Orientation programme on Wifs conducted
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, April 03 2023:
District Health Society, Thoubal organised an orientation programme on 'Weekly Iron Folic Acid (Wifs) cum review on Anaemia Mukt Bharat' at Thoubal CMO conference hall, Thoubal Wangmataba on Monday.
The orientation programme was attended by Thoubal CMO Dr Y Nokul Singh, Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) Child Development Project officer S Milankumar Singh, ICDS, Lilong CDPO I Bijiya Devi and Integrated Diseases Surveillance Programme (IDSP) and Rashtriya Kishore Swasthaya Karyakram (RKSK), Thoubal district nodal officer Dr Kh Trusty as presidium members.
Speaking in this regard, Dr Nokul explained that Wifs and Anaemia Mukt Bharat programme was suspended due to Covid-19 pandemic.
As anaemia drastically affects brain development and intellectual of children, timely eradication of such disease is the need of the hour, he continued, while urging ICDS, health and education department to discuss about the disease and help one another.