The Governor of Meghalaya has officially appointed F.G. Kharshiing, IPS (Retd.), as the Mission Director of the Drug Reduction, Elimination, and Action Mission (DREAM).
Informing this after chairing a review meeting here on Monday, Principal Secretary in-charge Health & Family Welfare, Sampath Kumar, said, “In the next two years, we will upgrade 2000 (anganwadi centres) as ECD centres.”
Speaking at a FICCI Roundtable for North-Eastern region’, held under the aegis of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, on the ‘Roadmap for Making Cancer Care Affordable and Accessible in India’,Mr Sampath Kumar, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of Meghalaya said the state government has launched the Cancer Mission, a screening-based program focused on early detection and prevention and already screened individuals over 30 years of age in Khasi District.
A team of Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) officials led by Principal Secretary of Forest & Environment, Sampath Kumar, on Tuesday ordered closure of 6 industrial units operating in Byrnihat area of Meghalaya for violating environmental norms set by the board.
Shillong, April 24: The Community-led Landscape Management Project (CLLMP), IORA, and the Government Innovation Lab (SCEP) held a workshop on Agroforestry and Green Economy...
The meeting also highlighted a critical role that the Village Health Councils (VHCs) in Meghalaya can play in terms of community empowerment as well as prevention of diabetic cases.
