Eastern Mirror Desk
Dimapur, Nov. 15: The Information, Education and Communication (IEC) bureau of the department of Health and Family Welfare has been engaged in a survey, ‘vulnerability mapping and diseases profiling,’ in Dimapur since Oct. 16 2018.
The survey is to effectively respond to medical needs of the urban poor and vulnerable sections of the society. The team of surveyors is led by the deputy director of the IEC bureau, Subongbenla.
To review the progress of the survey, a meeting was conducted in the chief medical officer’s office in Dimapur on Nov. 15. The nodal officer for the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Dr. Puse Liegise said that ‘vulnerability mapping and diseases profiling’ was being carried out to assess the health status of the people and to develop a database that would be used for identifying health issues for implementing various health-related policies and activities in the future.
The chief medical officer of Dimapur, Dr. K Vikato Kinimi told Eastern Mirror that the survey was being carried out to identify vulnerable localities that are in need of medical services. After the localities are identified, the NUHM’s team of the Health & Family Welfare of Dimapur will be conducting health camps to screen for various diseases and to provide healthcare, it was informed.
The medical officer said that the exercise shall be carried out in other districts in Nagaland once the survey has been completed in Dimapur and services are offered to the vulnerable sections.
Kinimi has requested the public and community leaders of all the wards in Dimapur to lend their support and cooperation to the survey team for smooth survey work.
