternative available to
us, even for the urban areas.
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He submitted some of his suggestions to make Green Health
workable and sustainable:
* The Department of ISM should make its presence felt
more at the PHC level, and encourage the PHCs to use
herbal medicines. Perhaps the Deptt. could take one
PHC as a pilot project, to begin with.
* There should be large scale decentralisation of
facilities for propagation and processing of
medicinal plants and herbal products by taking them
to the district level and with the active
involvement of different Departments participating
in the GH campaign. Vacant lands available with the
Revenue Deptt., for example, can be utilised for
setting up of herbal gardens.
* The media, particularly mass media, should be
closely involved in creating public awareness about
herbal medicines in general, and Green Health in
particular, since it is mass involvement alone which
could give an impetus to the campaign.
Dr. Sudarshan also said that a large number of committed and
active individuals was necessary to sustain Green Health as it
involved close linkages between different Govtt organisations and
NGOs.
Dr. Upendra Shenoy, Vice President, VHAK, said that the
Green Health Campaign can gain momentum only if there is a strong
determination in promoting it, particularly since there was an
increasing trend towards commercialisation of herbal medicines.
The important consideration, he said, was that Green Health is
not 'low cost' medicine but 'no cost' medicine, based as it is,
on the motto of selfless community service. Along with creating
community awareness about Green Health, specially among women,
Dr. Shenoy suggested, there should also be a campaign against
commercial exploitation of our traditional health systems. Dr.
Shenoy also said that VHAK was fully committed to provide support
to Green Health through its various community health programmes.
Ms. Sasikala V. Shetty, Asstt. Director, Department of Women
and Child Development, made a presentation in which she
highlighted the important role of women in Green Health. She
expressed her deep interest in the concept of women's Green
health clubs, and mentioned about schemes like ICDS, DWCRA and
Indira Mahilla Yojana which can support these clubs. Under DWRCA,
for example, Rs. 15,000.00 can be provided to such groups for
purchase of raw materials, their processing and marketing, she
said.
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Dr. Gerry Pais, Regional representative, OXFAM (India)
Trust, said that the present trend of rapid loss of our respect
for traditional medicine might prove catastrophic and these
traditions are likely to disappear along with their carriers- the
Nattu Vaidyas, as it is happening in a number of communities like
the Coorgis. He also said that one of the major causes of
disappearance of this knowledge was the rapid loss of forest
cover and denial of access of the traditional communities to the
existing forests. The challenge, according to Dr. Pais, laid in
making optimum community use of the common property resources
like land and water, which are increasingly getting depleted due
to their monopolisation by vested parties. He endorsed Dr.
Sudarshan's suggestion of using such common lands for raising
medicinal plants, but he warned that the lessons learnt from
acute degradation of these common property resources had taught
us that such ventures must necessarily have the local people's
participation if they were to be sustainable.
Dr. D. Daniel, Coordinator (Health), Actionaid, listed the
problems of delivering effective healthcare services at the PHCsunder-utilised facilities and manpower, and poor accessibility
and poor control on the resources, he said that more than 70% of
the morbidity in the community can be managed with medicines from
plants, which are widely and easily available and these medicines
are also extremely cost effective. There was however an urgent
need to counter over-dependency on western drugs and also overexploitation of the plants resources by a few private interests
and right holders.
Dr. Daniel expressed his confidence that the NGOs would play
a lead role in motivating the community about Green Health,
through the institution of traditional healers and by encouraging
the setting up of herbal gardens and conducting research into the
traditional knowledge about plants.
Dr. Daniel also summarised the work being done at ACTIONAID
to promote herbal medicines, which included training of health
workers and PRA exercises on community healthcare, and research
and documentation related to traditional medicines, for example,
to identify a vector repellant for malaria and also herbal
treatment of kala ajar.
Shri V. Umesh, Director of Horticulture, referred to two
horticulture development schemes under which public participation
in the cultivation of medicinal plants can be encouraged. These
were the scheme for development of nutritional gardens sponsored
by the National Horticultural Board, and the Centrally sponsored
'medicinal and herbal plants development scheme.' He invited the
NGOs to take advantages of these schemes to promote Green Health.
