DIMAPUR — A five-day training of trainers for community health officers (CHO) on expanded package of service under comprehensive primary healthcare (CPHC) got underway at the conference hall of the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare in Kohima on Tuesday.
Speaking at the inaugural programme, Dr. E Motsuthung Patton, NHM mission director, welcomed the officers from across the state and underlined their pivotal role in delivering healthcare services to every doorstep in the village. Describing CHO as the backbone of the health and wellness centers in the state, he encouraged them to exhibit sincerity and regularity in their duties to enhance health indicators statewide, stated a DIPR report.
Dr. Manyau Phom, NHM deputy director, presented an overview of comprehensive primary healthcare through health and wellness centres, highlighting its focus on preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative healthcare. He underscored the importance of CHO and frontline healthcare workers (FLW) as the first contact in the health delivery system.
Dr. Vizokholo, state TB officer under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), acknowledged the commendable services rendered by CHO in delivering CPHC through HWC in villages. She expressed optimism that the five-day training would enhance their understanding of TB-related activities such as screening of presumptive TB cases and sputum collection and transportation, thereby contributing to TB elimination efforts and fulfilling the continuum of care.
Report stated that the five-day training would extensively cover the 12 expanded packages of services to be provided through the health and wellness centres, encompassing reproductive and child health, family planning, adolescent health, oral health, eye care, ENT, emergency care, mental health, elderly care, palliative care services, food safety and non-communicable diseases.
Following the training, it stated that CHO would train staff nurses and frontline workers like ANM and ASHA.
