Roundabouts are a safer and a more user-friendly alternative to traditional crossroads as they do not interrupt traffic flow. Traffic does not need to stop; simply yield, allowing the junction to handle more traffic in the same amount of time. Wait and allow people already in the roundabout to move out before entering in.
Road infrastructure is designed for men - bus step heights & duration of #pedestrian lights for example. Safety is a crucial missing link in road design. Pedestrian infrastructure like foot overbridges & subways tend to be dark, unwelcoming spaces that are unsafe for #women. This International #WomensDay, let us focus on improving & revamping our public infrastructure to be inclusive.
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a medical condition where the pressure exerted by the blood on the inner walls of blood vessels is high. This incidence of blood pressure is rising, driven by obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and modern diets that comprise processed foods high in fats, sugar and salt. Hypertension often has no symptoms and so it is called the ‘silent killer’. It can become serious if left unidentified and untreated. Hypertension is the underlying and leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide (World Health Organisation). Building awareness among the public about the dangers of hypertension therefore remains an essential aspect of managing this rapidly rising condition.
Hypertension accounts for about half of all heart disease and stroke-related deaths worldwide (World Heart Foundation). A worrying trend is the increase in the prevalence of hypertension in low and middle-income countries, almost two-thirds of adults aged between 30-79 live here. Unfortunately, 46% of adults in the world are not aware of their conditions. Large vulnerable populations in India live under significant risk of heart attacks and strokes, when hypertension is a condition that can be detected with minimal diagnostic equipment even at primary health care centres. Even treatment costs of the disease are low compared to most other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) prevalent in India. Despite this, India alone has more than 200 million people who are hypertensive or diagnosed with high blood pressure, with a mere 20 million having it under control.
Globally, WHO has set a target to reduce the prevalence of hypertension by 33% by 2030. It is therefore obligatory that routine screening and treatment be made accessible to the last mile if we intend to contain its rise.
A recent study by UWA research analysed global data from 163 health studies revealing a correlation between climate-induced extremes & preterm births, and exacerbated respiratory diseases, mortality, and morbidity in all children. #ActOnClimate
Not sure what to do at those unmarked junctions? Who goes first? Who waits? Right of way rules are crucial to road safety. But for them to work, we all need to keep the same rule, and keep it consistently. Join us as we take you through some of these rules #DriveSafe
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There are an estimated 20 million waste pickers worldwide, who make our lives bearable just by doing those jobs no one wants. Why not try and get to know your local waste picker? You will see for yourself, how enterprising and resilient they are. More importantly, you will see how important the job they do is - without them our homes, streets and neighbourhoods will be reduced to stink and decay. #InternationalWastepickersDay
Described as the most destructive migratory pests, locusts travel in swarms covering 50 to over 100 km daily. Each swarm, having tens of millions of locusts, can consume the daily food supply of thousands of people, posing a threat to the global food chain.
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The Fair Digital Financial Accelerator was launched by Consumers International with support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) to ensure a safe, proactive and sustainable digital finance market place for consumers in the low and middle income countries. The grant programme will support consumer associations to create or strengthen channels of engagement with regulators and digital financial services providers to find and accelerate solutions to risks and challenges experienced by consumers of digital finance within their countries.
Citizen consumer and civic Action Group will engage in furthering the above stated objective of Consumers international and aim to understand the current scenario of digital financial services in the country through surveys and aim to strengthen the existing knowledge ecosystem of consumers by creating and distributing IEC materials including pamphlets and awareness videos.
In recent years digital financial services (DFS) have seen a rapid rise in usage in low and middle-income countries such as India. DFS has the potential to transform the banking sector in India by ensuring that even people in the remotest areas can engage in money withdrawals and transactions via their mobile phones. However, the digital financial services landscape is fraught with challenges such as misinformation, frauds, lack of knowledge regarding safe use of digital services, and multiple other concerns. Through this project, the aim is to amplify the interests and challenges of the consumers and seek remedial measures from appropriate authorities in concerned countries. In India the concerned authority will be the Reserve Bank of India.