’ Shri Umesh expressed his appreciation of holding the State
level convention on Green Health and suggested that similar
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conventions needed to be held at the district level where the
campaign is to be operationalised. These district conventions
should result into concrete action plans, he said.
Shri G.N. Srikantaiah, Deputy Conservator of Forests,
Shimoga, gave an account of the initiative he has taken to
popularise medicinal plants and their uses in the Shimoga
district. He mentioned about the NGO 'Sasya Sanjeevini' formed
by him. Sasya Sanjeevini is basically an association of
interested individuals committed to preservation of local health
traditions and it has identified 10 ha of land near Gajanur in
Shimoga taluq where a herbal nursery and herbarium were being
planned. Shri Srikantaiah also expressed his strong belief in the
full involvement of NGOs in making Green Health a success, and
assured his full support to the campaign through his Forest
Division as well as through Sasya Sanjeevini, of which he is the
ex-officio president.
Smt. K. Gangamma of Mahilla Samakhya gave a brief account
of her experience in promoting the cultivation of medicinal
plants in the backyards and preparation of herbal medicines
through women's groups in five districts of Karnataka. He
expressed her strong belief in making the Green Health a success
through such women's groups in the rural areas.
Group Discussions:
There were group discussions among 1'
the participants to
suggest how best to operationalise the campaign,, including a
public awareness programme for Green Health, specially among
women. The following questions were posed to the groups for
focusing attention of the discussions
1.
How to identify nurseries which will raise and
distribute the GH package of plants in the rural and
urban areas
2.
How to
identify agencies who
can promote
an
educational and communication campaign for creating an
awareness, with a special focus on women about
importance of growing GH plants in home-gardens
importance of using GH plants for self-help and
self reliance in primary health care
3.
What are the key issues for achieving sustainability
in Green Health, e.g.,
pricing of plants
pricing of educational materials
other issues
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The participants were divided into three broad groups: One
group to deliberate on the Government agencies' view point, one
to focus on the role of women, and the third to examine the
issues involve from the NGO perspective, both urban and rural.
The 'Government' group was. led by Dr. S.M. Angadi and Shri
V. Umesh, with Dr. Satyanarayana Bhatt as the rapporteur. The
'women's group was led by Ms Neela Patel and Smt. Sasikala
She.tty, with Ms. Thara as the rapporteur, and the 'NGO' group was
chaired by Dr. Gerry Pais. Dr. T.N. Manjunath was its rapporteur.
The deliberation of these working groups can be summarised
in the following recommendations and suggestions that came out.
1. Selection of nurseries.
i) Vacant spaces within anganwadis, school and college
campuses where watering facilities are available. Raising of
nurseries can be part of NSS/NCC activities.
ii) Panchayat lands, sangha lands, land around water
tanks and irrigation channels, JFPM lands and watershed areas.
iii) Land belonging to temples, mosques and churchyards.
The Women's group felt that massive public awareness about
the GH campaign needs to be created before nurseries start
producing the plants as otherwise there would not be sufficient
demand to encourage this activity.
2. Agencies that can promote the GH campaign.
i)
Forest,
Horticulture,
Diary and Sericulture
Departments, municipalities, ayurvedic colleges and voluntary
organisations
ii) Yuvak and Mahilla Sanghas, health clubs, school and
colleges, associations of Ayurved and local traditional healers.
In addition, village religious festivals and fairs could be
important occasions to promote the campaign.
3. Sustaining the GH campaign.
The major requirement of sustaining the campaign is to
have dedicated and strongly committed
individuals
and
organisations who can.
i) Influence the local communities, by bringing in
the required attitudinal changes in a phased manner.
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ii) Train, as a part of health extension programmes
or otherwise, local people, specially women and local healers,
in the cultivation and use of medicinal plants.
The private farms can be encouraged to raise and sell
medicinal plants for which the initial planting (mother) stock
can be provided by Government to set the ball rolling.
Private and corporate organisations can sponsor herbal
parks, gardens etc. with GH as the central theme.
It was also suggested that the educational materials
for the GH campaign should be low priced so that it could be made
easily available to a large section of the public.
