National health agencies

health agencies is a community topic .

1. NATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES RAJOSI KHANRA

2. DEFINITIONS Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. H ealth agencies are public agencies or private organisations that are primarily engaged in providing skilled or paraprofessional health care to individuals in out-of-hospital settings. National Health Agencies are organisations that have its own administrative body or committee that raises funds through its members or from private sources. It has paid or voluntary staff. Works for health promotion, health education and health legislation, etc. HEALTH HEALTH AGENCIES NATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES

3. PURPOSES OF HEALTH AGENCIES 03

4. Rendering curative services. Improvement in nutritional status. Provision for promotive and preventive care. Reduction in population growth rate. Improvement in sanitation facilities.

5. Development of manpower resources. Provision for safe water and food supply Increasing literacy rate Reducing the levels of property

6. LISTS OF NATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES

7. Indian Red Cross Society Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh Indian Council for Child Welfare Tuberculosis Association of India Bharat Sevak Samaj Central Social Welfare Board The Kasturba Memorial Fund Family Planning Association of India All India Women's Conference 7

8. INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY Abbreviation - IRCS Founded - 3rd march,1920 Founder - Claude Hill Area served - India Head quarter - new delhi

9. The Indian Red Cross is a voluntary humanitarian organisation having a network of over 700 branches throughout the country, providing relief in times of disasters/emergencies and promoting health & care of the vulnerable people and communities.

10. President of IRCS Chairman Vice- chairman Managing body Secretary general Join secretary Deputy secretary Directors

11. ACTIVITES MCH SERVICES DISASTER RELIEF HEALTH EDUCATION DISASTER RESPONSE 01 05 04 02 HOSPITAL WELFARE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 06 03 07 NURSING SERVICES 08 FIRST AID 09 AMBULANCE SERVICES 10 BLOOD SERVICES

12. INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CHILD WELFARE Abbreviation - ICCW Founded - 1952 Services - Children Indian Council For Child Welfare aims to secure Indian children and those opportunities and facilities which are necessary to develop them physically mentally,spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner. -It is connected with the international children welfare council. It is voluntarily engaged in promoting development services for children.

13. ACTIVITES Day care centre These centres provide services to small children (0-3 years) by giving food, care and protection. The scheme has been found very fruitful and essential for working mothers. Pre-school These centres cater to children ageing between 3 and 6 years. Non Formal education is implemented and nutrition is also given to them. Orphanages The department provides grant-in-aid to voluntary organisations properly registered under Society Registration Act and who are engaged in the welfare of orphans. 1 2 3

14. ACTIVITES Recreational centre cum children's library Recreational centre cum children's library has been opened at different places to enable the children to spend their leisure time in a beneficial manner and to guide them in their future lives. Selected books and material have been supplied to these centres for this purpose. State council for child welfare It was constituted to provide services to the children in need of care and protection and to promote child development in line with the aims and objectives of the Indian council of child welfare. 4 5

15. Others Advocating children’s rights Providing sponsorship under privileged to pursue school education Special project on street and working children Scrutiny of adaptation cases Rehabilitation programmes for abandoned children Special focus on girl child Conduction of national integration and adventure camps

16. Abbreviation - FPAI Started in - 1949 Headquarter - Mumbai FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

17. FPAI has been recognized as India’s Leading and Largest Reproduction and Sexual Health Organization. FPAI strengthens a voluntary and non government commitment to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights including family planning. It supports the right of individuals to reproductive choices including legal and safe abortion, works toward reducing spread of HIV/AIDS and increasing access to education and services to all specialties of the young and eliminating violence,discrimination and abuse.

18. ACTIVITIES Pathological/diagnosis facilities Health education given to students Advice couples to plan birth spacing and family Conducts training programs for doctors,health visitors and social workers Provides sexual health program for categories(youth,parents,educators,disabled,mentally handicapped) Maternal and child health care Treating infertility Providing contraceptives including emergency contraceptives Facilities for abortion Diagnosis and treatment of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted infections Prevention and management of HIV/AIDS Counselling services

19. TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Abbreviation - TAI Started in - 1939 Headquarter - Delhi

20. TAI basically encourages prevention,control,treatment and relief of tuberculosis. It is a voluntary organisation and is a registered society. Some of the institution run by this association are: Lady Linlithgow Tuberculosis Sanatorium,Kasauli King Edward vii Sanatorium, Dharampur Tuberculosis hospital, Mehrauli New Delhi tuberculosis centre

21. 1. To prevention, control, treatment and relief from tuberculosis. 2. To undertake the research work and investigation on subjects concerning tuberculosis and allied chest diseases. OBJECTIVES

22. ACTIVITES Publication of the prestigious Indian Journals of Tuberculosis quarterly since 1953. Supplementary Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program and DOTS services of Government of India. Involvement of community leaders in the control efforts. Organising TB seal campaign every year to raise funds. Providing up to date quality diagnostic and treatment services. Increasing public awareness about the disease. Enlisting cooperation of patients and their families in seeking proper diagnosis and to complete treatment.

