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WWTD Oath!! This is the 7th Founder’s Day of the World Water Therapy Day. How can we support Sustainable Development Goals through water wisdom and water therapy? 1. Water is Life 2. Water is Health 3. Reduce the sources of greenhouse gas emissions. 4. Health co-benefits 5. Let’s try to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy 6. Shifts in diets from red meat consumption to legumes, fruits and vegetables 7. Greater energy efficiency in buildings 8. Let’s try to be closer to nature. 9. Concept of Mahatma Gandhi: Simple Living and High Thinking

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Health & Happiness Lesson plans

Health Happiness & Achieving Goals through World Water Therapy Day!!

                        1.Interactive pedagogy tools:

This concept  is to be introduced to students of secondary and higher secondary schools. The educational community, teachers and policy makers are always worried about innovation in education and my water therapy concept is on the right direction in helping education and health.

Students can register with my website ,providing their profile or schools can provide the details so that water therapy bell will ring on time and alert them.

2. Remembering:  All the students of secondary and higher secondary know that water is good for the body but many have no idea about why is it essential?

Water therapy bell will alert them and make them remember Water is life and Water Gives Life.

Verbs : do, give , drink, select ,examine, finding, locating, timing ,heal

Possible Learning activities:

1.      Water is not just for conservation and environmental protection, it is a must for metabolic functions of the body .

2.      The planet is more than 70 per cent covered with water body and same is applicable for our body.

3.      Quiz: To create awareness and generate knowledge

4.      Demonstrating

5.      Presentation

6.      Using tools on the app.

7.      Illustrating

8.      Health factors

9.      Concentration

10.  Academic performance

 Understanding

When they do this healthier activity, they understand it and feel it and when they do it in the classroom ,there would be more coordinated and cooperative activities and become a fun. The tools will have more self-explanatory tools.

Action Verbs: drinking, understand , fell , coordinating, cooperating, become, applying tools

Expecting Learning activities:

*They would learn drinking water through water therapy concept is a fun and cooperative learning is a good activity.

* They would learn taking care of health is easy when the idea is conceived.

* They would feel their happiness index up

* The will look forward to learn more in all other subjects.

* Water conservation is not just the activity for students, this is also  more important

Applying:

The materials and other images are available on the App and after understand stage, they would be eager to apply to themselves to feel and experience the activity.

Verbs: understand, apply , fell, activity, seek, look, turn,

Learning activities:

Illustration:

Beautiful illustration, images, colorful text etc would make them eager to apply the activities within no time.

Presentation:

The way the materials and images are presented would create excitement in them and refresh them every day.

Happiness:

Their body would be glowing with the passage of hydroelectricity and energy.

Conentration:

Because of the consistent energy, they would be able to concentrate on their further activities in the class room and outside.

Listing:

Learners would be able to make a long list through the website and app of the advantages of the water therapy concept.

Analyzing :

When the learners examine the information and materials, they would be able to split words and phrases and re-assimilate for better performance and remembrance. They would be able to filter the information needed now and keep other deferred for future use.

Verbs: filter, keep, defer , use, analyze ,split, assimilate.

Learning activities:  Association, re-assimilation, collection, regenerate etc would be the learning activities in this process.

((Author Murli Menon is a Health & Global Education teacher, Information Scientist, Founder of World Water Therapy Day, United Nations Awardee, water activist and researcher & a committed social worker. Email: [email protected])

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Smartphone for Learning & Security!!!!

Mobile/smartphone  a blessing for learning and monitoring security

: Blog from Murli Menon

I’m just a beginner in about digital /multimedia  and still trying to write a few lines  from this week 1 learning. I’m here trying to put together and associate my thought in a true form.

Multimedia: It’s the presence of text, pictures, sound, animation and video; organized in a logical way. Why the world ,these days are talking about Multimedia? Because the tremendous benefits it provides to the digital users.

1.      Problem solving :  Human brain dedicates itself to visual processing, thereby using  images ,videos , animation and texts.  In a multimedia learning environment, students are able to pay attention and increase their retention ability.

2.      Deeper understanding:  Multimedia learning stimulates the brain to make association between verbal and visual representations. We are equipping the present generation for a high level of thinking , problem solving and skills needed for the future competitive world.

3.      Positive emotions: Multimedia promotes positive attitude for students to learn  and pro-activeness .

4.      It’s multi: So we get varieties of information  and smartphones are a blessing for them to search for information, sharing and participate in active discussion in the class rooms.

5.      More opportunities: Educational video can provide more opportunities for students to engage with the content materials and texts etc.  Video can sometimes demonstrate complex ideas and access other times and places better than speaking can.

6.      Supplement materials: Instructors can use video to provide supplemental materials for their students. This can help reinforce content and give students resources to prepare for assessments.

7.      Flipped Course:  Many teaching faculties have gained in teaching students by using video to flip and herein ,students seek new materials outside of class time.

8.      MOOCS:  Videos are the largest creations  in MOOCS learning modules and it is a blessing for students around the world through varieties of learning of contexts

 Characteristics of media:

1, Synchronous  and Asynchronous technologies /media:

Synchronous technology  is a blend of history-based and history-free modeling.. It’s a support learning at the same time but not the same location. Video conferencing on Google or Zoom meet are the examples for it.

Asynchronous media:  Here participants can access information at different points of time at different locations and their ease and convenience. Videos from YouTube and Podcast are some examples.

Characteristic 2 :

Broadcast and communicative media;

A major structural distinction is between ‘broadcast’ media that are primarily one-to-many and one-way, and those media that are primarily many-to-many or ‘communicative’, allowing for two-way or multiple communication connections. Communicative media include those that give equal ‘power’ of communication between multiple end users.

Television, radio and print for example are primarily broadcast or one-way media, as end users or ‘recipients’ cannot change the ‘message’ whereas the telephone, video-conferencing, e-mail, online discussion forums, most social media and the Internet are examples of communicative media or technologies.

