‘No More Tension mobile app’ will help to tackle stress among people and improve productivity
JP Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, launched the ‘No More Tension mobile app’ and “Healthy India Initiative/ Swastha Bharat – ek pehal” quarterly magazine in New Delhi recently. Speaking on the occasion, Nadda stated that the ministry is working on the theme ‘Catch them Young’ programme to make people aware of stress-related problems.
Present on the occasion were Dr (Prof) Jagdish Prasad, DGHS, KB Agarwal, AS (HFW), Dr Niraj Kulshrestha, Director, Central Health Education Bureau (CHEB), Dr. Nimesh Desai, Director, Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences (IHBAS) and other senior officers of the Ministry.
Nadda stated the importance of stress management in life of an individual and how stress affects everyone irrespective of age, gender, financial status, etc. The Health Minister said that people suffer from stress-related problems due to their busy work life and hectic schedule, which in turn results in loss of productivity. “NCDs are acquired lifestyle ailments, which place a very high burden through the healthcare cost,” Nadda added. The Health Ministry is working on the theme of ‘Catch them Young’ and is working on effecting behaviour change among the young to keep away from such habits that cause NCDs, the Minister informed. He added that through pictorial books, health messages shall be brought out that will educate the children and youth about healthy living habits and activities.
The “Healthy India Initiative/ Swastha Bharat-ek pehal”, a quarterly magazine, will cater to health-related information and will raise awareness about healthy living. The magazine will cover different aspect of health: women and child health, elderly health, seasonal ailments, daily nutritional needs, safe medication practices, home remedies healthy living and many more. The magazine will be made available at all the government facilities up to the sub-centre and will be available free of cost. The e-version of this magazine is also available for download. The current issue is in Hindi and English and the next version will be available in 13 other languages.
Stress management mobile application ‘No More Tension’ helps users to manage stress. The main objective of ‘No More Tension’ is to provide information to users regarding stress such as, what is stress, effects, symptoms and its management. The application allows the user to measure their stress level and learn various techniques like yoga and meditation to reduce stress from their lives. Currently, the application is available for download on Google play store and App store and will be available shortly on Windows.
EH News Bureau