Dimapur: A joint meeting between the officials of National Urban Health Mission and the Dimapur district authority and stakeholders was held on March 24 at Chief Medical Officer’s Conference Hall, Dimapur.
Urban Primary Health Center
to set up at Burma Camp
to set up at Burma Camp
The meeting was conducted to orient the participants on the upcoming activities of newly implemented National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in Dimapur. Dr. Sukhato A. Sema, Additional Director and in-charge of NUHM gave a detailed presentation on NUHM Nagaland focusing on Dimapur district. He stated that Dimapur district comprises 35% of the total urban population in the State. He further stated that the aims of the NUHM aims to provide accessible, affordable, and equitable primary health care to people living in the cities and towns, with special focus on the urban poor and other vulnerable sections like destitute, beggars, street children, construction workers, rickshaw pullers, etc.
The objectives of the implementation of NUHM includes mapping of the urban poor and vulnerable populations, establishment of new urban primary health centers to serve the un-served population, strengthening of the existing primary health care services, with special focus on the urban poor, greater involvement of the community, especially the slum and other underprivileged community groups, involvement of the urban local bodies in mapping, planning and implementation and convergence with schemes relating to housing, sanitation, water supply, nutrition etc.
Under the programme of NUHM, an Urban Primary Health Center (UPHC) will be set up at Burma Camp, Dimapur. After the meeting, the proposed site was visited by the Additional Director, ADC Dimapur, Staff under CMO and the Stakeholders. The Community leaders have also offered to lend their Community Hall to be utilized and to function as the health center until the completion of the UPHC building construction.
It was stated in a press release that the meeting was chaired by Dr. Imchameren Jamir, Dy CMO and attended by Elizabeth Ngully, ADC Dimapur, Programme Officers and staff under the establishment of Chief Medical Officer, representatives from DMC, Engineers of Medical Department, Stakeholders and Staff of NUHM.
