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 Welcome to Kerala Voluntary Heath Services - Kottayam

Kerala Voluntary Heath Services

Kottayam one of the largest district of India which is having 28 lakhs of population always in the limelight of social developments and in the present achievement in the tobacco control added gems to the crown. Educational institutions, Hospitals, Cultural groups, Religious organizations, Political leadership, corporate groups and media all were reached to the same thought ie throw away tobacco products from the district .The study conducted by Kerala VHS and District Administration shows the trend of growth in the tobacco use. More over the cry of parents on there children’s health, laming news about the oral cancer and increased knowledge about the dangers of second hand smoke ensure civil society support to the anti tobacco movement. Media the opinion building institution played there role well and set the target in advance. The six hundred and sixty eight news within one year in different print and visual media about “Tobacco Free Kottayam” make the path clear.

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 About KVHS

Kerala Voluntary Health Services is a non-profit organization registered under the societies Registration Act. It is federated to the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI), New Delhi.

Since its inception in 1971, it has been striving towards the goal of providing health for the people of Kerala. It is to the credit of Kerala VHS, that it has been able to maintain constant touch with the grass root level health and social development organizations in Kerala all these years. From 1998 on wards KVHS diversified its involvement in other development areas and now we are the official NGO consultant of many govt. development projects. Kerala VHS has been inconstant touch with the govt. in the formulation of health policies as well as other development interventions.

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 Tobacco Free Kottayam
Tobacco Free Kottayam Tobacco Free Kottayam
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 Tobacco Free Kottayam Declaration

Kerala Voluntary Health Services has made a remarkable achievement in the field of Tobacco Control in Kerala by declaring Kottayam as the first Smoke Free district in India on 27th September 2008. The declaration covers Kottayam Town, 76 villages and 4 municipalities consisting of an over all population of 28 lakhs. We achieved this by the effort of last one year in association with the District Administration and the Department of Health and Family Welfare. A grant of 6 lakhs from VHAI under Bloomberg Global Initiative and an aid of 1.75 lakhs from American Cancer Society were utilized for this campaign. The technical input from “The Union” helped us a lot to complete the task effectively. This proves the strength of civil society to enforce the tobacco control among a large population.

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Tobacco Free Kottayam   Tobacco Free Kottayam
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