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Nagaland observes Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day

Dimapur, Oct. 21 (EMN): Several districts across Nagaland observed the Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day on October 21 by organising awareness programme on the importance of iodised salt and other activities on the theme “Understanding the importance of iodine for the body.” Kohima: The department of Health and Family Welfare observed Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day in Tuophema village, wherein the principal director of Health and Family Welfare and special guest, Dr. K Vikato Kinimi, certified Tuophema village as “Non-iodised salt-free village.” The programme was chaired by Dr. Kika Longkumer, joint director of Health and Family Welfare, while an invocation was said by Rev. Dr. Gelhou Kets, pastor of Tuophema Baptist Church, and the welcome address was delivered by Dziesengulie Seyie, vice chairman of Tuophema Village Council. Dr. Tiasunep Pongener, joint director of Health and Family Welfare, has highlighted on iodised salt and its importance. ....

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Health official seeks community support to eliminate tuberculosis

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 ....

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