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Highlights Of 12-Hour #SwasthyaMantra Telethon With Amitabh Bachchan For A Healthy India

Highlights Of 12-Hour #SwasthyaMantra Telethon With Amitabh Bachchan For A Healthy India

For six years, NDTV and Dettol India have been talking about and promoting the need for a clean and healthy India through Banega Swachh-Swasth India campaign. In 2019, after leading a very successful Swachhta (Cleanliness) initiative, the campaign moved the conversation from Swachh to Swasth (Health) because only a clean India can become a healthy India. Helmed by NDTV's Dr Prannoy Roy and campaign ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, the campaign over the years has talked about various issues such as making India open defecation free, the need for WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) programmes, waste management, recycling, menstrual hygiene and plight of manual scavengers, to name a few. The campaign also highlights the importance of nutrition and healthcare for women and children to prevent maternal and child mortality, fight malnutrition, stunting, wasting, anaemia and disease prevention through vaccines – all the components which are needed to make India a healthy country.

In wake of the current COVID-19 pandemic, this year, it has become imperative to revisit the core values of the campaign and restart the conversations on hygienic practices, especially hand washing and cleanliness.

In the seventh year, Banega Swasth India campaign will focus on three pillars to make the world safe and healthy – Health, Hygiene & Sanitation, and Environment.

Here are the Highlights of the #SwasthyaMantra Telethon:

Oct 03, 2020

02:51 (IST)

That's a wrap on the #SwasthyaMantra Telethon. We will be back next year, till then stay safe, stay healthy. We leave you with this beautiful performance of Melvin and Sandeepa on the campaign anthem.

Oct 03, 2020

02:43 (IST)

That pretty much sums up the day...

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.. a working day of 12 hours , from 7 am to 10 pm .. gaining the learning and knowledge of some of the brightest brains, about CoViD 19 and Swasth India .. in a 12 hour Telethon for NDTV ! pic.twitter.com/SwPXjPgqkl
- Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 2, 2020

Oct 03, 2020

02:42 (IST)

it was a pleasure to choreograph the Banega Swasth India anthem. Written by Prasoon Joshi, the song is very thought provoking: Melvin Louis Dancer, choreographer & social media influencer

Oct 03, 2020

02:35 (IST)

As we near the end of the 12-hour #SwasthyaMantra telethon, Prasoon Joshi who penned the campaign anthem explains the essence of the words and how it captures goal of the initiative

Oct 03, 2020

02:29 (IST)

Simple changes in the habit and daily choices can go a long way: Dia Mirza

Oct 03, 2020

02:22 (IST)

On a lighter note...

Oct 03, 2020

02:17 (IST)

Ramanan Laxminarayan, Founder, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy on possibility of future outbreaks

Oct 03, 2020

02:08 (IST)

Gaurav Jain, Senior VP, South Asia (Health), RB introduces 'return to school' kit

Gaurav Jain, Senior VP, South Asia (Health), RB share details about the 'return to school kit' on @DettolIndia - @ndtv 12-hour #SwasthyaMantra telethon

Full Coverage: https://t.co/3oUB8pKgxn pic.twitter.com/oGdXWplZ4I
- Banega Swasth India (@banegaswasthind) October 2, 2020

Oct 03, 2020

02:00 (IST)

Musician Salim's #SwasthyaMantra
"I practice pranayam. Breathing exercises are important during 'Riyaaaz' also. I also do some physical exercises and eat healthy."

Oct 03, 2020

01:57 (IST)

Dr Sudhir Bhandari, Principal, Sawai Mansingh Hospital, Jaipur on pandemic fatigue among people

Oct 03, 2020

01:54 (IST)

Dr Hemant Deshmukh, Dean, KEM Hospital: The Covishield vaccine is definitely on. We have tested it on 100 people and given the vaccine to 21 people

Oct 03, 2020

01:49 (IST)

Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, CEO, Fortis Healthcare

It is important for people to understand that hospitals today are very safe for people who do not have COVID. So that people can take care. Enough measures have been taken to safely provide care to the non-COVID patient.

Oct 03, 2020

01:45 (IST)

Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman & Founder, Narayana Health - the onus is on the people to be responsible

Now, the medical education has transformed. Any hospital with sufficient patient load can become a graduate centre. This will go a long way for medical education

I am sorry to say that we as citizens we are behaving very irresponsibly. Why should you wear masks? You wear masks to protect your and more than yourself, you protect others. Most of the people are asymptomatic carriers. They go interact with so many people. They don't realise that in the next few months, there may not be many doctor and nurses to take care of the increasing number of patients. The medical personnel are becoming tired and burn out.. because of the irresponsible behavior of the people. I understand that you have to go out and the shops need to open, but the least you can do it wear mask, practice social distancing and wash hands.

Everyone must understand that beds do not treat the patients, the doctors and nurses treat patients and we need more of them. My request to every citizen is that now the ball is in your court. You are the ones who will decide what future you want.

Oct 03, 2020

01:32 (IST)

Todd Jacobson, Sr. Vice President, Social Responsibility, NBA

We wanted to make sure that we can help out as the NBA family, we launched the NBA platform. It has four pillars - Healthy habits, social distancing, staying home if not feeling well, and wearing masks.

Acts of caring like distributing food or dropping off groceries to the neighbour's house

Connecting with communities- mental health exercises, we started junior NBA programmes, sharing what people do at home. the initiative raised over 100 million dollars which helped in providing PPE and helping those in need

Oct 03, 2020

01:27 (IST)

Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India on COVID vaccine

Oct 03, 2020

01:22 (IST)

Laxman Narasimhan, CEO, RB, Sums it up!