23. Abbreviation - 1950 Headquarter - New Delhi It is an old and prestigious body of people committed towards treatment,rehabilitation of leprosy patients and elimination of leprosy from India. HIND KUSHT NIVARAN SANGH

24. OBJECTIVES To carry out research on various aspects of leprosy. To provide short courses of training and treatment of leprosy. To carry out propaganda. 24

25. ACTIVITES Production and dissemination of health education activities and publicity material on leprosy Publication of quarterly Indian journal of Leprosy and bimonthly news bulletin Kusht Vinashak for leprosy workers and the general public Production and distribution of leprosy seals to create awareness about leprosy and help other organisations in raising funds for their work. Conducting training courses on nine months duration for physiotherapy technicians through leprosy training centres, i.c. Naini in Allahabad. Uttar Pradesh and Purulia in West-Bengal Organising the All India Leprosy Workers Conference and Regional Leprosy Workers Conferences in collaboration with the state branches and other voluntary Organisations. 25

26. ACTIVITES Maintaining a house called "Shanti Illam" at Vellore (Tamil Nadu) where leprosy patients who come for surgical treatment at the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore are provided free boarding and lodging facilities. Providing assistance to voluntary organisations and leprosy patients. Running of two mobile leprosy treatment units in two districts of Delhi (Northeast and West) with funds provided by the Government of India .

27. ALL INDIA WOMEN’S CONFERENCE Abbreviation - AIWC Started in - 1925 Headquarter - Delhi Beneficent - women 27

28. AIWS is a non governmental organisation. It is a women’s voluntary welfare organisation ,working for women’s development and empowerment. OBJECTIVES To work for a society based on the principle of social justice, personal integrity and equal rights and opportunities for all. To secure recognition of the inherent right of every human being to work and to achieve the essentials of life by planned social distribution. To support the claim of every citizen to right to enjoy basic civil liberties. 4. To work actively for the general program and welfare of women and children. 5. To work for permanent international unity and world peace.

29. ACTIVITES Running MCH clinics, health centres,adult educations centres. Organise health and family welfare and population education program Organise educational program 1 2 3 4 5 Socio economic activites. Eradicate poverty among women

30. ACTIVITES Establish the rural programs. Establish computer training centres. 6 7 8 Scholarship program for women.

31. Abbreviation - AIBRS Started in - 1946 Headquarter - Mumbai It is India’s largest voluntary organisation. It focuses on coordinating different institutions that work with the same goal. ALL INDIA RELIEF SOCIETY

32. OBJECTIVES Prevention of preventable and care of curable visual impairment. Socioeconomic, rehabilitation of visually challenged through education, training and employment. FUNCTION Prevention of blindness Organise eye relief camps Rehabilitation Camps for cataract screening and surgery Distribution of free spectacles for refractory correction.

33. Abbreviation - CSWB Started in - 1953 CENTRAL SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD 33

34. The central social welfare board is an autonomous organisation under the general administrative control of the Ministry of education. It is also known as ‘ Kendriya Samaj Kalyan Board .’They carry out welfare activities for promoting voluntarism, providing technical and financial assistance to the voluntary organisations for the general welfare of family, women and children 34

35. FUNCTION Surveying the needs and requirements of voluntary welfare organisations in the country. Promoting and setting up social welfare organisations in the country. Condensed courses of education and vocational training. Awareness generation programme for rural and poor women. To help lower middle class women in urban areas to supplement their family income by doing paid work. The activities of project comprise teaching of craft,social education,literacy classes,distribution of milk,supplementary food to pregnant women, To provide rehabilitative services to women and children who are victim of family maladjustments .

36. Bharat Sevak Samaj was formed in 1952. It is non political , non government , voluntary organisation for voluntary work and to enlist people’s participation in National reconstruction programmes. BHARAT SEVAK SAMAJ

37. - Improvement in environmental sanitation in rural areas. - Education on environmental health. To help people to achieve health by their own actions and efforts. OBJECTIVE FUNCTION

38. KASTURBA MEMORIAL FUND Kasturba Memorial Fund was created in commemoration of Kasturba Gandhi after her death in 1944. The fund was raised for the improvement of women’s status. OBJECTIVE To raise the standard of Indian women. FUNCTION This fund is utilised for the programmes and activities which benefit the women especially in villages through gram sevikas.

39. CONCLUSION National agencies have a vital role in health care systems. These are voluntary, non governmental, non profit making, non political agencies providing voluntary help to improve the health of the population and raise their living standards.

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