Characteristics 3:

Media Richness

Media richness , sometimes referred to as information richness theory, is a framework used to describe a communication medium's ability to reproduce the information sent over it. Here learners learn better when new information is presented and students can clear their concepts.

Characteristic :

Interactivity:

Following ingredients are to be considered  and design accordingly,  in the interaction presentation.

1.      Reactive and passive interaction

2.      Limited interaction

3.      Complex participation

4.      Real time interaction.

Why mobile learning is good for students?

1.      Students can learn at their convenient from anywhere at any time.

2.      Students can learn when they are ready.

3.      Promote life- long learning habits.

4.      Learners from even the remote areas can have an access

5.      It is learner-oriented.

6.      Diversity in the learning preferences.

7.      Students can learn to the context.

8.      Special needs are taken care of.

9.      Hindrances being removed in the learning process.

10.   Engage the vulnerable and lagging behind

11.   A blessing even during disasters

12.  Asynchronous way of learning.

 Pedagogical affordance of media:

1,Connectivity and social rapport

2. Cooperative information exploration and sharing

3. Creative contents

4. Content modification through knowledge and information.

5. Careful planning and understanding

6. Focus on learners’ attention

7. Feedback mechanism by tutors and learners.

8. Collective wisdom

9. Management of learner’s conversation for the appropriate audience.

10. One diagram concept than various threads.

11 Text –abstract ideas

12. Graphic-Visualization

13. Audio-language learning

14. Video-dynamic change

15. Computing-objective assessment

16. Social media- collaboration

17. Context dependability on face to face.

   Sources: 1. https://www.nuiteq.com/company/blog/5-benefits-of-multimedia-learning#:~:text=According%20to%20research%2C%20a%20benefit,of%20learning%20to%20other%20situations.

2. https://www.mooc4dev.org/course/mlm1/#/lecture/5

 3. https://digital.bu.edu/edtech/resources/teaching-with-multimedia/

4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267301616_Evaluating_pedagogical_affordances_of_media_sharing_Web_20_technologies_A_case_study

5. https://www.mooc4dev.org/course/mlm1/#/lecture/5

5. https://www.mooc4dev.org/course/mlm1/#/lecture/7

6. https://www.mooc4dev.org/course/mlm1/#/lecture/6

7. https://www.mooc4dev.org/course/mlm1/#/lecture/8

((Author Murli Menon is a Health & Global Education teacher, Information Scientist, Founder of World Water Therapy Day, United Nations Awardee, water activist and researcher & a committed social worker. Email: [email protected])

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Is GVC in need of resurge for its global operation efficiently for countries like India?

Is there a way forward for trade and development in GVC and a paradigm shift for its refresh movement for resilience? What would be the post Covid19 outcome and the impact in a another few years?  Will the most populous countries like India and China make a come back for the global families and vice-versa?  Should the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” be extended as “Vasu dhaiva Kutumbakham” for the survival of other countries and India in the Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains?

Let me quote a few lines from the latest World Bank Report on GVC. After 1990 international trade surged with the empowerment of Global Value Chains and it can takes the credit for almost half of all trade.  Poor countries grew rapidly and tried to catch up with richer countries. The smooth economic growth got many shocks since 2008 due to global financial crisis and there has been lack of energy in the up trade and stagnation of expansion of GVCs. Conflicts among large countries led to a retrenchment or a segmentation of GVCS and it is a threat for the trade-led growth. New technologies made producers and production closer to the consumer but it reduced the demand for labor. On the other side, the growth of automation and other labor-saving technologies such as 3D printing may encourage countries to reduce production abroad.  Anyhow, the present World Bank Report states that  developing countries can achieve better outcomes by pursuing market-oriented reforms specific to their stage of development.

Report adds,”. In particular, the Report highlights what can be done by countries that have been largely left out of the GVC revolution. Important steps such as speeding up customs procedures and reducing border delays can yield big benefits for countries making the transition from simply exporting commodities to basic manufacturing. Strengthening the rule of law reinforces trade as well. Also helpful are investments that improve connectivity by modernizing communications and roads, railways, and ports. Liberalizing road, sea, and air transport is also important.”

Some of the poor countries, including Bangladesh, China and Vietnam, could take advantage of establishing manufacturing/assembly platforms of MNEs and could benefit from increased productivity and incomes resulting in steep declines in poverty. Much of the growth in GVCs came from trade-led comparative advantage originating from labour-intensive manufacturing/assembly.

Financial Express reports quote,” COVID-19 crisis: A threat to global value chains? It is sure for that the world would witness aftermath of Covid19 and there are some views that many countries have been made vulnerable due to the spread of the disease and the global integration and dependence of GVCs. And lots of stringent measure in the supply channels on trade and travel and shipments. There are also some strong views that had countries been more self-reliant, they would have been more resilient.” What Covid 19 taught the world that  excessive dependence on any particular country in a GVC is not desirable and China has shown it through its   current dominance in global manufacturing value chains and the constraints this poses for other countries during this pandemic highlights the problem. Even large countries like the US and India, which have domestic manufacturing capabilities, are prone to disruptions in the supply chain as they rely on getting parts and intermediates from other countries.

Post Covid 19 India

The unprecedented crisis of Covid-19 has deteriorated human health ,greater than the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and the Great Depression of 1929. As the IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), April 2020, puts it, “Depending on the duration, global business confidence could be severely affected, leading to weaker investment and growth than projected in the baseline. Related to the uncertainty around COVID-19, an extended risk-off episode in financial markets and tightening of financial conditions could cause deeper and longer-lasting downturns in a number of countries.”

The Indian economy has already been facing serious deceleration in economic growth, quarter after quarter, since Quarter-1 of 2018-19 when it posted a growth of 8% in GDP at market prices. The decline has been sharp with expected growth in Quarter-2 of 2019-20 estimated at 4.5%.[3] The aftermath of Covid-19 might put India’s growth rate for 2020-21 anywhere below 2%, or even lower. These are guess-estimates and would very much depend on the peak, length and the likely returning waves of Covid-19 after its first phase gets flattened. However, it is just not feasible to put economic cost to the human lives lost. India blacklashed for her active participation in GVC though many expected high from India being one of the major potential countries, in spite of the keen interest shown by Indian industry and the government. Other poor countries like China, Vietnam and Bangladesh took  great advantage of GVCS  through labor-intensive units. It is unfortunate though that while labour-intensive manufacturing could have created many more jobs, the share of manufacturing in GDP has remained sticky at about 17% for more than two decades.

