Our CorrespondentKohima, Oct. 27 (EMN): Mission Director of National Health Mission (NHM), Dr. Thorusie Katiry, on Thursday called for collective effort from all sections of society to fight for elimination of tuberculosis (TB) in the state. He was addressing the sensitisation of elimination efforts and updates on TB and the NTEP for private practitioners on National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) here at Hotel Japfü. The official expounded the role of the private practitioners in achieving India’s ambitious plan to eliminate TB by 2025 ahead of the world’s target by 2030, and highlighted how partnership can help in mapping accuracy of data and, accordingly, plan out the TB programmes. While pointing that 15 to 20% patients are going to private hospitals for treatment even though treatment is made free in the country, he emphasised on sensitisation of people about the facilities and exuded hope that Thursday’s event will open new doors for partnership and action. Mean
Our Correspondent Kohima, June 17 (EMN): The state’s Health department has sought community support to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 in accordance with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s National Strategic Plan. State Programme Officer (SPO) National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), Dr. Tiasunep Pongener said at a sensitisation programme organised for media professionals at IDSP Conference Hall in Kohima that the world is still fighting against TB, which was discovered over a century ago, but is a social disease and no more a medical disease today. He added that the disease is still a burden in most of the developing and under-developed countries, and prevalent among lower socio-economic strata of population. The official informed that the government of India has set up an ambition target to eliminate TB by 2025, five years ahead of World Health Organisation’s global target under Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030. He added that it is possible to ac