NEW DELHI April 20 2022 PRNewswire -- India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre a collaboration between the Swedish Trade Commissioners Office AIIMS New Delhi and AIIMS Jodhpur launched Skill For Scale an e-learning initiative designed to equip nurses with hands-on practical knowledge and skills to practice latest patient care for managing non-communicable diseases This program certified by AIIMS Jodhpur and endorsed by Directorate General of Health Services DGHS will allow nurses from across the country to register for free learn at their own pace Nurses being the backbone of the healthcare system in India play a very critical role in enablingpatient to understand a disease and its complications In its first phase the program is focusing on Diabetes management prevention and awareness based on a world-class comprehensive curriculum created from diverse resources available within the NCD domain following the NPCDCS guidelines The program content and modules are created by the team of experts from AIIMS Jodhpur and an advisory board with representation from AIIMS Delhi ICMR DGHS Indian Nursing Council INC and AstraZeneca These modules will equip nurses to provide standardized and quality counselling care and support services to the people to prevent and manage Diabetes Subsequently these trainings will be extended to other areas of NCDs in the subsequent phases like Hypertension Cardiovascular and Oncology With a multi-phased approach the Skill for Scale program is aimed to upskill 5000 nurses across the country within this year by converting the current theoretical and practical modules into easy interactive e-learning techniques Explaining the need of such an upskilling program Dr Sanjeev Misra Director AIIMS Jodhpur said Non-communicable disease burden is increasing significantly in India and is already accounting for more than 60 of deaths in India It is also estimated that 1 in 4 people have a risk of dying from an NCD before the age of 70 This burden of NCD is expected to increase further over the coming years but the number of doctors with specializations available to treat these increasing numbers is very limited making it critical to upskill the existing healthcare practitioners in managing non-communicable diseases Through this initiative we are trying to bridge the knowledge gap that exists at the point of care for patients The curriculum of this program is carefully designed to enable nurses to deliver specialized care essential support services and standardized counselling for patients living with an increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases in India This e-learning mobile compatible program is pegged at two levels - basic and advanced and includes a training of 20-24 hours to be completed at ones own pace The course can be completed in a span of 2 months further to which each student will be awarded a completion certificate from AIIMS Jodhpur Skill for Scale program is in line with our continuous efforts and commitments to address the growing burden of NCDs on our healthcare systems At AstraZeneca we stand by our global initiatives and industry collaborations focusing on creating awareness and upskilling key stakeholders to make healthier choices The Governments recognition of this program will go a long way to deliver accurate health information and ensure safe essential health services We will continue to focus on upskilling the health workforce and bring impactful solutions locally and globally said Dr Anil Kukreja VP Medical Affairs and Regulatory AstraZeneca India By the end of the training nurses will be able to recognize risk factors causes pathophysiology screening methods diagnostic tests and management of diabetes They will gain an understanding to initiate timely action for confirmatory diagnosis and appropriate treatment make timely referrals of complicated cases follow standard treatment protocols counsel and interact on the importance of early screening of diabetes educate community on adoption of healthy lifestyle and assist them to overcome barriers myths and misconceptions Explaining on the importance of industry support on critical healthcare programs Cecilia Oskarsson Swedish Trade Commissioner to India said ISHIC was created to address the healthcare challenges in the country through key pillars technology protocol process and capability building We are deeply encouraged to see the support these programs have garnered from the government key industry organisations which is absolutely crucial to be able to implement such programs at a national level and encourage wider use to be able to deliver benefits to the end patient and create an impact on the burden of healthcare We will continue to evolve these programs to be able to bring about holistic benefit to patients in their journey of managing non-communicable diseases The initiative will be implemented under the direction of an Advisory Committee led by Prof Suresh K Sharma Professor Principal College of Nursing AIIMS Jodhpur The advisory committee comprises of key dignitaries from AIIMS Delhi AIIMS Jodhpur Directorate General of Health Services DGHS Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR Indian Nursing Council INC AstraZeneca India and Business Sweden This committee will be responsible to outline and review of the entire schedule of interventions governing the overall framework planning and on-ground conduct of the initiative continuous evaluation of the project and development of a model for possible replication across the country ABOUT INDIA-SWEDEN HEALTHCARE INNOVATION CENTRE The India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre is a tripartite collaboration between AIIMS Delhi AIIMS Jodhpur and the Swedish Trade Commissioners office The platform is envisioned to develop an ecosystem of open innovation that start-ups and the healthcare delivery stakeholders can use to collaborate and address current and future challenges in the healthcare sector in India This platform will enable development and scale up of solutions through frugal innovation for affordable and accessible healthcare in line with the objectives of the Government of India The Innovation Centre is an initiative under the MOU of Health between India and Sweden and works under strategic guidance from Government of Indias Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR Government of Swedens Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and Embassy of Sweden in India It also has a strong network of ecosystem partners - Atal Innovation Mission Invest India AGNII Start-up India and knowledge partners AstraZeneca the A-Catalyst Network and NASSCOM PWR PWR

Jodhpur Mar 31 PTI A man allegedly committed suicide after being beaten up by policemen in Pali district prompting authorities to suspend an assistant sub inspector and remove the entire staff at the police postMukun Singh was arrested in connection with a mobile phone theft case from his shop in Keshav Nagar on Tuesday and released after interrogation police saidUpon returning home he allegedly consumed some poisonous substance and was rushed to Bangar Hospital and then referred to AIIMS Jodhpur where he died on Wednesday according to his familySinghs family members accused ASI Om Prakash Choudhary and other policemen at the police post of physically assaulting and also humiliating and ill-treating themThe family and community members also sat on a dharna in Jodhpur and Pali demanding the arrest of Choudhary a post-mortem by the medical board and financial compensationSuperintendent of Police Pali Rajan Dushyant said We have suspended ASI Om Prakash Choudhary and removed the entire staff of the police chowki Inspector General Jodhpur range P Ramjee said fair investigation will be conducted in the matter and the guilty will be punished PTI COR NB RHL