Dept request not to charge money for LLIN

Kohima, February 23 (MExN): It has come to the notice of the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima that the authority/councils of some wards and villages are charging money from the public for the Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN).  

Therefore, the department requests the responsible authority/councils not to realize any charge from the public but to assist the department in the fair distribution of the LLINs to the community. The department also requests the concerned authority/councils to reimburse the public with their money wherever the collection has already taken place.   The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, in a press release issued by Joint Director & SPO Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru has informed that the Government of India has supplied Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) for free distribution to places where there are high malarial incidences.