Kohima Apr 19 PTI Health services in government hospitals of Nagaland were affected for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in the three-day agitation by government doctors Members of the Nagaland in-Service Doctors Association NIDA have taken mass casual leave to press their demand for increase in the superannuation age of government medical practitioners from 60 to 62 years The demand is in line with the promise Prime Minister Narendra Modi made in 2016 NIDA claimed The agitation has mainly affected services in the out patients department OPD in government hospitals and health centres across the state but the emergency department and ICUs were open Meanwhile Nagaland chief secretary J Alam held a closed door meeting with NIDA officials here in the presence of administrative officers of the directorate of health and family welfare PTI NBS KK KK KK

Kohima Sep 21 PTI Nagaland government has inked partnership with an international not-for-profit organisation to help address issues of child malnutrition and mortality of those under five years of age in the state mission director of National Health Mission NHM in the state department of health and family welfare I Talitemsula Jamir said here on Tuesday The partnership will also focus on increasing availability and strengthening the administration of vitamin A multiple micronutrient supplements MMS and deworming interventions strengthening supply chain mechanism of the vitamin and deworming tablets supporting capacity building of frontline workers in health and nutrition interventions strengthening the Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition Programme MIYCN and deliver MMS to pregnant women Jamir said The NHM and the organisation Vitamin Angels had signed an MoU earlier this year for technical assistance to strengthen and expand public health nutrition interventions targeted towards children under five and pregnant and lactating women across the state The National Family Health Survey-5 2019-20 report shows vitamin A coverage for children under 5 at 444 a marked increase since NFHS-4 2015-16 when the coverage stood at a mere 272 in Nagaland The Prime Ministers Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition Abhiyaan or National Nutrition Mission seek to improve nutritional outcomes for children pregnant women and lactating mothers PTI NBS KK KK KK