Orientation training on NP-NCD conducted in Zunheboto

DIMAPUR — Orientation training on National Programme for Prevention and Control Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD) was conducted at the office of the chief medical officer, Zunheboto on July 23.

In his address, Dr. N Mhonchan Kithan, DPO (NCD), Zunheboto, emphasised on the importance of creating Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) and termed it as a health care solution launched by the Government of India under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission in September 2021, an update stated.

Dr. Kithan mentioned the advantages of having an ABHA card as it allows a beneficiary to be identified under India’s health care ecosystem, which is accepted by health service providers across the country. During the orientation programme, the medical staffs were trained to generate ABHA ID.

Akavi, a staffer of National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), who took up a session on elimination of tuberculosis, stressed on the efforts made by the Government of India to eliminate tuberculosis disease in India by 2025.

He encouraged the staff to conduct tuberculosis awareness activities in the district.

Ado, consultant of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Zunheboto, who delivered health talk on dengue, malaria and Japanese encephalitis, urged the medical staff to conduct rapid diagnostic test for malaria in all fever cases.

The orientation programme concluded with Hekato, store keeper, emphasising on the benefit of supply and use of standard quality medicines. ANMs, CHOs, block ASHA coordinators, medical officers, NTEP staff and NLEP staff participated in the training.

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