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Cut down on Salt
“If all of us reduce our salt intake by one-third, it is estimated that the health budget can be cut by 40 per cent,” - Dr.RC
Cystinosis Foundation, India
Cystinosis is a rare genetic, metabolic disorder caused by accumulation of amino acid cystine within the cells.
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Video Launch
Launch of Video on Acute Kidney Injury on World Kidney Day 2013 by Actor-Arvind Swamy
Launch of sugarbp.org website
Actor Kamal Haasan launches www.sugarbp.org website, which will provide information on detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease.
Salt Sathyagraha
A walkathon lead by Dr. Rajan Ravichandran was organised on 7th March 2010 at Marina beach, Chennai.
Monday 16 July 2018
New York city high salt warning goes into effect
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Wednesday 11 July 2018
Countries with regulated salt targets
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Damaging effects of salt
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Blood pressure of Chimpanzee
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Myth - Children require more salt
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Scrap The Salt
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Myth 5
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Myth 4
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Myth 3
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Myth 2
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Myth 1
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Salt Reduction Awareness Campaign - 5 Ways to 5 Grams
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Salt Reduction Awareness Campaign - News Paper Cutting 2
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Salt Reduction Awareness Camp - News Paper Cutting-1
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Wednesday 18 April 2018
Salt Reduction Awareness Campaign - Actor. Shatrughan Sinha
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Salt Reduction Awareness Campaign - Crazy Mohan
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Salt Reduction Awareness Campaign - 2018-Actor Jeeva
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World Kidney Day 2018
WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2018
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| Mr. Sundar, Trustee, Crazy Mohan, Mr. MM Murugappan, Dr. Rajan Ravichandran,Chairman, Sapiens Health Foundation |
World Kidney Day 2018 was celebrated by Sapiens Health Foundation at Chennai. The chairman of the foundation Dr. Rajan Ravichandran highlighted the theme “Kidneys and Women’s Health”. About 600,000 women die every year due to kidney failure all over the world. This is little more than the number of men dying of kidney failure. Apart from the fact that women suffer from certain diseases affecting the kidney more than men, it could be the lack of treatment in women as a possible reason. This is especially so in our country where there is a gender bias and the working men get better treatment than women. Urinary Tract Infection are more common in women due to the short urinary passage. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a disease peculiar to young women damaging the kidneys. Pregnancy also tends to worsen kidney disease.
The function started with the release of the book “Proceedings of the Salt conference 2017” held by the foundation jointly with IIT Madras. The book was released by the chief guest Mr.MM Murugappan, chairman of the Murugappa group of companies and the first copy was received by Crazy Mohan. The book release was followed by a humorous skit in Tamil by the Nalamdana group creating awareness for prevention of kidney disease. The function concluded with various patients sharing their own experience in battling kidney disease.
Sapiens Health Foundation is a NGO functioning from Chennai for the last 20 years. The foundation has been helping kidney failure patients with medications and education. The unique programs of the foundation are the self detection of kidney disease, assisted peritoneal dialysis and treatment of a rare disease called Cystinosis. For the last 5 years the foundation has been aggressively campaigning for reduced salt consumption in the Indian population.
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Friday 2 February 2018
The Salt Fight – Conference on Salt Awareness 2017
Sapiens Health Foundation, a NGO from Chennai, held jointly with IIT MadrasThe Salt Fight conference on November 11th 2017. The purpose of the conference was to create awareness about the permissible daily intake of salt, the relationship of salt to blood pressure and other diseases and lastly, to make it compulsory for food labels to mention the salt content. High salt intake in the population is responsible for hypertension, which is still the number one killer in the world. Dr. Rajan Ravichandran, Chairman of the foundation, discussed the purpose of the conference and the relevance in Indian scenario. Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Director IIT Madras, inaugurated the conference. Prof. Graham MacGregor from the WASH (World Action on Salt and Health) UK spoke on the global scenario and the need for urgent measures in India to reduce the salt intake. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director General of WHO, also confirmed the need for salt control and the relevance to non-communicable disease prevalence in the country. Mrs. Anita Makhijani from the FSSAI (Food Safety Standards Association of India) revealed the plans by the FSSAI for salt labeling. Prof. Muraleedharan from IIT discussed the legal and other measures that could be adopted by the government. The morning session of the conference was followed by a workshop of eminent professionals chartering the future line of action for salt reduction in the country.
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| Prof. Graham MacGregor, WASH, UK |
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| Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director General ,WHO |
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| Mrs. Anitha Makijani, Scientist, FSSAI |
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| Dr. Somasundaram, Joint Director, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Tamil Nadu |
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| Professor. V.R. Muraleedharan, IIT Madras, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences. |
World Kidney Day 2017 -Kidney Disease and Obesity. Healthy life style for Healthy Kidneys.
SAPIENS HEALTH FOUNDATION, a NGO, committed to the cause of providing Care and support for kidney failure patients conducted a function in Chennai to celebrate World Kidney Day 2017. The theme for this year world kidney day was “Kidney Disease and Obesity. Healthy life style for Healthy Kidneys.” Dr.Rajan Ravichandran, the founder of Sapiens Health Foundation highlighted the activities of the foundation and explained to the audience the relationship between obesity and kidney function. Obesity has dramatically increased all over the world due to life style changes. Obesity results in increased workload to the kidney and worsening of protein loss. The program was held in a popular hotel and it was very well attended. Chief Guest, a popular Actor Mr. Jeeva distributed medals to patients who are bravely fighting kidney diseases. He also stressed on proper diet & regular exercise. Mrs.Mallika Badrinath, guest of honour, culinary expert spoke about various foods preparations that can help to avoid obesity and lead a healthy life. Humourist actor Mr.Crazy Mohan enlivened the atmosphere through his characteristic humour laced talk.
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