The Women's Group recommended that no material.
material,
including plants, should be supplied free, so that its producers
and users have a stake in the campaign. The Group also suggested
that in the dispensaries where shortage of ayurvedic drugs was
felt frequently, the health workers could be encouraged to
recommend use of medicines from home grown plants as substitutes.
On the issue of sustaining the Green Health campaign, Shri
Darshan Shankar made several suggestions:
1. The key issues involved in sustaining the campaign
are how to opertionalise it at the grass root level
through general and wide awareness and self help
training programmes aimed at creating self reliance in
the use of herbal medicines, along with creating a
strong network of nurseries. Government,
Government, NGO and
privately run, to make the GH plants available
locally. A directory of all organisations actively
participating in the campaign, particularly the
nurseries,
should be prepared and brought out
immediately.
2. To make these practicable, there is a strong need
for a State level secretariat which can not only play
a central coordinating role, but also identify funding
sources to support the campaign, including tapping of
sources like DWCRA and Indira Mahila Yojana.
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3. CONVENTION RESOLUTIONS
The participants of the State Convention to launch the Green
Health Campaign in Karnataka, held on the 10th November,95, at
Aranya Bhavan, Bangalore, HAVING RECOGNISED the facts :
that there are still wide gaps in the coverage of the
wider public, specially the rural poor, by primary
healthcare services, and that there still exist local
plant resource based rich traditional health cultures
in the community, which are presently under threat of
destruction due to habitat loss and social neglect.
and furthermore that worldwide there is increasing
recognition of the effectiveness and safety in using
herbal drugs vis-a-vis chemical drugs
and the
alternative medicine movement has gained ground with
WHO strongly recommending the use of traditional
medical systems, particularly in primary health care,
and
HAVING BEEN CONVINCED
that the Primary Healthcare system can be effectively
strengthened
by
encouraging
the
community,
particularly women, to grow selected medicinal plants
in their backyards, to be made available through a
network of nurseries under the GREEN HEALTH campaign,
and that these plants can be used to treat common
ailments, and
BEING AWARE,
that the Social Forestry wing of the Karnataka Forest
Department has already initiated the work of growing
the medicinal plants package in its nurseries, and
that other departments and agencies like Watershed
Directorate, Agriculture, Horticulture, PWD, Health,
Education and Zilla Parishat and local/autonomous
bodies like municipalities and agricultural colleges
as well as NGOs need to be directly involved with the
GREEN HEALTH programme to give it a wider base, and
that GREEN HEALTH can be initiated and sustained by
the above Departments and NGOs as part of their
ongoing development schemes,
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NOW, HEREBY RESOLVE THAT :
i)
A network of nurseries, to be called GREEN HEALTH
nurseries, will be established in all taluqs by the
Forest, Watershed, PWD, Agriculture and Horticulture
Departments, Zilla Parishads and autonomous bodies
like the Municipality, Agricultural colleges and NGOs,
in which the 17 specified medicinal plants under the
GREEN HEALTH package, will be raised for distribution
to the public and
ii)
These GREEN HEALTH plants will
distributed among the public, and
be
raised
and
iii) The participating Departments and organisations, including
NGOs, will take up a programme of wide publicity and
educational campaign for Green Health, and
iv) State and district level co-ordination committees will
be formed to prepare action plans for promoting GREEN
HEALTH and to monitor the programme:
a)
At
DISTRICT
LEVEL
the
co-ordination
committee will comprise the following:
1.
Deputy Commissioner
Chairman
2.
Chief Executive of Zilla
Parishat
: V. Chairman
District Forest Officer
: ’ Member and
Joint Secy.
3.
: Joint Secy
and Convener
4. NGO
5.
6.
7.
District-level Heads
of Departments of
- Health
- Agriculture
- Horticulture
- Watershed
- Indian System of Med.
- Education
Chief Executive of
Municipality Corpn.
: Members
: Member
Any other person co-opted
by Chairman/Member
: Member
Secretary
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b)
At STATE LEVEL the co-ordination committee will
consist of the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
: Chairman
Devlop. Commissioner
:
V. Chairman
Principal CCF
:
M.