Atmanirbhar Bharat announced by the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendrda Modi stating that to be self-reliant, “Atmanirbhar Bharat’ was the need of the hour and India should play a big role in the global supply chain in the midst of Post Covid19. To support this, he has introduced some new policies such as rational tax system, simple and clear rule-of-law, good infrastructure , capable and competent human resources and a strong financial system. He also emphasized on five things that , are very important to build a self-reliant India: intent, inclusion, investment, infrastructure, and innovation and he appealed to the Indian  to  talk from the position of strength, be competitive, and provide quality products to the world.

 India has faced the COVID-19 situation with fortitude and a spirit of self-reliance, that is evident in the fact that from zero production of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) before March 2020, India today has created a capacity of producing 2 lakh PPE kits daily, which is also growing steadily.

Additionally, India has demonstrated how it rises up to challenges and uncovers opportunities therein, as manifested in the re-purposing of various automobile sector industries to collaborate in the making of life-saving ventilators. The clarion call given by the Hon'ble PM to use these trying times to become Atmanirbhar (self-reliant) has been very well received to enable the resurgence of the Indian economy. Unlock 1 Guidelines have been issued to enable resumption of economic activities while maintaining abundant caution thus allowing graded easing of restrictions.

The Five pillars of Atmanirbhar Bharat focus on:

·         Economy

·         Infrastructure

·         System

·         Vibrant Demography and

·         Demand

The Five phases of Atmanirbhar Bharat are:

·         Phase-I: Businesses including MSMEs

·         Phase-II: Poor, including migrants and farmers

·         Phase-III: Agriculture

·         Phase-IV: New Horizons of Growth

·         Phase-V: Government Reforms and Enablers

Only time will heal the wound created by the Novel Coronavirus in India and the world.  The only mantra is ‘Vasudaiva Kutumbakam’.

 Sources: Financial Express, Economic Times, Brooking, World Bank, Atlantic Council, Government of India.

Note: This assignment was a part of my  submission for the World Bank Course : Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains - WDR 2020

The writer, Mr.  Murli Menon is an Information Scientist, Global Health Ambassador, and the Founder of the World Water Therapy Day.

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Water,Hands & Coronavirus

Coronavirus repelling through Wash Your Hands & challenges of water!!

We all agree that the best weapon to beat coronavirus is “Washing your hands frequently and thoroughly” and the best protective measure as per  one of the guidelines for prevention by the World Health Organisation. And no doubt, we all have being doing it with soap for 20 minutes to eliminate viral particles on our hands.

There is a great challenge to follow in low and middle-income countries as there is a lack of safe drinking water for 2.2 billion people in the world. Many of these countries have already  been  facing   with lack of rain or drought or climate change or contaminated water or fetching water is far away from their living place.

There is no denial that “wash your hands’ is a small action with deep impact  which can contribute a tremendous positive result in conquering coronavirus pandemic. But Latin America and the Caribbean regions alone 25 per cent of the population do not have access to safe water distirubution.

Let’s do a little bit of research on hand-washing and before that let’s understand about the  scientific concept.

Respiratory viruses like coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread when mucus or droplets containing the virus get into your body through your eyes, nose or throat. Most often, this happens through your hands. Hands are also one of the most common ways that the virus spreads from one person to the next.

During a     global pandemic, one of the cheapest, easiest, and most important     ways to prevent the spread of a virus is to wash your hands frequently     with soap and water. One has to wash hands properly to eliminate all traces of the virus on your     hands, a quick scrub and a rinse won’t cut it.  And one has to go through these process     such as

1. Wet     hands with running water

2: Apply enough soap to cover wet hands

3: Scrub all surfaces of the hands – including back of hands, between fingers and under nails – for at least 20 seconds.

4: Rinse thoroughly with running water

5: Dry hands with a clean cloth or single-use towel

When do you have to wash your hands  also depends on the following:

*After blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing

After visiting a public space, including     public transportation, markets and places of worship

After touching surfaces outside of the     home, including money

Before, during and after caring for a     sick person

Before and after eating

In general, you should always wash your hands at the following times:

After using the toilet

Before and after eating

After handling garbage

After touching animals and pets

After changing babies’ diapers or helping     children use the toilet

When your hands are visibly dirty 

Suppose in a family, there are  five members, then you would be needing at least  250 ml of running tap water  for one time action for one person, that means five members in a family need  1.250 liters of water. So in a day, approximately, one person washes his or hands 10 times in a day and so 50 times for five members, amounting to  25 liters ,just for hand wash.

It is a great challenge for countries like Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Nepal, etc to tackle the present issue of Coronavirus. Because It would take another 6 months to lessen the intensity of this pandemic.

(The writer, Murli Menon is a water activist, researcher, Director of World Water Therapy Day & World Water Day community)

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What the world has to learn from South Korea & Italy!!

Why Coronavirus hit  Italy  while South Korea has less death?

South Korea managed to have the rate of testing of 3,692 tests per million people and that reflected its mortality rate too, i.e. about 0.6 per cent  or 66 deaths where as Italy could manage to have tests about 826 people per million and its mortality rate was 10 times higher out of the diagnosed infected people. It was very much clear that more testing in South Korea saved hundreds of lives and prevented the next infection and thereby protected the doctors too.  

For years ICU specialists have proved that the syndrome of rapidly progressing lung failure can lead to more mortality and it is totally applicable to Covid-19 as it is a rapidly spreading coronary disease. 22 per cent of the Italian population are smokers and in gender class ,males outcast females. Already Italy has premature death due to heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and trachea, bronchus and lung cancers. So Coronavirus added to the tragedy in Italy. n Italy, 90% of the more than 1,000 deaths occur in those 70 or older.

