Chitral Relief International conduct 4 days training workshop for teachers

Fighting Zonoses

in Pakistan

 

4 days capacity

building training workshop on Bio Safety zonotic diseases for social health

club master trainers (teachers) concluded.

 

By: Gul Hamaad

Farooqi

 

CHITRAL: Four days capacity building workshop on Bio

Safety zonotic diseases reporting & surveillance for social health clubs

master trainers under live stock for life was concluded by Relief

International. Medical Superintendent DHQ hospital Chitral Dr. Noorul Islam was chief guest on the

occasion who distributed certificates among the trainees participants. Dr.

Riazur Rehman district program manager

of Relief International (RI) and other expert briefed the participants

(comprising over male and female teachers of different schools) about pneumonia, Brucellosis , bird flue and other zonotic

diseases which transferrable from animal to human and from human to animal.

They said that some 296 diseases have been declared zonotic out of 353 which is

a big thread for those who have close links with animal. Experts stressed upon

trainees to motive their students regarding adopting recessionary measurement

and using safety device during contact with animal. They said that we should to

use protective mask, glows, shoes etc when we goes near to animal and should to

use boiled milk, meat and other edible things to save from these diseases. They

said that we should to work on behavior changes and to strengthen our amenity

system which saves us from different diseases naturally. They said that we should to follow health and

hygiene principles for a healthy life. A question answer session was also held

during the workshop and they were responded by expert doctors. At last chief guest Dr. Noorul Islam

distributed certificates among the successful participants. The participants thanked RI for conducting

this informative and fruitful session for sensitization teachers to aware their

students onward about zonotic diseases.

 

Earlier that a

model butcher shop was also opened by RI at Chitral market. A function was also

held in this connection at town hall. Assistant Commissioner Chitral Noorul

Ameen was chief guest on the occasion while the ceremony was also attended by

chief Municipal officer Muhammad Zahir Khan, Magistrates, district

administration, president trade union

Haji Habib Hussain and journalists of press club. Addressing on the

occasion Dr. Riaz DPM said that RI opened a model butcher shop as a symbol of

hygienic shop by providing them refrigerator, and other equipments so as to

motivate other butches to follow it. They also should to clean their shops and

to separate it from poultry, greengrocers, backers and edible things shops

because most of these disease communicable and can easily transfer by oval and

air. AC Chitral cut ribbon of model butcher shop and inaugurated at at

Kroprasht market. A large number of social workers were also present on the

occasion.

 

G.H. Farooqi C/O

Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral phone No 0943-320737, 0943-316052,

0943-414418 , 03025989602, 03337069572,

03159698446, 03469002167

 

email: gulhamad@gmail.com

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