Secretary
and Convener
Secretary, VEAK
Secretary in the Deptt of
- Health
- Planning
: Members
- Agriculture
5.
6.
Heads of NGOs
Director of
- Agriculture
- Health
- Horticulture
- Ind. Syst. of Med
- Watershed Dev.
: Members
Director, FRLHT
: Member
6.
: Members
iv.
An 'Executive Committee' comprising not more than 7 members will
be set up and it will function under the guidance of the
and
facilitate
planning
the
Coordination
Committee
to
implementation of the Green Health campaign.
v.
The Voluntary Health Association of Karnataka will be the
Secretariat for all coordinating and networking activities related
to Green Health.
vi.
FRLHT will make available. posters, brochures etc. and
moderately priced illustrated manuals- 'How to Grow Medicinal
Plants for Primary Healthcare, and 'An Users' Guide to
Medicinal Plants' in the vernacular and also 'A Directory of
Medicinal Plants Resources in South India, ' for use by the
Green Health nurseries and for distribution to the public.
v)
The leading environment and health NGOs like OXFAM (INDIA) and
ACTIONAID will be actively involved in promoting GREEN HEALTH
through actual participation in the programme by raising and
distributing the medicinal plant package and in educating and
motivating the community about GREEN HEALTH, in close
collaboration with the Government agencies and local bodies.
vi)
Women, particularly, rural women, will be a special target of the
Green Health campaign, because of their knowledge of folk medicine
and their role as the caretaker of the family's health. The
campaign will be mainly directed at encouraging women to raise the
medicinal plants in the backyard for use in healthcare and enabling
them to form Green Health Clubs.
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APPENDIX I
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
01.
Sr.Molly Mattam
Staff Nurse
St.Martha's Hospital
Nrupathunga Road
Bangalore -560 009
02.
C.Srinivasan
Dy. Secretary (Dev)Rep.CEO
JiIla Panchayat
Mysore
03 .
R.M. Patil
Executive Director
BIRDS
Naganur
Taluk: Gokak
Dist. Belagaum- 591 319
04.
Dr. Begaum Rawoof
Medical Officer CHD
St. Martha's Hospital
Nrupathunga Road
Bangalore - 560 009
05.
Sr. Deepa Rgs
Staff Nurse
St. Martha's Hospital
Nrupathunga Road
Bangalore-560 009
06.
Cyprian Sequiera
Health & Education Co-ordinator
Rural Health Dept.
Fr.Muller's Hospital
P.B.No.501, Kankanady
Mangalore-575 002
07.
Shankar
State Bank of Mysore
1494/83, "A" Block
Sth Main, Rajajinagar II Stage
Bangalore- 560 010
08.
Dr. Sathyanarayana Bhat
Ayurvedic Asst. Professor
Govt. Ayurvedic Medical College
Dhanvanthri Road
Bangalore - 560 094
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09.
G.Kalpana, I.A.S.
Director,
Special Economic Programme
Rural Devt. Department
M.S.Building
Bangalore - 560 001
10.
Dr.H.Sudarshan
Hon. Secretary
VGKK
B.R.Hills
Mysore Dist.
11.
P.P. Chandrashekar
Asst.Conservator of Forest
Forest Department
Tarikere Sub Division
Tarikere
12.
Dr. D.S. Ramachandra Rao
Asst. District Health & F.W. Officer
Bangalore Urban District
Sirur Park Road
Sheshadripuram
Bangalore
13.
G.N.Sachidanandamurthy Yadav
Secretary
Sungenahalli
Gopalapura Post
Gubbi Taluk
Tumkur Dist.
14.
Jayadevaiah
President
Savandurga, Magadi Taluk
Bangalore (R) Dist.
15.
Mahesha Murthy T.M.
VGKK
B.R.Hills
16.
E.Venkataiah
Bangalore Division
Krishi Bhavan
Bangalore
17.
K.S.Manj unath,
Deputy Commissioner,
Tumkur
17
18.
R.M. Christopher
Social Scientist
St.John's Medical College
Sarjapur Road
Bangalore-34
19.
Dr. Neela Patel
Post Graduate (MD
St.John's Medical
Sarjapur Road
Bangalore -34
ommunity Health)
ollege
20.
