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GUIDED

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Introduction
“Nothing on earth is more international than disease.”
Paul Rossi

Throughout the history disease and ill health have

been remained as burden and liability to society,
nation and world at large .

Health of citizen is a proper concern of the

government

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Nation wide –national health agency

World wide -International health agency

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National Health Agencies
Each national government has a department or agency
that has primary responsibility for protection of health and
citizen welfare.

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1.Indian Red Cross Society
The Indian Red Cross society was established
in the year 1920. It has a network of over
400 branches all over India. It has been
executing programmes for the promotion
of the health, prevention of disease and
Curing of suffering among the people.

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 ACTIVITIES
1. RELIEF OF WORK
2. MILK AND MEDICAL SUPPLY
3. ARMED FORCES
4. MATERNAL AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
5. FAMILY PLANNING
6. BLOOD BANK AND FIRST AID

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RELIEF WORK:
 When disaster strikes any part of the country
in the shape of the earth quakes, floods, etc…the Red
Cross society immediately mobilizes all its resources
and goes to the recourse of the affected people.

MILK AND MEDICAL SUPLY:

The number of hospitals, dispensaries, maternity
and child welfare centers, schools, and orphanages
receive assistance from the society every year. The
assistance given consists, mainly milk powder,
medicines, vitamins and other medical supplies.

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ARMED FORCES:
 The care of the sick and wounded among the
member of the forces is one of the primary obligations
of the Red Cross. The society runs well equipped
hospitals, the Red Cross home in Bangalore.
 
MATERNAL AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES:
There is large number of maternity and child welfare
centers all over India. Either directly administered by
or is affiliated to the Red Cross. There is bureau of
maternity and child welfare, which provides technical
advice to and financial aid to schemes for establishing
model maternity and child welfare centers.

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FAMILY PLANNING:
Several states are running family planning
clinics under all spices of Indian Red Cross.

BLOOD BANK AND FIRST AID:

Some of the state branches have started
blood banks. The st John Ambulance Association
in India which is part of Red Cross.
 

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2 HIND KUSHT NIVARAN SANGH
Founded in 1950 with its headquarters in NEW DELHI

OBJECTIVES:
To control leprosy and provide relief assistance to the
affected person and their family.
To collaborate and coordinate with other organization.
To promote social research into the cause and
treatment of leprosy.

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Cont….
 To established and maintain institution for the
treatment of patients, by up to date scientific
methods.
To educate the people.
To established training centers for leprosy and
premedical workers.

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ACTIVITES:
Rendering of financial assistance to various leprosy
homes and clinics.
Health education through publication and posters.
Training for medical workers and physiotherapists.
Conducting research and field investigations.
Publication of journal ‘Leprosy in India’ a quarterly
journal.

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Cont…..
Rehabilitation programme for cured persons.
Ex: Production of handloom cloths
 Poultry forming
 Cultivation of vegetables
 Sewing centers

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3 INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CHILD
WELFARE
IT is established in the year 1952.
 This organization works for the development of
disabled children in Childs rights issues, like child
labor, female infanticide, child abuse.

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 ACTIVITIES
 Advocating children rights
 Training programme for child care workers
 Sponsorship for school education of under privileged
children.
 Rehabilitation for handicap children
 Special Programme for girl child
 Education centre and support services .
 Adaptation of children.
 Day care centre
 immunization and health care centre
 Supplementary nutrition
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 4) TUBERCULOSIS
ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
Formed in the year 1939, it has branches in all states
in India.

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ACTIVITIES
1. Organization of a TB seals campaign every year
to raise funds, training of doctors, health
visitors, and social workers in anti tuberculosis
Treatment
2. Promotion of health by proper treatment.
3. The fallowing institution are under the
management of association
The new Delhi TB center
The king Edwards VII sanitation at dharampur
Tuberculosis hospital at mehrauli.

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5) BHARAT SEVEK SAMAJ
 The BSS is a non –political and non official
organization established in 1952.
 One of the prime objectives of BSS is to help people
to achieve health by their own action and efforts.
 The BSS has branches in all the states and in nearly
all the districts.
 Improvement of sanitation in village is one of the
important activity of BSS.

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 6)THE KASTURBA GANDHI
NATIONAL MEMORIAL FUND
Created in memory of karturba Gandhi, after her
death in 1944, the fund was raised with the main
object of improving the life of women, especially in
the village through gram sevikas.

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International Health Agencies
International health agencies have the primary
responsibility for protection of health and citizen
welfare
They meet responsibility through funding of research
and enforcement of health regulation.

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1.International Red Cross

World’s largest humanitarian network.

Provides protection and assistance to people affected by

conflicts and disasters

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Fundamental principles of Red Cross

1) Humanity
2) Impartiality
3) Neutrality
4) Independence
5) Voluntary service
6) Unity
7) Universality

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Works of red cross
Providing help and relief during natural disaster.

Services to armed forces.

Services to war veterans.

Programmes on first aid and nursing .

Providing maternity and child welfare services. 24

2.The Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)
Formed in year 1945.
Organization concerned with human diseases of
animal origin, nutrition and with rural hygiene .
FAO has focus special attention on developing rural
areas, home to 70% of the worlds poor and hunger
people.

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Main function of FAO:-
 Providing help to all nations to fight poverty and to raise living
standards of their people.
 Ensuring adequate availability of food to people of all nations
through increased food production.
 To raise level of nutrition
 Improvement of agriculture productivity
 Contributation of growth of the world economy

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3.United Nations International Children’s
Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Established in 1946
Head office is in New York
Regional office in India is at Delhi
Its primary objectives is promotion and protection of
health of the children.

