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AWARENESS

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AWARENESS ABOUT COMMUNITY RESPONSE NETWORK(CNR101) About: Community Response Network (CRN 101) is a simple course designed to give a student a basic understanding of disaster management and how government systems work in general.   Objective: The objective of CRN 101 course is to educate and create awareness about various government systems involved in the mitigation of disaster management. It covers a brief introduction to various government systems and how these systems coordinate together a Times of disasters.   The 3-Tier Panchayat System Rural Area The smallest unit within a Panchayat System is a ward. From each ward, an individual is elected by the people in the Panchayat through the Panchayat elections and is known as “Ward Member”. The ward members from various Wards report to a Panchayat Committee. The Panchayat committee also has appointed members along with the elected members. The Panchayat Committee has a President (Elected Member) and Secretary(government appoint...
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COVID WORK

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  WORK OF COVID TEAM AND MANAGEMENT OF COVID PATIENTS Rapid response team How does the government system deal with Coronavirus spread within a Ward? The CoronaVirus has not just affected our health as a population but has also managed to alter the behaviour of our whole community. It is important to learn how the community has evolved to deal with the CoronaVirus. While public gatherings are restricted, travelling is also discouraged. It is the Ward level Team which at the face of this calamity is acting as the Rapid Response Team(RRT) that is given the responsibility to enforce this quarantine. The RRT is expected to maintain a line list (a list of all such persons with their necessary information and relevant dates).Because the RRT is part of the community there, they are expected to know the individuals or families living there. The team has to have surveillance over the 400 odd families in that community. If this job is done with care and precision, half the battle against Coro...
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