R.B.Hiremath
Project Officer
India Devt. Services
Sadanakeri Road
Near German Hospital
Dharwad
21.
Anant Hegde
Co-Ordinator
Vriksha Laksha Andolan
Ashisar, P.O.Bhairumbe
Sirsi - 581 402
North Kanara
22 .
S.J.Mundargi
Project Officer
India Devt.Service
Dharwad
23 .
K.Yekanthappa
DCF
Bellary Division
Bellary
24.
K. Gangamma
Consultant
Mahila Samakhya
3308, Sth Cross, 13th Main
HAL 2nd Stage
Bangalore -560 008
25.
Dr. Upendra Shenoy
Vice-President
V H A K
26 .
Dr. S.M.Angadi
Director
Indian System of Medicine
Dhanvanthri Road
Bangalore - 560 009
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27 .
Dr. S.Raj endran
CF,SF
Bangalore
28.
G.Hariramamurthi
Consultant (Communication)
FRLHT
Bangalore - 24
29.
J.Syluester
In-Charge of Horticulture Dept.
St.John's Medical College
Sarjapur Road
Bangalore - 560 034
30.
Neelaiah
Director
People's Movement for Self Reliance PMSR
P.B.No.19, G.P.Mallappapuram
Kollegal Taluka
Mysore Dist. -571 440
31.
Tara Serao
Secretary
Sri Christa Sharan
Birur - 577 116
Chickmagalur Dist.
32 .
Dr.G.Pais
Director
OXFAM (India) Trust
93/2, Charles Campbell Road
Cox Town, Bangalore
33 .
D.R.Jagatap
Sr.Health Organiser
MYRADA Holalkere Project
Holalkere, Chitradurga Dist.
34 .
K.Sundar Naik, I.F.S.
Conservator of Forests
Mysore Forest Circle
Aranya Bhavan, Ashokapuram
Mysore -8
35.
Santhosh Kumar G.J.
Project Co-ordinator
Rural Community Health & Devt. Project
Mission Hospital
P.B.No. 38
Mysore -21
19
36.
Ambady Madhav
Deputy Conservator of Forest
Kudremukh Wild Life Dv.
DFO Kudremukh
37.
G.N. Sreekanraiah I.F.S
D.C.F., KFD
Shimoga -577 201
38.
Sanjai Mohan
D.C.F., KFD
Shimoga -577 201
39.
Guruji Joe Mary Lobo
Director
Sri Christa Sharan
Birur -577 116
40.
K.S.Shamanna
Social Worker
Samanvaya
No.200, 4th Main
Mnajunatha Nagar
Bangalore
41.
J.Gnanashaker
Samnvaya
200, 4th Main, II Phase
Mnajunatha Nagar
Bangalore-10
42 .
Dr. K.N.Baidya
CCF, Dept, of Forests
Aranya Bhavan
18th Cross, Malleshwaram
Bangalore -560 003
43.
Bharathi Lobo
Office Manager
Shri Christa Sharan
Birur -577 116
44.
A.S.Chandra Mouli
Audience Research Officer
All India Radio
Raj Bhavan Road
Bangalore -560 001
45.
B.S.Vijaya Kumar
Teacher
Sree Vinayaka Vidya Kendra
Byatarayanapura, Bellary Road,
Yelahanka North, Bangalore
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46.
Shashidhar Adapa
Co-ordinator
Prathi Roopi
1104 III Main 'E' Block
Rajaj inagar
Bangalore
47.
George Rathinaswamy.A
Mangaing Trustee
Centre for Social Concerns
434, 14th Cross, Lakkasandra
Bangalore- 560 030
48.
Mrs Shashikala U.Shetty
Assistant Director
Dept, of Women & Child Devt.
Directorate of Women & Child Development
1st Floor, M.S.Building
Bangalore-1
49.
Sathyan Parakadavil
Production Manager
Graphic Arts Industry
90, M.G.Road
Bangalore - 560 001
50.
Dr. M.V.Murugendrappa
Joint Director (MCF)
Directorate of Health & F.W.Services
Anandarao Circle
Bangalore-560 009
51.
