The presentation will give the viewers a complete knowledge about health, different health organizations around the world.

3. THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION (WHO)
DEFINED HEALTH AS
"A STATE OF COMPLETE PHYSICAL ,
MENTAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING
AND NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF
DISEASE OR INFIRMITY."

5. HEALTH….
 Health is one of the primary concerns of all the
governments of the world. They strive to take
individually at the national level as well as
collectively to safeguard the health interest of their
people.

7. 1) Big Cities. These have multi storeyed buildings, to
many vehicles, heavily burdened water supply and
sewage system, some with lots of industries, either
inside the township or outside.
2) Small Towns. Not so crowded.
3) Villages. Small population, agriculture based,
dairies, poultry farming, cottage industries are main
sources of livelihood.
4) Remote areas. Tribal people, mostly thriving on
forests and forests products, neither proper drinking
water nor any medical facility.
5) Slum-Dwelling. Slums and Jhopdis are a common
sight at all places especially on outskirts of big cities.

8. HEALTH PROBLEMS….
 Food and water borne diseases- Several
diseases specially diarrhea, gastroenteritis, typhoid,
dysentery are very common in areas deficient in
proper water supply. Untreated sewage or effluents
from industries poured into rivers and other water
bodies harm the people living outside.
 Insect and air borne diseases. The public in
general an specially the uneducated village folk are
not conscious of the flies which alight on exposed
food stuff and contaminate them. Lack of
cleanliness leads to breeding of mosquitoes, flies
etc which cause diseases.

10.  Medical facilities. Preventive immunization is
catching up but still needs to be carried out more
effectively.
 Professional Hazards. Certain health problems
related with child labour which is rampant in the car
industry, fireworks industry, glass bangles
manufacturing units etc.

13.  Local bodies include Municipal Corporation,
Municipalities, Town Area committees etc.
1. Sanitation. Removal and proper disposal of
garbage, sewage and other wastes, elimination of
breeding places of flies mosquitoes.
2. Supply of safe drinking water.
3. Vaccinations. Immunizing the infants and others
to protect them from several infectious diseases
such as tetanus, pertusis, diphtheria, tuberculosis,
measles etc.
4. Keeping Statistical records. Apart from
compulsion of registration of births and deaths
every other kind of information about health and
diseases of people is to be regularly maintained.

15.  For each diseases(Malaria, Dengue, T.B, Leprosy,
Cholera) National bodies undertake a regular
survey, identification of the transmitting agent and
its breeding places, arranging prophylactic
immunization and any other kind of steps to be
taken to fight against the respective diseases.
 NIDC(National Institute of Communicable
Diseases) located at Delhi is seriously engaged in
research on infectious diseases.

17. RED CROSS…
 The Red Cross is national as well as international
agency. The main function of Red Cross Society is
to perform activities which should prevent or
remove human suffering in peace time as well as at
the time of war.
 It was formally founded in 1864.
 The emblem of Red Cross Society is a red colored
cross painted on white background.

18. MAJOR ACTIVITIES….
To –
 Extend relief and help to the victims of any
calamity.
 Procure & supply blood for the needy.
 Extend all possible first aid in any accident.
 Educate people in accident prevention.
 Arrange for ambulance service in all emergencies.
 Look after maternal and child welfare centers.

19. WHO (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION)….
 Reasons for formation….
Member country of UNO focused on the need for
creating an international body to look after the
health problems of people of the world. This was
particularly felt in field of research on causes of
diseases.

20. MAJOR ACTIVITIES….
To -
 Collect and supply information about the
occurrence of diseases of epidemic nature.
 Support projects for research on diseases.
 Suggest quarantine measures to prevent spread of
diseases.
 Lay pharmaceutical standards for important drugs
to ensure purity and size of the dose.
 Organize campaign.