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Functions of UNICEF
Child health: helps in vaccine production, in India it
has supported for production of BCG, DPT, vaccines.
UNICEF believes that children have the
o Right to adequate nutrition
o Education
o Health
o Protection

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Education: It provides books AV aids and other equipments to school.
It supports activities related to women empowerment as community participation
in implementation and monitoring of services benefiting women and children..
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Family child welfare: UNICEF promotes movement for basic needs and
promotes primary education to promote family planning ,encourage breast
feeding, vitamin A deficiency polio eradication.

Child nutrition : it supports in applied nutrition programmes, Vit A prophylaxis,

preventions of anemia in children

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•GOBI 3F campaigns to encourage .
G- for growth charts to better monitor child
development.
O- for oral rehydration to treat all mild and moderate
dehydration.
B- for breast feeding.
I- for immunization against measles, polio, tetanus and
tuberculosis.
F-female literacy
F-food
F-family planning

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4.World Health Organization

It is a specialized, non-political, health agency of UN with

headquarters at Geneva.
 Established on April 7,1948.
7th April is celebrated every year as
‘World Health Day’

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Objectives of WHO
To help government strengthen their health services.
To promote in-cooperation with other specialized
agencies where necessary- improvement of nutrition,
housing, sanitation, economic or working conditions and
other aspects of environmental hygiene

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To promote maternal and child health and welfare.

To foster activities in the field of mental health.

 To Stimulate eradication of epidemic, endemic and other

diseases.

To propose international conventions.

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ACTIVITIES
Malaria eradication
TB control
Control of communicable diseases
Health statistics
MCH services
Medical and nursing education
Environmental sanitation
Mental and dental rehabilitation

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Work of WHO
First division is the ‘classical’ or ‘inherited work’
which caused international health organizations to
come into existence.
Second division of work is the direct services to the
government on the field.
Third division of whose work can be described as
education and formation

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Role of WHO in public health
Providing leadership on matters critical to health and
engaging in partnership where joint action is needed.
Shaping the research agenda and stimulating the
generations, translations of valuable knowledge.
Setting norms and standards and monitoring their
implementation.
Articulation ethical and evidence based policy
options
Monitoring health situation and assessing health
trends.
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5.United States Agency for International
Development
Established in 1961,with aim for helping countries in their
economic and social development.

USAID assists India in wide variety of projects for

improvement of health of people.

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Projects includes
Support to national health programs like malaria
eradication .

Supports in field of medical, nursing and health education.

Support to projects related to water supply and sanitation.

Supports for projects related to control of communicable

diseases.

Supports for projects in nutrition and family planning

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 6.INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
ORGANIZATION

ILO was established in the year 1919.

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Functions of ILO
a) Establishment of peace by promoting social justice.
b) To improve the living standard and labour conditions
around the world.
c) To promote economic and social stability.

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7.COOPORATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE
AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE(CARE)
CARE is , nongovernmental organization. Established
in the year 1946 for the immediate purpose of sending
food from American donors to people in war divested
Europe.
When post war emergency programmers completed,
CARE extended programmers to other countries. In
India operation began in 1950

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FUNCTIONS:
Midday school meal programme, in primary school
children since 1961.
It has given help in the field of medicine, literacy
vocation training, and agriculture.
CARE has provided mobile medical x-ray machines,
diagnostic equipments, eye glass, and frames. Medical
books. Medicines and vitamins.

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8.UNITED NATION
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME(UNDP)
UNDP was established in 1965
 Its objectives is to help poorer nations develop their
own human and natural resources to the fullest
extent.
 WHO the executing agency of the UNDP in public
promotion.

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AIMS
Increased production and processing of food, timber
and other agricultural commodities
Expansion and modernization of industry, power
generation, transport, and communication.
Improvement for basic essential facilities for
education, health care, housing, employment, and
administrative and social services.
 Progress in integrated rural development,
comprehensive urban renewal, equal participation of
women in development and other pioneering fields.

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9.ROTARY
INTERNATIONAL
International organization of rotary club is known as rotary
international, it is a secular organization devoted to bringing together
business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service.

It begun in 1905.

Around 33,000 rotary club are located around the world .

Each club is a part of international group dedicated to the motto

"service above self".

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 PURPOSE OF ROTARY CLUB
a) To promote humanitarian service

b) Encourage high ethical standards

c) Help build goodwill throughout the world

FUNCTIONS OF ROTARY CLUB

a) Community services.

b) Organize Disease Eradication Projects (polio plus to

eradicate polio is well known project).
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 10.LIONS CLUB
INTERNATIONAL
It began in 1917.

OBJECTIVE-

To provide the youth of the world with an opportunity for

development and contribution, individually and
collectively as responsible members of the local, national
and international community.

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FUNCTIONS-

Lions Club make community a better place to live

1) Lions project for  healthy life
a)Sight project: Provide cataract surgeries
                                 Support lions eye banks
        b)Lions support local and large scale efforts to control and
prevent diabetes and diabetic retinopathy.
        c)Lions focuses on hearing and recycling programs.

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2)Service for children project
a)Literacy programs.
        b)Providing wheelchairs for disabled children         
        c)Providing books, nutritional programs for
undernourished children.
        d)providing immunization

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Conclusion
. Till now we have discussed about the functions,
objectives, activities of various national and
international agencies. Hope you all understood
about my class and you will be able to apply his
knowledge in community and clinical area and in
your day today life.

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