In reverse, the outbreak in South Korea occurred much among the youth population and 20 per cent cases were diagnosed  with the people above 60 years of age. Though the smoking population of Italy and South Korea is almost the same, the most affected were the youth and so the mortality rate was low and the outbreak was affected mainly the non-smoking women.

These are the main demographic difference between South Korea & Italy. This can put more light for India & USA and other countries  to deal with the situation. But I should appreciate Japan here because Japan has a standardised hygienic practice which traditional Indians practised in a colloquial way.

Murli Menon,

Information Scientist ,Global Health Ambassador

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Prevention: Coronavirus

निवारक उपाय: कोरोना वायरस

                        1.      बार-बार हाथ धोएं

अपने हाथों को अल्कोहल-आधारित से नियमित रूप से और अच्छी तरह से साफ करें या उन्हें साबुन और पानी से धोएं। (World Water Therapy Day Mantra)

।क्यों? अपने हाथों को साबुन और पानी से धोना या अल्कोहल-आधारित हाथ रगड़ने  से वायरस मर जाते  है जो आपके हाथों पर हो सकता है।

2.       सामाजिक दूरी बनाए रखें

अपने और किसी के भी खांसने या छींकने के बीच कम से कम 1 मीटर की दूरी बनाए रखें।

. क्यों? जब किसी को खांसी या छींक आती है तो वे अपनी नाक या मुंह से छोटी तरल बूंदें छिड़कते हैं जिनमें वायरस हो सकता है। यदि आप बहुत करीब हैं, तो आप खांसी में सांस ले सकते हैं, जिसमें Covid​​-19 वायरस भी शामिल है यदि खांसी करने वाले व्यक्ति को यह बीमारी है.

3. आंखों, नाक और मुंह को छूने से बचें:

क्यों? हाथ कई सतहों को छूते हैं और वायरस उठा सकते हैं। एक बार दूषित होने पर, हाथ वायरस को आपकी आंखों, नाक या मुंह में स्थानांतरित कर सकते हैं। वहां से, वायरस आपके शरीर में प्रवेश कर सकता है और आपको बीमार कर सकता है।

3.      श्वसन स्वच्छता का अभ्यास करें:

सुनिश्चित करें कि आप, और आपके आस-पास के लोग, अच्छी श्वसन स्वच्छता का पालन करे. इसका मतलब है खांसी या छींक आने पर अपनी मुड़ी हुई कोहनी या टिशू से अपने मुंह और नाक को ढंकना। फिर इस्तेमाल किए गए ऊतक का तुरंत निपटान करें।

क्यों? बूंदों से वायरस फैलता है। अच्छी श्वसन स्वच्छता का पालन करके आप अपने आसपास के लोगों को सर्दी, फ्लू और Covid-19 जैसे वायरस से बचाते हैं।

5. यदि आपको बुखार, खांसी और सांस लेने में कठिनाई है, तो जल्द चिकित्सा देखभाल की तलाश करें:

यदि आप अस्वस्थ महसूस करते हैं तो घर पर रहें। यदि आपको बुखार, खांसी और सांस लेने में कठिनाई है, तो चिकित्सा पर ध्यान दें । अपने स्थानीय

स्वास्थ्य प्रा  धिकरण के निर्देशों का पालन करें।

 . क्यों? आपके क्षेत्र की स्थिति की जानकारी राष्ट्रीय और स्थानीय अधिकारियों के पास सबसे अधिक  होगी। कॉल करने से आपका स्वास्थ्य देखभाल प्रदाता आपको जल्दी से सही स्वास्थ्य सुविधा के लिए निर्देशित कर सकेगा। यह आपकी रक्षा भी करेगा और वायरस और अन्य संक्रमणों को फैलने से रोकने में मदद करेगा।

6.  सूचित रहें और अपने स्वास्थ्य सेवा प्रदाता द्वारा दी गई सलाह का पालन करें:

COVID-19 के बारे में नवीनतम घटनाओं से अवगत रहें। अपने स्वास्थ्य सेवा प्रदाता, अपने राष्ट्रीय और स्थानीय सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य प्राधिकरण या अपने नियोक्ता को COVID -19 से कैसे और कैसे बचाएं, इस पर दी गई सलाह का पालन करें.

उन लोगों के लिए सुरक्षा उपाय जो हाल ही में (पिछले 14 दिनों के) क्षेत्रों में गए हैं, जहां COVID-19 फैल रहा है।

7. अपने शरीर को हमेशा विषाक्त पदार्थों का निर्वहन करने और अपनी प्रतिरक्षा प्रणाली को बनाए रखने के लिए हाइड्रेट करें।हर व्यक्ति अलग होता है, इसलिए कृपया 919599679240 या वेबसाइट पर पानी पीने के नियमों के लिए संपर्क करें: 1.https://worldwatertherapyday.org/

2. https://www.youtube.com/user/kulavil100

3. https://www.youtube.com/user/monicamenon31

* ऊपर उल्लिखित मार्गदर्शन का पालन करें।

 जब तक आप ठीक न हो जाएं, तब तक     घर पर रहें, और सिर दर्द और बहती नाक     जैसे लक्षणों से।

।क्यों?     दूसरों के साथ संपर्क से     बचने और चिकित्सा सुविधाओं का दौरा करने से ये सुविधाएं अधिक प्रभावी ढंग से     संचालित हो सकेंगी और आपको और अन्य को संभव COVID-19     और अन्य वायरस से बचाने     में मदद मिलेगी।

यदि आप बुखार,     खांसी और सांस लेने में     कठिनाई का विकास करते हैं, तो तुरंत चिकित्सीय सलाह लें क्योंकि यह श्वसन     संक्रमण या अन्य गंभीर स्थिति के कारण हो सकता है। कॉल करें और किसी भी हाल     की यात्रा के बारे में अपने डॉक्टर को बताएं या यात्रियों से संपर्क करें।

