2021: The year of Investment in Personal Wealth: Your Health

January 6, 2021

Personally, I am looking to make 2021 a memorable investment year, and hope to have all of you along with me, with optimism and masked too!
The year 2020 has ended and ensured that all of us have become investors and start creating our personal wealth, with the most precious commodity -HEALTH; our own, our families and our communities.

‘COVID-19’, a highly infectious disease, which has marked its presence in nearly all countries of the world, and people across the globe are facing the same challenges irrespective of their socio-economic background, race, creed, geographical location, young and old, etc. to overcome the challenge.
COVID does not differentiate social status and incomes, it enters our lives indiscriminately and with disdain and wrecks lives!

Our country is of diverse cultures and is a deeply hierarchical society. To achieve any behavioural change is a very complex task. But then, 2020 was no ordinary year, it was a tumultuous one of such proportions the world had not seen in recent times.

COVID and the Lockdown, changed our way of life!

In all the chaos and human devastation, the redeeming factor that has emerged is that, people have become resilient and conscious of their Health. A focus on of the Family’s Physical, Mental and Emotional Wellbeing has become the new mantra for all of us.

Words for 2021: the 3Es; Equality, Empathy, Endurance!

Learning from all of the above, we launched our new Social Sanchar series – ‘Health and Wellbeing’, featuring leading Doctors and Healthcare Professionals as our Speakers.
We started with our ‘Heart’ followed by our ‘Brain’ then sensing the challenges of the Digital Age, took up the cause of our ‘Eyes’!
Our latest Social Sanchar was with Dr. Abhishek Mangeshikar and it focused on an issue extremely close to Women of ALL ages.

ENDOMETRIOSIS: The most common disease you haven’t heard of !

As a community there is an urgent need to speak about Endometriosis  and this conversation cannot be DELAYED!!
The Taboo around Menstruation stops us from understanding or even speaking about Endometriosis, a condition so common it affects millions of women!
This session was not just for Women but a must-watch for Men too!
Why should Women suffer due to ignorance!
 A Period should end a sentence not a LIFE!

To facilitate an interaction and clearing doubts, Dr. Abhishek Mangeshikar is available on TogetherVCAN Group on Facebook. Please join the group and stay connected.  

For accessing the Reports to our Social Sanchars, do visit the TogetherVCAN’s Social Sanchar page.
To see the videos of the sessions please go to our YouTube channel and do subscribe to the channel.

The Author, Indrani Malkani, is the Chairman of V Citizens Action Network (VCAN) and is an Ashoka Fellow

Tags: Health & Covid, TogetherVCAN's Social Sanchars

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