Dr. T.N. Manjunath
Project Co-ordinator
Karuna Trust
Yelandur
Mysore Dist.
52.
Prabhuswamy
BCM Dept.
53 .
P.N.Anj anppa
Investigator
54.
G.Satish
DCF Honnavara
KFD, DCF Honnavara
55.
K.G.Nagaraj aiah
P.J.Kendra
Sth Cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore -10
21
56.
V. Srinivas
Earlier People's Forum for Population Education
No.49, Temple Street
Malleshwaram
Bangalore - 560 003
57 .
A.Sugunamba
Director
MIRDS Rathnapuri
Hunsur Taluk
Mysore Dist.
58.
Premamurthy
Samanvaya
200, 4th Main
II Phase, Manjunathanagar
Bangalore -10
59.
Andrews
President
Jyothi Rural Devt. Society
Shimsha, Netkal, B.G.Pura Hubli
Malavalli TaIuka
Mandya (Dist)
60.
T.M.Radha
Research Analyst
Action Aid
No.3, Rest House Road
Bangalore
61.
Dr. D. Daniel
Co-ordinator-Health Unit
Action Aid
3, Rest House Road
Bangalore
62.
Gunsan Chaturuvedi
Sector-Specialist Health
Action Aid India
3, Rest House Road
Bangalore -1
63 .
S. Ramamurthy
Transport Staff
Samanvaya
200, 4th Main II Phase
Manj unathanagar
Bangalore -10
64.
G.N.Anantha Ramu
Lecturer, Govt, of College
No.94, I Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore
22
65.
N.C.Nanaiah
Managing Trustee
People's Trust
102, I Main, Lower Palace Orchards
Bangalore-3
66.
B.S.Adappa
10, R.V. Layout
Kumara Park West
Bangalore-20
67.
K.H.Gopala Krishna Gowda
Deputy Commissioner
Mandya - 571 401
68.
Sadashivaiah
Chief Executive Officer
Zilla Panchayat
Bangalore Dist.
Krishik Bhavan, Hudson Circle
Bangalore
69.
S.Viswanath
People's Trust
Sriramanahal1i
Bangalore North - 561 203
70.
Krishnappa
Kadathana Malle
Arakere Post
Bangalore North - 561 203
71.
Arul Prakash
SIBS, H & RD Project
Post Box No.20, Anandagiri
Bangarpet
72.
M.Muni Reddy
Conservator of Forests
Research Circle
Forest Department
Aranya Bhavan
Bangalore
73 .
Shantha Prakash
SIBS H & RD Project
P.B.No.20, Anandagiri
Bangarpet
74.
G.Pushpa
SIBS H & RD Project
Anandagiri
Bangarpetf
23
75.
B.Narayanaswamy
Ayurvedic Stury Senior Engineer
D.No.268, 6th E, Main 15th B Cross
W C R II Stage, Ilnd Phase
Mahalakshmi Layout
Bangalore -86
76.
D.Ramanaik
Information & Publicity Officer
Forest Department
Vanavikasa
Malleshwaram
Bangalore
77.
C.Krishna
Conservative Officer
Aranya Bhavan
Malleshwaram
Bangalore
78.
K.R.Basavaraju Pandith
Herbal Medicine Practitioner
Vanaspathi Vaidy Vidyalaya
Brahmasandra - 572 128
Tumkur Taluk
79.
D.M. Madappa
Devalapura -571 445
Nagamangala Taluk
Mandya Dist.
80.
Ms.Gowri Gopinath
Co-ordinator New Project Funding
Bangalore Consultancy Officer (NOVIB)
658, 45th Cross, 11th 'Az Main
Sth Block, Jayanagar
Bangalore - 41
81.
Kaushik Mukerjee
Dir.State Wasterted Dev.Prog.
Waterstered Directorate
3rd Fir. Podium Block
Vishweshwaraiah Fower
Dr. Ambedkar Marg
Bangalore - 560 001
82 .
Ms. Madhu Sharma,
DCF PMC
Aranya Bhavan/KFD
Malleshwaram
Bangalore - 3
24
83.
Mr. Dashrath Davdi
Project Co-ordinator
'CRUES' Kadwad
Tq. & Dist. Bidar
84.
