Dimapur, Jan. 13 (EMN): A two-day orientation workshop on Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) got underway on January 13 in the conference hall of the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare in Kohima.
An update from the Health department stated that the workshop would usher in benefits in service delivery for the state and also help the department improve the health indicators.
The workshop began with a keynote address delivered by Dr. Ritu Thur, mission director of National Health Mission (NHM), wherein he stated that the main objective of the two-day workshop was to sensitise and create awareness to improve the areas of concerns in the health sector as per IPHS norms.
The commissioner and secretary of Health department, Y Kikhato Sema, pointed out that the health sector in Nagaland faced great challenges. He, therefore, requested all the officers to propose for setting up health units only on need bases.
He also urged the officers to have a consultation with the churches and community to work together and come into partnership in building up a community-based health centres in those centres that are lying non-functional.
The workshop comprised of offline and online mode covering topics on ‘Importance of IPHS 2022,’ ‘Understanding critical areas,’ ‘Support services,’ ‘Planning for IPHS and linkages with DHAP,’ ‘Anemia Mukt Bharat,’ ‘Human resources for health,’ ‘Public health management cadre,’ and ‘Challenges and possible solutions for IPHS implementation.’
Prasanth KS, PHA at NHSRC; Dr. Musarrat Siddiqui, NHSRC at NHSRC; Dr. Surajit Chowdhary, NE-RRC; Dr. Sila Deb, additional commissioner and in-charge of nutrition division, MoHFW; Mona Gupta, advisor of HRH at NHSRC; Dr. Poonam, NHSRC; and Dr. Himanshu Bhushan, advisor of PHA at NHSRC; are the resource persons of the workshop.