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Health officials of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme and the Mokokchung district health establishment visited health centres in the district recently.[/caption]
Dimapur, Aug. 22 (EMN): Officials from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) from the directorate of Health and Family welfare and the district vector borne office of Mokokchung visited health centres of various areas in Mokokchung recently.
The health officials are said to have toured some of the health establishment’s jurisdictions from August 19 to the 21st in the district, a press release from the health authorities stated.
The Mokokchung district chief medical officer’s district programme management unit (DPMU) issued a press release on August 22 informing about the event.
The visiting health officials were Dr. I Talitemsula Jamir, joint director; Dr. Neisakho, deputy director for the NVBDCP from the directorate of Health and Family welfare; and Dr. Tiasunep, district vector borne officer of Mokokchung.
During their visit to health centres in Mangkolemba, Ongpangkong and Changtongya areas, they met with the medical officers, staffs, and accredited social health activists and ‘given correctives instruction in the malaria reporting formats, stocks reports, lab reports, charts and physical verification of malarial drugs,’ the press release stated.
Accredited social health activists or ‘Ashas’ were asked to collect ‘bloodsildes’ or ‘RDT’ from any fever patient for which incentives of INR 15 per slide/RDT will be given and INR 75 if any malaria positive is detected, the press release stated.
“ASHAs were also ask to encourage the public to use LLIN (mosquito net) regularly and keep the surroundings clean and free from stagnant water collection to prevent mosquito breeding,” the organisers stated.
After the three days of field visit, a meeting to review work was conducted on August 22, the updates stated. A brief presentation on the district’s performance in malaria management was conducted, the updates said.
Dr. Neisakho was stated to have urged the district establishment to strive to eliminate malaria by 2020, the press release stated.
Chief medical officer Dr. Chubala, no surname given in the press release, was stated to have urged the field workers to ‘give better performance.’
Dr. I Temsula, no surname given, told surveillance workers and the malaria technical supervisor that their ‘field visits should not be quantity but quality and to give malaria awareness in the schools.’
Likewise, they were told to lend support to Ashas and to maintain the reporting formats ‘properly’ in the health centres. This is “very important for declaration of malaria elimination,” the press release added.
