{"id":279826,"date":"2026-03-20T01:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=279826"},"modified":"2026-03-20T01:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:13:06","slug":"neiafmr-organises-awareness-prog-for-traditional-healers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/neiafmr-organises-awareness-prog-for-traditional-healers\/","title":{"rendered":"NEIAFMR organises awareness prog for traditional healers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, 19 Mar:<\/strong> The North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda &amp; Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) here in East Siang district recently organised an awareness and capacity building programme for traditional healers of Northeast India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event was aimed at providing a common platform for interaction between Ayurveda practitioners and traditional healers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DMO Dr Yagling Perme and NEIAFMR director (i\/c) Dr Inya Lingu were among those who attended the programme, during which NEIAFMR assistant professors Dr Jayakrishnan K and Dr Sajeena Adelivered talks on dietary practices and etiquette of drug preparation, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Imlikumba, organising secretary of the event, highlighted the importance of capacity building for traditional healers and integration of folk healing practices into the AYUSH mainstream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Union Tribal Affairs Ministry&#8217;s Project Officer Dr Harshita Bhatnagar also addressed the gathering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event witnessed the participation of more than 40 traditional healers from five Northeastern states. A showcase of folk medicines was also displayed during the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIGHAT, 19 Mar: The North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda &amp; Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) here in East Siang district recently organised an awareness and capacity building programme for traditional healers of Northeast India. The event was aimed at providing a common platform for interaction between Ayurveda practitioners and traditional healers. DMO Dr Yagling Perme and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-279826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279836,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279826\/revisions\/279836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}