Kanwerpal
Deputy Conservator of Forests
Karnataka Forest Department
Bangalore Rural Division
Bangalore
85.
Dr. S.Srinivasa
R M P
154/2, 11th Cross
Vyalikaval
Bangalore -3
86.
R.K.Torvi
CF SF Dharwad
87.
A.Gopal
Dy.C.F.
Western Ghat
Vana Vikas
Malleshwaram, Bangalore
88.
G.N.Simha
Co-ordinator
Rural Environmental Awareness & Community Help
Kumaranahalli, Adavihalli PO
Harapanahalli Taluk
Bellary - 583 131 '
89.
N.Srinivasa
Deputy Conservator of Forests
Forest Department
Western Ghats Forestry & Environmental Project
Vana Vikas, Malleshwaram
Bangalore - 560 003
90.
M. Jothi
Director of Agriculture
State Govt.
Sheshadri Road
Bangalore- 1
91.
Prof. D.S. Lucas
Chief Superintendent
Dte of ISM, Bangalore
92.
Nissar
ACF, 0/0 PCCF
Aranya Bhavan, Bangalore
25
93 .
Dr. M.V.Chakradhar
Director
LMM Ay. Specialist Centre
552, 53rd Cross, III Block
Rajajinagar
Bangalore - 10
94.
K.R.Srinivasan
Advocate
No.571, II Block
Rajaj inagar
Bangalore - 10
95.
B.R.Ananth Rao
CCF
Aranya Bhavan
Bangalore - 3
96.
Rajan Alexander
Managing Consultant
Development Consultancy Group
43, DA Costa Layout
II Cross, St. Mary's Town
Bangalore - 560 084
97.
V.P.Hiremath
Conservator of Forests
Kalamna Street
Bellary
98.
Jacob Thomas
Gen- Secretary
MANO Vikas
Edasseril Buildings
Kuravilangedn P.O.
Kottayam Dist.
Kerala
99.
Yusuf Perodi
A C F
Forest Dept.
J.B.Nagar
Bangalore - 8
100.
Vinay Baindur
Chief Co-ordinator, SAVE,
136, I Cross Residency Road
Bangalore - 560 025
101.
S.M. Chalwadi
Conservator of Forest
Hassan
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102.
E
S.Muniyappa
State S/C S/T
103 .
S. Gangadharaiah
Registra (Retd)
No.1165, 18 'C main Sth Block
Rajaj inagar
Bangalore
104.
X.Agnes Febiola
Programme Co-ordinator
Janodaya Trust
No.6th Cross, Nandidurga Road
J ayamaha1 Extn.
Bangalore - 46
105.
Ms. Santosh Vas
Chair Lady
Janodaya Public Trust
No.l, 6th Cross, Nandidurga Road
J ayamaha1 Extn.
Bangalore -46
106.
Bhagirathi Singh
Sec. to the Chair Lady
Janodaya Public Trust
No.l, 6th Cross, Nandidurga Road
Jayamaha1
Bangalore -46
107.
Ms. Rathna C
Programme Officer
Janodaya
No.l, 6th Cross, Nandidurga Road
Jayamaha1
Bangalore - 46
108.
Sudha V.Choudhari
Extension Officer
MYRADA/Plan Aids Cap Project
Gokak
109.
G.S.Sathyanarayana
Administrator
Milind Institute of Pharmacy
J.C.Road
Bangalore -86
110.
Ritu Kakkar
Deputy Conservator Forest (territorial)
Bidar
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Anita Shenoy
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MYRADA/Plan Aids Cap Project
Gokak
112.
B.Nanj undappa
Chief Accounts Officer
Western Ghat, Van Vikas
Malleshwaram
Bangalore-3
113.
Dr. K.S.Jayashree
Asst. Professor
Govt. Ayurvedic Medical College
Dhanvanthri Road
Bangalore - 9
114.
Dr. Shobha G. Hiremath
Lecturer
Govt. Ayurvedica Medical College
Dhanvanthri Road
Bangalore - 9
115.
Y. Vi jay Kumar
Social Worker
No.25, 7th Cross Left Side
Opp. Suresh Radio Shop
Magadi Road
Bangalore - 23
116.