क्यों?     अग्रिम में कॉल करने से     आपका स्वास्थ्य देखभाल प्रदाता आपको जल्दी से सही स्वास्थ्य सुविधा के लिए     निर्देशित कर सकेगा। यह COVID-19 और अन्य वायरस के संभावित प्रसार को रोकने में     भी मदद करेगा।

विभिन्न सतहों पर

1. प्लास्टिक सतहों: 72 घंटे

2. स्टेनलेस स्टील सतहों: 48 घंटे

3. कार्डबोर्ड सतहों: 48 घंटे

4. जितना संभव हो सार्वजनिक सतहों से बचें

5. कॉपर सतहों: 8 घंटे।

6. बार-बार हाथ धोएं और अपने चेहरे को छूने से बचें

7. जघन स्थानों में सतहों को साफ करना।

8. कपड़ा और लकड़ी: 4 घंटे।भिन्न सतहों पर:

कीटाणुनाशकों का उपयोग:

1.  1. शराब इन्फ्लूएंजा वायरस के खिलाफ प्रभावी है. एथिल अल्कोहल (70%) एक शक्तिशाली व्यापक स्पेक्ट्रम कीटाणुनाशक है और इसे आमतौर पर आइसोप्रोपिल अल्कोहल से बेहतर माना जाता है। शराब ज्वलनशील है, इसलिए इसके उपयोग को सतह कीटाणुनाशक के रूप में छोटे सतह वाले क्षेत्रों में सीमित करें और इसका उपयोग केवल अच्छी तरह से हवादार स्थानों में करें। कीटाणुनाशक के रूप में लंबे समय तक और बार-बार शराब का उपयोग मलिनकिरण, सूजन, सख्त और रबड़ और कुछ प्लास्टिक के टूटने का कारण बन सकता है।

अल्कोहल का उपयोग अक्सर छोटी सतहों (जैसे कई-खुराक वाली दवा की शीशियों, और थर्मामीटरों) के रबर स्टॉपर्स को कीटाणुरहित करने के लिए किया जाता है और कभी-कभी उपकरणों की बाहरी सतहों (जैसे स्टेथोस्कोप और वेंटिलेटर) पर भी।

2.  . ब्लीच

ब्लीच एक मजबूत और प्रभावी कीटाणुनाशक है - इसका सक्रिय घटक सोडियम हाइपोक्लोराइट इन्फ्लूएंजा वायरस सहित बैक्टीरिया, कवक और वायरस को मारने में प्रभावी है - लेकिन यह कार्बनिक पदार्थों द्वारा आसानी से निष्क्रिय हो जाता. हालांकि, ब्लीच श्लेष्म झिल्ली, त्वचा और वायुमार्ग को परेशान करता है; गर्मी और प्रकाश के तहत विघटित; और अन्य रसायनों के साथ आसानी से प्रतिक्रिया करता है। इसलिए, ब्लीच का उपयोग सावधानी से किया जाना चाहिए; वेंटिलेशन पर्याप्त होना चाहिए

पतला ब्लीच तैयार करने और उपयोग करने की प्रक्रियाएं

पतला ब्लीच तैयार और उपयोग करने के लिए:

• मास्क, रबर के दस्ताने और वॉटरप्रूफ एप्रन का उपयोग करें; आंखों को छींटे से बचाने के लिए भी चश्मे की सिफारिश की जाती है;

• मिश्रण और अच्छी तरह हवादार क्षेत्रों में ब्लीच समाधान का उपयोग करें;

• ठंडे पानी के साथ ब्लीच मिलाएं (गर्म पानी सोडियम हाइपोक्लोराइट को विघटित करता है और इसे अप्रभावी बना देता है);

• यदि 5% सोडियम हाइपोक्लोराइट युक्त ब्लीच का उपयोग करते हैं, तो इसे 0.05% तक पतला करें।

ब्लीच के उपयोग के लिए सावधानियां

. ब्लीच धातुओं को नुकसान पहुंचा     सकता है और चित्रित सतहों को नुकसान पहुंचा सकता है…

  -लेखक मुरली मेनन विश्व जल चिकित्सा दिवस के संस्थापक , कोविद 19 सलाहकार और सूचना वैज्ञानिक

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#Coronavirus, what we have to learn globally?

How these countries did their best to tackle Coronavirus ?

While I penning down,  the total status of Singapore was 48 imported, had travel history to Europe, North America and ASEAN. and  8 more local  cases of Covid19. Most in hospital were improving  and 14 in Intensive Care Unit. A top- notch healthcare system of the country could contain with it and is it possible for other countries to replicate its containment success? While Europe, the Middle East and the  U.S  were under high speeded gathering of the Novel Coronavirus, this vibrant country was at the containment stage . Though it is too early to comment its all success stories, but some measure of the country can be implemented by others. This country was a litmus test for the world , that the deadly  pathogens could be neutralized,  if not contained with.

The country can take credits of its unique was such as  a top-notch health system, draconian tracing and containment measures, and a small population that’s largely accepting of government’s expansive orders. 

It was one of the first countries to impose restrictions on anyone with recent travel history to China and parts of South Korea. It has a strict hospital and home quarantine regimen for potentially infected patients and is extensively tracing anyone they may have been in contact with.

It’s charging a couple who gave false information on their travel history and taking away residency status from a person who breached his quarantine, among other punitive actions.

Singapore “would not hesitate to take strong action” against rule breakers and the deliberate breaking of the rules, in the situation, called  for swift and decisive response.

The country started a text and mobile web-based software solution on Feb. 10 through which people placed under home quarantine could report their loAs the epidemic that emerged from China threatens to become a global pandemic that could wipe off 1 trillion dollar   from the world’s gross domestic product, Singapore used its early infections to establish an advanced contact tracing system.

It’s now using a new serological test developed by Duke-NUS Medical School that can establish links between infected cases, which will allow authorities to map out the chain of transmission and therefore try to break it. Local researchers had earlier successfully cultured the novel virus within a week of Singapore confirming its first case.

