Awareness campaign
Source: The Sangai Express
Noney, May 12 2018:
Noney Battalion, under the aegis of Loktak Brigade of Red Shield Division, organized an awareness lecture on Hygiene and Sanitation at St Joseph School at Khumji-11 yesterday.
The lecture was conducted by the Regimental Medical Officer of the Battalion and was attended by about 100 students from class V to X.The lectures focused on educating students on the common hygiene and sanitation practices in day to day life and improvising on these to maintain and bring about a sound health and sanitation to the society as a whole.
Various food, water and vector borne diseases like food poisoning, typhoid, parasitic infections, malaria and dengue fever etc were discussed and methods to eliminate the same were explained.
The Headmaster of the school appreciated the efforts of the Battalion for their efforts.