State Level Training on Mapping and Listing Activity for NFHS-6 kicks off
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, March 14 2023: The inaugural session for the "State Level Training on Mapping & Listing Activity" for the first phase of sixth round of National Family Health Survey popularly known as NFHS-6 was held today at DSSS, Mantripukhri.

The State level training program was inaugurated by Dr N Somorjit, Mission Director of State Health Mission Manipur, said a press release by the Executive Director, Centre for Market Research & Social Development Pvt Ltd (CMRSD) .

Speaking at the occasion, he stated that it is important to collect quality data as the future of Manipur's health scenario lies in the responsibility of the investigators and they should be free from all forms of bias before going to the field.

The presidential address was delivered by Dr Manmath Kumar Mohanty, Executive Director, CMRSD.

According to Roli Singh, IAS, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, 'NFHS-6 has been launched with the specific goals of providing essential data on health and family welfare needed by the Central and State Governments and other stakeholders, for policy formulation and also acquiring information on important emerging health and family welfare issues' .

Today's inaugural programme was also attended by many local community leaders and Civil society organization representatives, officers from IIPS and CMRSD.

The Ministry has designated Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), as nodal agency responsible for providing coordination and technical guidance for the survey.

IIPS has assigned the Centre for Market Research and Social Development Pvt.

Ltd.(CMRSD), New Delhi as the field agency to conduct field work for collecting data in the state of Manipur and Nagaland.

At the first stage of fieldwork the mapping and listing of households in selected sample village(s)/urban block(s) will be undertaken.

This will serve as a frame for selection of households for collecting information in prescribed survey schedules, i.e.Household Schedule, Biomarker Schedule, Women's Schedule and Men's Schedule in the second stage.

The fieldwork for mapping and listing in Manipur is to commence shortly.

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