health and welfare

1. CLASS PRESENTATION
ON
HEALTH AND WELFARE
COMMITTEES
PRESENTED BY
Amandeep kaur
Roll. No. 1
M.sc.Nursing

2. At the end of the presentation
students will be able to acquire
knowledge regarding health &
welfare committees and
implement this knowledge in
various health care settings.

3. INTRODUCTION
For improvement in health
planning and health system
& for development of health
services, Indian
government has formed
different committees from
time to time.

4. BHORE COMMITTEE- 1946
 Chairman- Sir Joseph Bhore
 IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS:-
 Unification of preventive & curative services,
at all administrative levels.
 Development of a 75 bed hospital & primary
health units for every 10,000 to 20,000
population.
 Long term planning to develop 650 and 2500
bed hospitals as secondary units & district
hospitals.
 Suggestion to bring about extensive changes
in medical education.

5. MUDALIAR COMMITTEE-1962
 Chairman- Dr. A.S Mudaliar
 IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS:-
 Development & strengthening of subdivisional and district
hospitals.
 Collection of facts about development in 1st and 2nd five year
plans.
 Not to include a population bigger than 40,000 under a
primary health centre.
 Improving the quality of health services provided by primary
health centre.
 Formation of Indian medical services on the lines of Indian
administrative service.
 Managing maternal & child health services in a better way.
 Increasing the number of nursing personnel (public health
nurse, lady health visitor, ANM.

6. CHADDAH COMMITTEE -1963
 Chairman- Dr. M.S Chaddah
 IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS:-
 Appointing a basic health worker per 10,000
population, later maker it one worker per
5000 population.
 Along with Malaria, vital statistics and family
planning work also should be look after.
 Family planning health assistant(FPHA)
should be given the responsibility to
supervise the Work of 3-4 basic health
workers.
 The responsibility of National Malaria
Eradication Programme should be general
health services.
 Increasing the facilities for home health care.
 Appointing a health inspector per 20,000

7. MUKHERJI COMMITTEE 1965-
1966
 Chairman- Mr. Mukherji
 IMPORTA NT RECOMMENDATIONS:-
 Reviewing the responsibilities of basic health workers
as recommended by the chaddah committee.
 Arrangement of separate staff for family planning.
 Family planning health assistants should look after
family planning work.
 Malaria programmme should be separated from family
planning.
 Appointment of basic health worker for 10,000
population, a male supervisor should be appointed to
supervise their work
 To supervise the work of 4 ANM, a lady health visitor
(LHV) should be appointed.
 At district level a nursing supervisor should be
appointed.
 Basic health services should be strengthen from block

8. JUNGALWALLA COMMITTEE-
1967
 Chairman- Dr. N. Jungalwalla
 IMPORTA NT RECOMMENDATIONS:-
 Integration of health services, personnel
& organization from top to bottom level.
 Similar seniority and unified cadre to be
implemented.
 Recognization of extra qualification.
 Similar work should be given similar
wages and for special work, special
salary to be given.
 Better working conditions for health
workers.

9. KARTAR SINGH COMMITTEE-
1973
 Chairman:- Mr. Kartar Singh
 IMPORTA NT RECOMMENDATIONS:-
 Multipurpose health worker should be appointed in
place of ANM.
 MPHW(M) should be appointed in places of basic
health worker, malaria surveillance workers, vaccinators
 health education assistants and family planning health
assistants.
 Primary health centre should be limited to 50,000
population
 Every PHC should be divided into 16 subcentres, each
of which can cover a population of 3000-3500.
 MPHW Programme should be started first at places
where malaria control and small pox control programme
are going on. Later it can be started in other places.
 At each sub centre, one male and one female health
worker should be appointed.

10.  To supervise the work of 3-4 male
workers, a male supervisor should be
appointed and to supervise the work
of 4 female workers a female
supervisor should be appointed.
 Female health supervisor should be
appointed in place of lady health
visitors.
 The responsibility of supervising the
sub centred should be given to the
medical officer inchrarge of primary
health centre.

11. SHRIVASTAVA COMMITTEE-
1975
 Chairman:- Mr. Shrivastava
 IMPORTA NT RECOMMENDATIONS:-
 In order to provide complete health facilities
to the community, part time/ co professional
(teacher, gram sewak, postmaster etc.)
 In between the community workers and the
medical officer of the primary health centre,
two categories of workers namely MPHW and
Health assistant (HA) should be appointed.
 Developing ‘Referal Service complex’ to
establish close contact between primary
centre, regional or district hospitals and
medical college hospitals.

12. MEHTA COMMITTEE-1983
 Chairman:- Mr. Mehta
 This committee is “Medical education
Review committee”.
 Part I of the report deals with medical
education in all aspects.
 Establishment of universities of medical
sciences and medical and health
education commission.
 Part II of the report specifically deals with
lack of availability of health manpower
data in India specially doctors, nurses
and pharmacist

13. SUMMARIZATION
 BHORE COMMITTEE- 1946
 MUDALIAR COMMITTEE-1962
 CHADDAH COMMITTEE -1963
 MUKHERJI COMMITTEE 1965-1966
 JUNGALWALLA COMMITTEE-1967
 KARTAR SINGH COMMITTEE-1973
 SHRIVASTAVA COMMITTEE- 1975
 MEHTA COMMITTEE-1983