A historically very strong epidemiological surveillance and contact-tracing capacity boosted its objectives.

The country’s learning  with the 2003 SARS outbreak in which 33 people died in Singapore, and the 2010 swine flu known as H1N1 where an ESTIMATION  OF  more than 400,000 people got  infected, meant that precautions were already in place. These included ready-made government quarantine facilities and a 330-bed, state-of-the-art national center for managing infectious diseases that opened last year.

Singapore had conducted 38000 tests free and in all about, 6800 examinations per million population whereas the South Korea, with its success stories continued with its fast and expansive testing  of 6100 nos per million population.

We should also take time to appreciate Taiwan in handling the infection has largely been due to its early response at a time when the virus was still poorly understood and its transmission rate unclear. It also relied on historical experience rather than waiting for cues from the World Health Organization (WHO)

We should remember that Singapore was one of the first countries to be hit by the outbreak , outside China.

How U.S.A  with 332 million and India with 1.3 billion population  would deal with the situation is still a question mark against the Singapore population of 5.70 million?

(The author, Mr. Murli Menon is an Information Scientist, United Nations Activist, & Founder & Director of the World Water Therapy Day)

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Happy Birthday :World Water Therapy Day!!

:The Fifth Anniversary of the WWTD's on 19th November,2019!!

(Photo: Mr. Murli Menon, Founder of World Water Therapy Day with Ms. Kristen Palmer, Global Citizen & educationist @NewDelhi, India.@ Menons Home)

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Happy Birth Day campaign by students: World Water Therapy Day

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Anger should be healed, not to be managed in life!!

Anger is not to be managed, it is to be healed !!

The most  common signs of anger are verbal and non-verbal. Different kinds of anger can manifest differently and affect people differently.

Someone becomes angry depends on what the other person says and how he or she says it or the tone of voice or the  emotionally negative body language. Here I remember my mentor, noted Gandhian,  Late Adv. P.A.. Menon, educationist, thinker & philosopher, and his methodology  of lowering the opposite person’s anger. I had witnessed many  a time when I was his assistant, he would simply say the enraged person to give it in writing whatever he or she wanted to say and within seconds ,the opposite person got cooled down. Here Mr. Menon easily healed that person’s anger and he or she would go back with some lessons learned. My another mentor, Late Col.P.Satsangi, the doyen of education with whom I worked for more than a decade, used different strategy to heal the other person’s anger that he  would call his kitchen man to bring some lime juice for all who were sitting around him and some snacks to eat. Since I lived in Thailand for about a decade as a Global education and Health teacher, I always had a good experience with my colleagues and  they would focus some positive trait of the angered person and support to coordinate the hormone levels.

Though we claim, anger is a natural process , but it would adversely affect the person’s health and pollute the environment.  I being, the water activist and founder of World Water Therapy Day, anger  may be brought on by feeling thirst, tired, stressed or irritated and it is a mild dehydrated sickness. As a result of these releases in hormones our blood pressure, pulse, body temperature and breathing rate may increase, sometimes to potentially dangerous levels. This natural chemical reaction is designed to give us an instant boost of energy and power and is often referred to as the 'fight or flight' reaction. This means that the body and mind prepare for a fight or for running away from danger. In this situation, most of the water is lost from different organs and the brain in the process of chemical events taken place.

 It can be due to the unavailability of basic needs, insecurity, fear ,sex, sleep  etc  or things didn’t happen the way he or she wanted Even reacting to frustration ,criticism or a threat is a natural process  but it harms the person and the environment  in the  long run.

Why healing is important in the state of angriness?  Because Angriness is not just a state of mind,  it can trigger physical changes including an increased heart rate, blood pressure and levels of hormones such as adrenaline preparing us physically for ‘fight or flight’. It can include, loss of a family member, friend or loved one; some people are short tempered and become angry often when tired ; being bullied, humiliated or embarrassed or illness; sex frustration; money problem; deadlines to meet in the office; failure or disappointment; drug abuse or alcoholism; and  theft or violence.  Due to these physical effects long-term anger can be detrimental to health and wellbeing.

Some physical signs of pre or post anger are Frequent rubbing of the face, making clenched fists, tightly clasping one hand with the other, clenching of the jaw or grinding teeth, shallow breathing or breathlessness, sweat palms, increased heart rate, shaking lips and hands ,being rude or speaking loud etc.

 We should follow World Water Therapy Day rules to heal and sustainthe environment and to uphold our and your mission of Health ,Happiness & Achieving Goals . Please remember that dehydration affects cognition, concentration and the general ability to think clearly and control mood.  In many researches , it was seen  in young women, causing headaches, fatigue and difficulty concentrating. Female participants struggled concentrating on simple tasks but interestingly, suffered no reduction in cognitive ability. Dehydrated young men on the other hand, experienced difficulty in mental tasks, especially in areas of vigilance and memory, as well as anxiety and tension.

  Thiruvallur, the Tamil poet and philosopher said,” words can make or mar and the wounds that made by word would never heal whereas  the wounds that made by the fire would heal”.

((Author Murli Menon is a Health & Global Education teacher, Information Scientist, Founder of World Water Therapy Day, United Nations Awardee, water activist and researcher & a committed social worker. Email: [email protected])

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Your Tea bag may be an unhealthy warning!!!

Tea bags in  your cup may be hazardous to health!!

Every day morning, in office and while travelling, we all sip & enjoy hot  tea from the cup and confidently stirring tea bags in the milk and water.

Most teabags are made from paper, with a small amount of plastic used to seal them shut. But some premium brands have switched to using greater amounts of plastic mesh for their product instead. We believe that tea bags are shaped in pyramid shape so that tea leaves can infuse better and add flavor to our tongue

.The researchers, from McGill University in Montreal, Canada,  called for more investigation into the health effects of micro plastics, defined as small (less than 5mm in length) pieces of any kind of plastic debris. These  researchers found that some plastic tea bags shed high levels of micro plastics into water. The researchers removed the tea and placed the empty teabags in water heated to 95C (203F), as if they were brewing tea.