Listening to science- as we learn more about the illness, the perspective is changing vastly. The evidence needs to be communicated in the way that it changes the behaviours. There are evidence that people can believe, like the importance of washing hand and wearing masks.

We hit the 125 billion view on the campaign we did with TikTok. We have to democratized the knowledge.

The impact of climates change and its impact on zoonotic. We are also seeing that the mosquitoes and vectors grow as the temperature goes up. The temperature has increased by almost 2 degrees. So with the raising of the temperature of the Earth, it will be a disaster.

It is about the behaviour change, the choice each one of us makes. The plastic we consume and how much we consume. We all have to come together to solve this.

Our product has been around 150-170 years... we have to do thing beyond just business. We have to make sure that we give back to the society. So we decided to set up 1% for the betterment of the society. We have spent on food and nutrition and reached out to over30 million kids. We have also donated 10 million units of soaps and 1 million of liters of Lysol.

We are also promoting self-care and are launching an app in India to help people self-care.

We just can't be successful, we have to be significant as well.

Oct 03, 2020

01:13 (IST)

Environmental catastrophes are staring us in the face and if we do not be mindful, the COBIX crisis would be just the tip of the iceberg.(ndira Nooyi, Former CEO, PepsiCo

Oct 03, 2020

00:57 (IST)

Power packed panel to discuss COIVD trends globally, economic impact, vaccines development

Oct 03, 2020

00:54 (IST)

Gaurav Logani, Managing Director, InMask on #SwathyaMantra telethon

People need to wear the mask properly. Any mask will become useless if people don't use it properly. The mask needs to be very comfortable. The filtration is the next important thing. There should be at least 90% of filtration. Third, it should sustainable and reusable. Follow proper guidelines in wearing the mask. There something called a flame test that we do for each of our masks. Wear masks properly is the key.

Oct 03, 2020

00:37 (IST)

Tinni Sawhney, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation, India on the role women have played during the pandemic

Women came together and many self help groups came forward to stich the masks. Women have proved they are the real change makers. Women, whether they are ASHA or SHG members are taking a lead in ensuring that the precautionary measures are adhered to.

Oct 02, 2020

23:32 (IST)

Rajan Sharma, National President, Indian Medical Association on impact of COVID on doctors in the frontline

When a patient gets treated successfully, the doctor who treats him/her are the happiest ones. But if they are unable to save their patients, there is nothing more painful than that and then the

doctors just try to find out how could they have saved the patient and what can be done in the similar situation in case of future patients,

Doctors are facing a lot of mental health issues now after seeing so many deaths and working long shifts.

Oct 02, 2020

23:15 (IST)

Good work doesn't rely on recognition: Pankaj Tripathi

Oct 02, 2020

23:07 (IST)

Ravi Bhatnagar, Director, External Affairs & Partnerships, RB on donating a small amount as a token of his

Doctors and nurses who were treating me for a month, I asked them when they went home last and they said, about 40-45 days back. I left a note for the doctors and nurses and paramedics when I left. The sanitation workers made sure that the room and loos are kept clean and I don't get any other infections.

We have a sense of gratitude towards the warriors and as a brand, we want to felicitate them.

It's our 'shradhanjali' towards Mahatma Gandhi on his birthday by felicitating the warriors and acknowledging their work.

Oct 02, 2020

22:58 (IST)

Dr Prashant Saxena, Associate Director, Critical Care Head, Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine, Max Smart Hospital on the experience of handling COVID

COVID-19 was really a wake-up call. In India, we don't have an established tertiary health system. It is still evolving. Initially, we faced a lack of PPEs, testing facilities and healthcare facilities but gradually we became confident. We learnt gradually. There was fear among the doctors, nurses, paramedical staff about getting infected. Now, the fear is less. We were not using PPEs in our day to day routine but now we have learnt that we need to be more disciplined.

Oct 02, 2020

22:28 (IST)

The comprehensive sexuality education includes various aspects and equips children with values, skills and information. It also protects their rights. They are able to manage peer pressure, cyber security, abuse. Studies across the world has shown it does more good than harm: Richa Shukla, Educationalist

Oct 02, 2020

22:13 (IST)

There is an urgent need to take up sex and adolescent education in school curriculum and remove the taboo around thee topics: Atishi Marlena, Former Advisor to Delhi Deputy CM on Education

Oct 02, 2020

21:21 (IST)

Indeed, swasth is mast!

Oct 02, 2020

21:08 (IST)

That is the little masters art piece which he painted over 9 hours of the #SwasthyaMantra telethon

#BanegaSwasthIndia | Meet Aarav Verma who has painted this beautiful painting for @DettolIndia - @ndtv 12-hour #SwasthyaMantra telethon

Track LIVE UPDATES on https://t.co/3oUB8q1RVX pic.twitter.com/UffkUqeRz8
- Banega Swasth India (@banegaswasthind) October 2, 2020

Oct 02, 2020

20:46 (IST)

Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel laureate in Economics on the telethon

#BanegaSwasthIndia | Watch: Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel Laureate in Economics talks about coronavirus outbreak in India and its learnings on @DettolIndia - @ndtv 12-hour #SwasthyaMantra telethon

Follow LIVE UPDATES on https://t.co/3oUB8pKgxn pic.twitter.com/I2ZQsolQ1V
- Banega Swasth India (@banegaswasthind) October 2, 2020