Indian Health Professions Alliance formed

EPP News Bureau - Mysore

The Indian Health Professions Alliance (IHPA) to integrate healthcare system and to provide a unique platform to exchange experience and expertise amongst healthcare providers was formed recently during a two day international conference on health sciences held at Mysore.

Presidents of statutory bodies and professional associations from medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, ayurveda and physiotherapy participated in the penal discussion. After detailed discussions it was unanimously agreed to form the IHPA.

The IHPA will moot new ideas to integrate healthcare in India and advice the policy makers and government during disasters and natural calamities. A core group consisting of all presidents or their nominees of the all statutory bodies and professional organisations of health sciences was constituted.

The conference was organised by the JSS Mahavidyapeetha and its Health Science Institutions including medical, dental, pharmacy, ayurveda, nursing, physiotherapy and speech and hearing. The theme of the conference was ‘‘Integrated Healthcare for Global Wellbeing’’.

Dr B G Nagavi, principal, JSS College of Pharmacy, was nominated as the convenor of ICHS. The core committee will meet in the near future to workout the details including constitution, by laws, aims and objectives, membership etc. KLE Society, Belgaum has come forward to organise the ICHS core committee meeting in Belgaum or Bangalore.

About 3,000 delegates from 13 states participated in the conference. There were international speakers from Australia, Sudan, Srilanka and Germany. 285 posters were displayed in the above seven disciplines of health sciences.

Two theme lectures and about 60 oral presentations were made by teachers, research scholars and about 50 invited lectures were delivered on various topics related to the theme. In addition, scientific exhibition was also arranged.

A panel discussion on the theme was also held.