DIMAPUR The District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting of Phek for February was held on Wednesday at the DPDB conference hall. It was chaired by
Dimapur, July 12 (EMN): ARK Foundation, in collaboration with Lightway Society and with support from the National Health Mission (NHM), conducted a treatment literacy workshop and voluntary screening for HBV and HCV at the office of the Light Way Society in Pfutsero under Phek district on July 12. Delivering the opening remarks, project director of Lightway Society, Vesusayi Tetseo, exhorted the gathering on the importance of creating awareness on viral hepatitis and in knowing one’s own status. He expressed gratitude to the ARK Foundation and NHM for conducting such a programme in Pfutsero, an update from ARK Foundation stated. The main speaker and president of ARK Foundation, Ketho Angami, has attributed ignorance as the core issue behind hepatitis. While highlighting about hepatitis in general and viral hepatitis, Ketho Angami stated that there are different types of viral hepatitis namely HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV, and HEV. Informing that viral Hepatitis B and C strains are consider