From Bollywood to Houston: Celebrity & Music Director Jatin Pandit Named Brand Ambassador for the World Congress on Preventive Healthcare 2015
From left: Jatin Pandit, Kainaz Pandit, Dr. Sumita Chowdhury, and Dr. Palash Chowdhury
HOUSTON: Dr. Sumita Chowdhury, Chairperson for the World Congress on Preventive Healthcare, at a press conference at Signature India, Houston, on Thursday, April 9, announced that Bollywood celebrity and music director Jatin Pandit will be the Brand Ambassador for the World Congress on Preventive Healthcare 2015. This Congress will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston from July 10 to July 12, 2015.
The World Congress on Preventive Healthcare (Prevention2015.org) is a part of the North American Bengali Conference (NABC) 2015, a non-profit organization that will attract more than 10,000 visitors from all around the world. Entry is free and is open to all (NABC2015.org) and the primary focus of this Congress will be on the local South Asian community.
Press reporters from the Voice of Asia, Urdu Times, Pakistan News, Duniya TV, and the Health Line attended the event. The President of the NABC, Tapan Das, and the Secretary of the NABC, Partha Chatterjee, presented its mission: to make a significant and sustainable difference to the global community.
The mission for the World Congress on Preventive Healthcare is to:
Educate communities on risk factors and preventive strategies
Enact healthy lifestyles, best practices, and equity in access
Empower each individual to implement early intervention and resuscitation, as knowledge is power.
One American dies every 40 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular diseases. A disproportionate burden of this risk is seen in the 3.4 million South Asians that live in the United States. These include individuals with ancestry from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The risks for heart attacks and cardiovascular death can be up to five times higher for South Asians when compared to other ethnic groups.
At the event, Dr. Chowdhury appealed to the South Asian community to unite and conquer the epidemics of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes and called on each member of the community to join the South Asian
Cardiovascular Registry and contribute to the advancement of science. The World Congress on Preventive Healthcare is organizing free screenings for clinical cardiac risk parameters, blood tests for advanced lipid parameters, diabetes testing, cardiac rhythm evaluations, and endothelial function tests.
Dr. Chowdhury invites all members of the South Asian community to come in after a 12 hour fast to the Screening Pavilion at the George R. Brown Convention Center, on July 11 and 12. Free breakfast will be served after the blood tests and all Registry participants will be treated to live music from the Brand Ambassador, Jatin Pandit!