Job responsibilities of multipurpose health worker

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1. A health worker (male ) will cover a population of 3000 in tribal areas and 5000 in non tribal areas attached to a subcenter . He will make a visit to each family ones a fortnight according to fixed calendar of visit and have his visit to each house marked on the wall in the prescribed form. He will carry out the following function in the village and hamlets allotted to the subcenters . JOB RESPONSIBILITIES OF MULTIPURPOSE HEALTH WORKER

2. Fever surveillance. Report to health supervisor (male) for Additional action. Acute Diarrheal diseases and Notifiable infectious diseases. Environmental sanitation. immunization. Family planning . Nutrition. Vital events. Primary medical care. Team activities. Record keeping.

3. Fever surveillance Identify fever cases Make thick and thin blood films of all fever cases Send the slides for laboratory examination Administer presumptive anti malaria treatment to all fever cases Record the result of examination of blood films. Give radial treatment of all malaria positive cases.

4. Report to health supervisor (male) for additional action He will assist the male health supervisor during focal spray and other remedial measure .he will conduct the contact and mass blood survey and follow up all the positive cases . Educate the community on the importance of blood films examination for fever cases , treatment of fever cases ( insecticidal spraying of houses , larviciding measure and other measures to control the spread of malaria) If the cases of fever has rash , report them to the health supervisor male Take containment measures until the arrival of the health supervisor(male) i.e. isolation of cases with rash Educate the community on the importance of immunization care to be taken in case of an outbreak of fever with rash the importance of reporting all cases of fever with rash to health supervisor (male)

5. Acute diarrheal Disease and notifiable infectious Disease

6. Vital events Enquire and detect about births and deaths occurring in the areas , record them in the non statutory births and deaths registers to be maintained by them. To check and verify births and deaths registration done by the statutory registers of births and deaths and improve the quality and quantity of registration. He will act as statutory registrar of birth and deaths.

7. Primary medical care He will attend to treatment of minor ailments in order to render first line treatment for simple ailments as per the standing instructions given by the director of public health and preventive medicine from time to time and render 1 st aid.

8. Team activity Attend and participate in the staff meetings at PHC Coordinate his activities with the health workers (female) and other health workers including the Dais in regard to campaign activities. He will assist in conducting mass media activities such as film shows.

9. Record keeping Survey all the facilities in his area and collect general information about each village locality and family in his house. Prepare , maintain and utilize family records and village registers and other registers prescribed from time to time. Maintain the family register correctly and update it during it every visit.