They found that a single plastic teabag released about 11.6bn microplastic and 3.1bn smaller nanoplastic particles into the hot water. The particles are completely invisible to the naked eye. The findings come from new research published by the American Chemical Society's journal Environmental Science & Technology, which tested four different commercial teas packaged in plastic tea bags.

The WHO study said that potential hazards from microplastics could stem from three sources — the particles themselves; chemicals in the particles; and "microorganisms that may attach and colonize on microplastics," known as biofilms.

The scientists said more research is needed to determine whether microplastics could be harmful to humans. 

((Author Murli Menon is a Health & Global Education teacher, Information Scientist, Founder of World Water Therapy Day, United Nations Awardee, water activist and researcher & a committed social worker. Email: [email protected])

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How your  daily activities cause the risk of cancer!!

Lesson : 2

Leading cause of skin cancer

We all know that smoking, drinking, overeating , some dairy products, sugar, dietary risks, high body mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activities   and modern hybridized wheat can pave the way for increasing cancer.  Accordingly to World Health Organisation, cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and one in six deaths is due to cancer. In 2018 alone, an estimate of 9.8 million deaths globally and  cancer is the second leading cause of deaths in United States.

. In the ordinary language, cancer is the rapid development of abnormal cells and spread to  other organs . This nature is called metastasis. Cancer is a large group of diseases affecting any part of the body and other terms are malignant tumors or neoplasms. The most common causes of cancer deaths are cancers of lungs, breast, liver ,stomach and colorectal.

Leading cause of skin cancer:  Exposing your body to the sun, specially during summer at beach for relaxation and fun. UV Rays from the Sun or artificial sources  like tanning beds can cause skin cancer. Because UV rays can damage fibre in your skin and  can cause discoloration , tumors , precancerous and cancerous skin lesions.  It is also heard that one tanning bed can increase the risk of  developing melanoma up to 20 per cent .

As per World Health Organisation,” The incidence of both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers has been increasing over the past decades. Currently, between 2 and 3 million non-melanoma skin cancers and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally each year. One in every three cancers diagnosed is a skin cancer and, according to Skin Cancer Foundation Statistics, one in every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.

As ozone levels are depleted, the atmosphere loses more and more of its protective filter function and more solar UV radiation reaches the Earth's surface. It is estimated that a 10 per cent decrease in ozone levels will result in an additional 300,000 non-melanoma and 4,500 melanoma skin cancer cases. The global incidence of melanoma continues to increase – however, the main factors that predispose to the development of melanoma seem to be connected with recreational exposure to the sun and a history of sunburn. These factors lie within each individual's own responsibility.”

 Skin cancer has  negative e impacts on  the  quality of life, and it can be disfiguring or even deadly. Medical treatment for skin cancer creates substantial health care costs for individuals, families, and the nation.

 There are two main types of skin cancer:

Keratinocyte     cancer develops     in skin cells called keratinocytes. It has two main subtypes, basal cell     carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Melanoma develops     in skin melanocyte cells. Melanocytes are skin cells that generate skin’s     brown pigment.

Other types of skin cancer include:

Merkel cell     carcinoma

Kaposi’s     sarcoma

cutaneous     (skin) lymphoma

skin adnexal     tumors

other types     of sarcomas

These types account for less than one percent  of all skin cancers

  VIB researchers connected to Ghent University have demonstrated that the caspase-14 protein - whose function has been unknown up to now - not only plays a role in maintaining the balance of moisture in the skin but also offers protection against UVB rays. Future strategies that increase the production of caspase-14 will open new possibilities for fortifying the skin as a barrier against all kinds of stress.

Caspases are proteins that are involved in inflammation reactions and in programmed cell death or apoptosis. Apoptosis is important in all stages of life. During embryonal development, for example, apoptosis ensures that undesirable or outmoded tissues disappear. In the mid-1990s, Peter Vandenabeele and his colleagues were able to isolate 9 caspase family members in mice. The properties and substrates of a number of caspases are already known. However, caspase-14 is a maverick in that it is found very specifically in the skin and is activated during the last stage of skin cell maturation. Due to the action of caspase-14, the outer epidermis of our skin contains dead cells that are released as flakes of skin.

Preventions such as less  sun exposure and having  proper sun protection, reducing UV exposure, with an emphasis on addressing excessive, avoidable, or unnecessary UV exposures and intentional exposure for the purpose of skin tanning including   using an artificial UV device indoor  or outdoors while sunbathing).

Here comes water therapy as your blessing. As mentioned above,  the absence of caspase-14 has very harmful effects on the skin's protective barrier function, which results in loss of water and diminished protection against UVB. 

 As per ,WWTD rules, you need only 20 minutes of sun shines for at least three days in a week. Please go through WWTD website for more information. http://www.worldwatertherapyday.org/

(Author Murli Menon is a Health & Global Education teacher, Information Scientist, Founder of World Water Therapy Day, United Nations Awardee, water activist and researcher & a committed social worker. Email: [email protected])

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Health, Happiness & Achieving Goals!!!

What should we learn from the untimely death of two dynamic political leaders of India?

India and the world saw the death of two dynamic leaders  in August,2019. They both were diametrically different but similar to the double partners in Lawn tennis where their aim was  to win over the opponents in the court. Yes, the two dynamic and intellectual leaders, the brain-and-heart combo of a strong political party, waived their hands to all of us in August, the month, which indicates beauty, love and strength of character. In between, Pragya Singh Thakur ,a Member of Parliament of India, said, “ the evil power worked against the duo for taking their lives and the opposing political party used, ’killing power’ to harm them.

RIP

According to the AIIMS, Delhi, On 6 August 2019, Sushma Swaraj,67,  reportedly suffered a heart attack in the evening after which she was rushed to AIIMS New Delhi, where she later died of a cardiac arrest. And ,  Arun Jaitley,66  was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. He was kept under observation at the Cardio-Neuro-Centre of the hospital, however, his condition kept on deteriorating and died on 24th August.

