NAMSAI : A three-day Regional Training on Sub-National Malaria Elimination Verification (SNMEV) began in Namsai on Thursday with participation from 19 districts of Arunachal Pradesh that have maintained zero indigenous malaria cases since 2022.

Namsai Deputy Commissioner C R Khampa inaugurated the programme in the presence of National Centre for Vector Borne Disease Control (NCVBDC) Assistant Director Dr Sambit Pradhan, Regional Office of Health and Family Welfare Regional Director Dr Atiqur Rahman, State Programme Officer Dr K T Mulung, Namsai District Medical Officer Dr Sulanti Namchoom, NCVBDC Senior Consultant Dr Kalpana Baruah, programme officers and district consultants.

The training aims to prepare districts for Sub-National Malaria Elimination Verification and strengthen efforts to sustain malaria-free status while preventing the re-establishment of malaria transmission.

Representatives from all 19 malaria-free districts participated in the programme and discussed strategies for surveillance, monitoring and continued preventive measures.

The participating districts included Longding, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, Kamle, Pakke Kessang, Siang, East Siang, West Siang, Lower Siang, Dibang Valley, Lower Dibang Valley, East Kameng, West Kameng, Tawang, Anjaw, Leparada and Namsai. (DIPR)