Central team visits Arunachal Pradesh to study health issues

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ITANAGAR: A team of officials from National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC) and Regional Resource Centre-North East (RRC-NE) under the Union Health & Family Welfare ministry, visited Arunachal Pradesh from July 9 to 14.

The team consisting of Dr Siddharth Maurya, Dr Musarrat Siddique, Dr Diyva and Vaishnavi during their visit called on the state secretary and special secretary of the health department, a communique informed here on Saturday. The importance of revamping the existing health cadres and creation of public health management cadre was discussed during the meeting. The state health secretary appraised the team on creation of a state task force.

The team also informed that the RRC-NE in collaboration with NHSRC, would be organizing a two-day regional technical support workshop on reform of health workforce cadre in north eastern states, during the first week of August at Guwahati in Assam, where Joint Secretary (Policy) and Executive Director (NHSRC) would participate.

The main objective of the visit was to understand the present health system of the state and support the state government in the creation of different health cadres as per the mandates of NITI Aayog and National Health Policy 2017.

The team also visited various health facilities in the state and interacted with the healthcare workers. The team also interacted with the members of Indian public Health Association- Arunachal Pradesh branch (IPHA-AP), state and district level officers and officials of NHM and the state Directorate of Medical Education, the communique added.

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