MOKOKCHUNG TOWN BAPTIST AROGO PROVIDES NUTRITIONAL SUPPLIES TO TB PATIENTS

Nikshay Mitra is a Government of India initiative to aid TB patients and de-stigmatize the disease in the community. It is a project that enables people to adopt TB patients and take care of their nutritional and medical requirements. Altogether there are 24 Nikshay Mitras in Mokokchung District including individuals, NGOs, Corporates, etc, who have adopted 97 TB patients by giving nutritional supplements every month out of which 50 TB patients are adopted by Mokokchung Town Baptist Church. 

The Church leading a good example came forward by adopting 50 TB patients for a period of three years on 30th January 2023. The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Mokokchung appreciates the goodwill gesture of MTBA for their contribution towards the welfare of the community by providing monthly nutritional supplies to 50 Tuberculosis patients in Mokokchung for a period of three years from January 2023.

                                                                                   (DPRO Mokokchung)