Mokokchung, December 13 (MTNews): A training on Sub National Certificate (SNC) towards TB free status was held at IDSP Conference Hall, IMDH, Mokokchung on Tuesday with Dr. Collins WHO consultant NTEP, Dr. Apichetla Assistant Program Officer NTEP and Nochetla, PPM Coordinator NTEP as resource persons.
DTO Mokokchung, Dr. Toshila Jamir, welcomed the resource persons and trainees and thanked them for sparing their valuable time for the training. She further urged all the attendees to make this training a productive one, and join hand in hand to eliminate TB by 2025, a press release from the Mokokchung CMO’s office stated.
Dr. Apichetla gave a brief presentation on the overview of NTEP and TB while Nochetla spoke on the topic Sub-National Certificate of progress towards TB Free Status.
Later Dr. Collins presented a PowerPoint presentation on District level annual survey for verification of SNC of TB elimination efforts.
The training was attended by volunteers from identified vulnerable villages/wards, selected by the Central TB Division and all NTEP staff of Mokokchung District.
The training concluded with vote of thanks from Dr. Toshila Jamir DTO Mokokchung.