GUWAHATI: UNICEF India in collaboration with the North Eastern Council (NEC) has agreed to work together to strengthen disaster resilience in public health sector for response in case of any emergency.
As an initial effort towards this, the UNICEF, State Office for Assam will organize a Regional Consultation programme on “Emergency Preparedness for Public Health Sector” for the States of Sikkim, Meghalaya and Assam in August, 2019 with all the concerned Departments of the State Governments like Health & Family Welfare Department, PHED, etc., with a follow-up consultations and planning with special focus on the Aspirational Districts of the States.
This was decided in a meeting chaired by Ram Muivah, Secretary, NEC with a team from UNICEF which included Dr Ashish Dadwal, Health Specialist, Anand P Kar, Risk & Resilience Programme Officer and Nishant Borgohain, DDR & CCA Consultant. The NEC has agreed to coordinate the programme.
