Officials and others during the state level training programme inaugurated at Development Association of Nagaland, Chekiye Village, Chümoukedima on March 18.
Dimapur, March 18 (MExN): Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), a deemed university and an autonomous organisation of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India has assigned the Centre for Market Research and Social Development Pvt Ltd, New Delhi as the field agency to conduct field work for collecting data in the state of Manipur and Nagaland.’
In an official update, Dr Manmath Kumar Mohanty Executive Director, CMRSD stated that as first stage of fieldwork the mapping and listing of households in selected sample village(s)/urban block(s) will be undertaken.
‘This will serve as a frame for selection of households for collecting information in prescribed survey schedules, i.e. Household Schedule, Biomarker Schedule, Women's Schedule and Men's Schedule in the second stage. The fieldwork for mapping and listing in Nagaland is to commence shortly,’ he stated.
The inaugural session of ‘State Level Training on Mapping & Listing Activity’ for first phase of sixth round of National Family Health Survey, also known as NFHS-6 has been launched in Nagaland. It was launched with the specific goals of providing essential data on health and family welfare needed by the Central and State Governments and other stake holders, for policy formulation and also acquiring information on important emerging health and family welfare issues.
The state level training programme was inaugurated by Dr Major Mughavi Y Sema, Chairman, Nagaland Development Outreach at Development Association of Nagaland, Chekiye Village, Chümoukedima on March 18 and will continue till March 23.
The chief guest of the event, Dr Ritu Thurr, Mission Director, State Health Mission, Nagaland in his address stressed on importance of NFHS-6 for a state like Nagaland and urged the investigator to be sincere and collect good quality data.
Dr Manmath Kumar Mohanty, Executive Director, CMRSD also spoke during the function. The programme was also attended by Rev Amop Noklang, Director, NDO; Fr. Sajan Joseph, Executive Director, DAN; Zubenthang Enny, PO, IIPS and local community leaders, civil society organization representatives and officers from CMRSD.
The NFHS is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. First survey, conducted in 1992-93, provides state and national information for India on fertility, infant and child mortality, practice of family planning, maternal and child health, reproductive health, nutrition, utilization and quality of health and family planning services.
