With the objective to expand health services in the State, Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) launched a new clinic called \u201cDesignated Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)\/Reproductive Tract Infection (RTI) Clinic (DSRC).<\/p>\nWith the objective to expand health services in the State, Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) launched a new clinic called \u201cDesignated Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)\/Reproductive Tract Infection (RTI) Clinic (DSRC).<\/p>\n
The clinic, which is also called \u201cSuraksha Clinic,\u201d was launched at the Police Referral Hospital, Chumukedima on September 4.<\/p>\n
The programme was led by Dr. N. Adaho, chief medical officer, Police Referral Hospital, Chumukedima. Dr. Vikato Kinimi, joint director (STI), NSACS gave a power point presentation on the role and functions of Designated STI\/RTI Clinic. <\/p>\n
Dr. N.L. Changkija, project director, in her speech, explained the meaning of \u201cSuraksha Clinic\u201d which means \u201cto keep our health in good condition.\u201d <\/p>\n
She emphasized on timely treatment of STI, which that not only helped treatment but also helped in controlling HIV & AIDS infection. <\/p>\n
Bendang Lemtor, DIG (Range\/Training & Boarder), Police Headquarter, Chumukedima acknowledged the continuous service provided by NSACS to the police department.<\/p>\n
Officials from PHQ, NSASC, Police Headquarter – Chumukedima, District AIDS Prevention & Control Unit (DAPCU) Dimapur, Rural Area Foundation NGO (TI) Chumukedima and Officers and Staff of Police Referral Hospital attended the function.<\/p>\n
NSACS to bring down infection rate to zero<\/span> While presenting DAPCU vision and challenges, Susan said to achieve the set target, the general public should be educated on HIV & AIDS and advocacy campaigns should be continued. The meeting was chaired by DC & DHS chairperson N. Hushili Sema. <\/p>\n The meeting began with the presentation of Dimapur District HIV & AIDS scenario and HIV-TB co-ordination by deputy CMO Dr. Imchameren. <\/p>\n Chief medical officer, Dr. P. Tia Jamir also gave a power-point presentation on the activities and quarterly performance of NRHM in the district. <\/p>\n It was also agreed that people living with HIV&AIDS would be given priority for grant of any social entitlement. Other issues discussed at the meeting include land encroachment and medical waste disposal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the objective to expand health services in the State, Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) launched a new clinic called \u201cDesignated Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)\/Reproductive Tract Infection (RTI) Clinic (DSRC). The clinic, which is also called \u201cSuraksha Clinic,\u201d was launched at the Police Referral Hospital, Chumukedima on September 4. The programme was led by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNSACS would be making attempts to bring down new infection rate to Zero by 2015. This was stated by Dimapur district ICTC supervisor Susan Lotha during a quarterly meeting of Dimapur District Health Society (DHS), district aids prevention & control committee and HIV-TB co-ordination at the DC conference Hall September 6.<\/p>\n