G.Sujatha
MYRADA
Kamasandra
117.
P.Panchaiinge Gowda
A C F
Tumkur Division
Office of the Dy. Conservator of Forests
Tumkur
118.
M 0 Jaffer Huissan
Dy Director Land Records
119, I Block, V Main
Banashankari
Bangalore
119 .
D.Raj eeva
BEL
386, 10th Cross, Ilnd Block
Jayanagar, Bangalore
28
120.
K.Dasaratha Rao
No.19 IV Cross
R.T.Nagar P.O.
Bangalore - 32
121.
Somashekar K.H.
Govt. Unani Medical College
IInd BUMS
R.C.Road
Bangalore
122 .
G.R.Balonge
CEO, ZP
123 .
Sudhakar B.Basatkar
Govt. Unani Medical College
Ilnd BUMS, R.C. Road
Bangalore
124.
Dr. M. Chandrashekar
Govt. Ayurvedic Medical College
Dhanvanthri Road
Bangalore - 9
125.
Ms. Anjana Srinivas
Community Health Cell
367, Srinivasa Nilaya
Jakkandra I Block
I Main Koramangala
Bangalore - 34
126.
M.G.Shrikantha
2013, Upstair, South End 'E7
Cross 9th Block, Jayanagar
Bangalore
127 .
Dr. L.N. Chikknnur
Medical Officer
P H C
128.
Dr. Bhavani Belvady, President
VHAK
129.
B.V.Byra Reddy
Range Forest Officer
K F D
Hassan
130.
Suma Krishnaswamy
Global Greens
1638, 39th Cross, 17th Main
Banashankari II Stage
Bangalore - 560 070
29
131.
V.Aravind
45, I R Block
Rajaj inagar
Bangalore - 10
132.
K.M.Dyave Gowda
ACF
Forest Dept.
Hassan
133 .
K.Jayateerth
Manager SIB
State Bank of Hyderabad
Bangalore - 47
134.
D.H.Kulkarni
Chief Manager
State Bank of Hyderabad
18, Victoria Road
Bangalore- 47
135.
Sarojamma
No.179, 3rd Main
BEL Road, AG's Office Layout
Bangalore - 94
136.
K.C.Lakshmi
Vidyaniketana
J.P.Nagar, Jaraganahalli
Banashankari
4th Main Road, Bangalore
137 .
B.S.Jayaprakasha Reddy
Co-operative Dept.
Raichur
138.
R.L. Vasudeva Rao
Journalist
139.
Ba s ewanegowda
Bangalore
140.
Mir Arifulla
Asst. Principal
FTAT 1 Bangalore
141.
N.B. Manjunath
Forest Department
142 .
Premakumari
Aranya Bhavan
Bangalore - 3
n
30
143.
Dr. Mahesh
Snehakunja Trust
Kasarkod
144.
Y.G Muralidhar
CHEAT
Bangalore - 40
145.
Lakshmi Narayan
Bejate
Hesaroghtta
Bangalore 560 059
147.
Mellikarjun
Conservator of Forests
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148.
Dr. P.J. Dilip Kumar
Joint Director
Institute of Wood Science Technology (ICFRE)
. Malleswaram, Bangalore
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APPENDIX II
LIST OF FRLHT PUBLICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON GREEN HEALTH
1. ★ An User's guide to Medicinal Plants for Primary
Healthcare
2. ★ How to Grow Medicinal Plants for Primary Healthcare
3.
A Directory of Medicinal Plant Sources in South India
4.
Neem: Free No More
* Kannada,
Kannada,
Tamil and Malayalam
publications will be available shortly.
versions
of
these
All these publications are moderately priced and are available
for sale with
Medplan Conservatory Society,
No. 8, 1st Floor, IV Main, II Stage,
Ananda Nagar, Bangalore 560 024.
Other publicity materials in English, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam
available with FRLHT which can be supplied to agencies participating in
the. Green Health campaign:
1. Brochure on the Green Health Campaign
2. The Way Mother Used To: A brochure on women and Green
Health.
3 . Posters and stickers on Green Health.
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