According to me, they both died due to prolonged  dehydration and I classify their diseases  under “Dehydrated diseases”.  They both were diabetes as per their health history. Arun Jaitley was suffered from diabetes and his condition got worsen after getting a kidney transplant on May 14, 2018. Earlier, in September 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery to lose weight that he had gained due to his long-standing diabetic condition. Since blood pressure and diabetes contribute each other and either one can be responsible for another one. It may be noted that earlier this year in January, Jaitley was also treated for soft tissue cancer in the US. Diabetic is a leading cause of kidney disease. He was not able to maintain his healthy and strict diet in the midst of his helms of affairs.  In true sense, and in the common man’s language,  he was forced to abuse his body that led to weight gain and kidney disorder. Due to dehydration and mineral imbalances, his DNA got damaged and had to go for soft  tissue cancer treatment.

 According to health experts ,  diabetic nephropathy or kidney damage is one of the most common conditions, affecting about 40 per cent of diabetic patients. Late Smt. Sushma Swaraj’s situation was not much different from Late Mr. Jaitley.  She also suffered from diabetes, renal failure , transplant, myocardial infarction.  

 About 1 in every 4 adults suffering from diabetes also suffers from kidney disease. Kidneys play a very important role in keeping the body healthy. They are a major part of the excretory system of the body, help in filtering wastes and extra water out of the body. Kidneys are also responsible for maintaining blood pressure.  Water therapy is a boon at his situation and it can maintain the fluid contents in different organs and neurotransmitter would be able to do their job actively and consistently . In the dehydrated environment,  igh blood glucose or blood sugar can damage the vessels in the kidney, making the kidneys too weak or absolutely unable to function. High blood pressure is also linked to diabetes, which is another cause of kidney diseases, as I said earlier.

Having been for a longer time in the dehydrated environment and  having diabetes for a long time increases the chances of kidney diseases. Further more, the risk in kidney diseases for diabetics is increased if the patient smokes, does not follow a diabetic diet, eats high refined  salt foods, does not exercise regularly, follows a sedentary lifestyle or has a family h A diet that regulates the blood glucose levels is the key to keeping the kidneys safe from damage due to diabetes hiistory of kidney failure and diseases for which one has to be disciplined in following the WWTD rules for proper hydration and regular water intake. Water power can totally heal the parental history of any disease and so not to worry about it.

One has to understand that no one becomes a diabetic patient or blood pressure patient or kidney patient, once in a blue moon, and it takes years of dehydration and mineral imbalances and DNA damage.  I’m not explaining here  about the metabolic impact in the neurotransmitter system, subordinate histamines, Prostaglandin E, Vasopressin etc as this message is mainly for the members of the public. In short, as I claim always, 80% of the people are lacking in water wisdom and respect for water. You cannot blame your doctors when the cascade of complications set in and better option is prevention

So your life is precious for the activists, and Health Ambassadors of the WWTD and so kindly follow World Water Therapy Day+ for Health, Happiness & Achieving Goals. I wish and pray that the new movement of the Government of India, Jal Shakti Abhiyan would work in coordination with World Water Therapy Day to achieve social & economical upliftment  of the country and the world.

With Due Respect,

Health & Happiness,

Murli Menon.

[email protected](The writer is a Global Education & Health Education teacher,Global Health Ambassador, Information Scientist , Founder of  World Water Therapy Day and World Water Day community, and Advisor of Deeksha, Nada-India Foundation and United Nations awardee)

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How your  daily activities cause the risk of cancer!!

Lesson No.1

Are you a frequent flyer?

We all know that smoking, drinking, overeating , some dairy products, sugar, dietary risks, high body mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activities   and modern hybridized wheat can pave the way for increasing cancer. Accordingly to World Health Organisation, cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and one in six deaths is due to cancer. In 2018 alone, an estimate of 9.8 million deaths globally and  cancer is the second leading cause of deaths in United States..

In the ordinary language, cancer is the rapid development of abnormal cells and spread to  other organs . This nature is called metastasis. Cancer is a large group of diseases affecting any part of the body and other terms are malignant tumors or neoplasms. The most common causes of cancer deaths are cancers of lungs, breast, liver ,stomach and colorectal.

Now let’s focus on the daily activates which may increase the growth of cancer.

Are you a frequent flyer!!

As per  the journal, Environmental Health,” the study looked at cancer diagnoses reported by flight attendants and compared those rates with cancer rates for people with similar socioeconomic status in non-flying occupations.”

It has been known that female flight attendants are prone to the higher risk of breast cancers as compared to other professionals. The reason could be the typical work environment of flight attendants as that of the general public. It is also a known fact that frequent flyers have a chance of four times more likely to get non-melanoma skin cancer. Researchers found that women and men on  cabin crews have higher rates of many types of cancer,  which includes cancers of the breast, cervix, skin, thyroid and uterus, as well as gastrointestinal system cancers, which include colon, stomach, esophageal, liver and pancreatic cancers.

. The main reason is at high altitude,  cosmic ionizing radiation damages  DNA and cabin crews receive the highest doze of this carcinogenic  agent. The ionizing radiation is at much more higher rate in the atmosphere as compared to the ground level.

There are many preventive measures such as controlling weight, enough sleep, healthy exercise, control on alcoholic drinks, avoid exposure to hazardous chemicals, exposure to radiations like mammograms, X-rays, CT Scans, PET scans , try to breastfeed your baby,  try to avoid HRT, Oral Contraceptives etc ; always try to stay in the shade during day times, cover your arms and legs with clothing,  wear a hat which covers the entire head,  wear sunglasses which block UVA and UVB rays during day time,  and observe any abnormal moles etc.

Always try to follow the World Water Therapy Day rules.

http://www.worldwatertherapyday.org/

 (Author Murli Menon is a Health & Global Education teacher, Information Scientist, Founder of World Water Therapy Day, United Nations Awardee, water activist and researcher & a committed social worker. Email: [email protected])

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