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Thane Municipal Corporation Trains 120 Health Workers
Thane Municipal Corporation held a one-day class for about 120 health workers.
The workers help look for diseases spread by mosquitoes and other vectors.
They learned how to collect blood samples correctly.
They also practiced preparing and labeling testing slides.
The training explained how to safely send samples to laboratories.
Officials showed workers how to report information using an online health platform.
The goal is to make disease reporting faster and more accurate.
This may help officials find illnesses such as malaria earlier.
Some workers were also recognized for doing especially well.
Thane Municipal Corporation held a one-day training workshop for nearly 120 Multi-Purpose Workers and laboratory technicians.
The workshop focused on vector-borne disease surveillance, diagnostic accuracy, field operations, and digital reporting.
Participants received demonstrations on blood-sample collection, slide preparation, labeling, and safe sample transportation.
Officials addressed technical issues with the Integrated Health Information Platform portal and municipal laboratory coordination.
Top-performing health workers were recognized for their blood-sample collection efforts.
- Who
- The Public Health Department of the Thane Municipal Corporation trained nearly 120 Multi-Purpose Workers and laboratory technicians.
- What
- A one-day workshop was held to improve vector-borne disease surveillance, sample collection, laboratory coordination, and digital reporting.
- Where
- The workshop took place at Rotary Centre in Naupada, Thane.
- When
- The articles describe it as a one-day workshop but do not provide a date.
- Why
- Officials said the training was intended to improve surveillance accuracy, shorten sample-processing times, and support earlier detection of malaria and related illnesses.
Key facts
- Organizer
- Metropolitan Surveillance Unit of the Thane Municipal Corporation’s Public Health Department
- Participants
- Nearly 120 Multi-Purpose Workers and laboratory technicians
- Location
- Rotary Centre, Naupada
- Training topics
- Blood-sample collection, slide preparation, labeling, transportation, field inspections, and digital reporting
- Reporting platform
- Integrated Health Information Platform portal
- Diseases targeted
- Malaria and related vector-borne illnesses
- Recognition
- Top-performing health workers were felicitated for blood-sample collection efforts
Sources
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