Second round of National Deworming Day launched
Source: The Sangai Express
Tbl/Bpr/Jiri, August 10 2018:
State Health Society NHM and Directorate of Health Services Manipur have launched the second round of National Deworming Day at CC Higher Secondary School, Imphal yesterday.
Speaking as chief guest of the launching ceremony, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister L Jayantakumar Singh said that the deworming programme will ensure a healthy society and a Nation tomorrow.
"It is our priority to keep our children healthy and strong," he said emphasising the need of the programme.
State Mission Director NHM Manipur N Bandana Devi, Joint Director Social Welfare Sonia Oinam and Senior Research Officer Education(s) Ibechaobi Laishram attended the event as presidium members.
In Thoubal, as a part of the nationwide programme held all over India, the second round of National Deworming Day was launched yesterday at Thoubal which was organised by District Health Society, Thoubal at the New Ideal High School, Thoubal Ningombam.
The programme was attended by ADM Thoubal L Radhakanta as chief guest, Dr N Jayantakumar Singh, CMO/ District Mission Director, DHS, Thoubal as functional president while Arambam Anilkumar Zonal Education Officer, Zone III Thoubal and AK Jadumani Singh Headmaster, New Ideal High School, Ningombam attended as guests of honours respectively.
Students of New Ideal High School, ASHA and Anganwadi workers also took part in the programme while tablet (ingestible) for preventing worms were distributed to the school students.
The school children will again be provided the same tablet on mop-up day on August 17.In the programme, children between one and two years were administered half of Albendazole tablet while one full Albendazole tablet were given to children between 2 and 19 years.
In Jiribam, District Health Society, Jiribam also organised "One day District/Block level Dissemination Workshop on National Deworming Day" at the Auditorium Hall of Jiribam Higher secondary School as a part of National Deworming day.
The programme was attended by about 200 workers of Anganwandi and ASHA of Jiribam district while resource person Dr N Soroja devi, M O, Ayush (Jiribam Hospital) spoke in details on the significance of organizing such programme.
In Bishnupur, the second round of National Deworming Day was organized by District Health Society Bishnupur at Oinam Girls High school.
MIA Oinam AC and Chairman of Manipur Pollution Control Board and KVTB L Radhakishore Singh, DC Bishnupur Netu Singh (IAS), CMO & DMD Bishnupur Dr Ng Jayenta Singh, ZEO Zone IV Bishnupur N Tikendrajit Singh and Headmaster Oinam Girls High School S Sanatomba Singh attended the programmes as presidium members.