COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

2. NATIONAL
HEALTH
AGENCIES
PRESENTED BY:
RAMANPREET KAUR
POST BASIC BSC-2ND YEAR

3. INTRODUCTION
• India is rich with many health care agencies.
FUNCTIONS:-
To promote health, to prevent illness and to provide
curative services.
AIMS :-
To reduce morbidity and mortality rates.

4. TYPES OF HEALTH CARE
AGENCIES
• There are number of agencies and bodies
that have delivering health services. Some
agencies are delivering services while other
are advisory.
National
agencies
INTERNATIONAL
AGENCIES

5. NATIONAL VOLUNTARY HEALTH
AGENCIES
S.NO NATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES YEAR OF
ESTABLISHMENT
1. INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY 1920
2. INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CHILD
WELFARE
1952
3. FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF
INDIA
1949
4. TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION OF
INDIA
1939
5. HINDU KUSHT NIVARAN SANGH 1950
6. CENTRAL SOCIAL WELFARE BOARD 1953
7. ALL INDIA WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 1927
8. BLIND ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 1952

7. INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
(IRCS)
 The INDIAN red cross society is a voluntary
humanitarian organization.
 Indian red cross society was established in
1920 under the Indian red cross society act.

8. OBJECTIVES
 To Influence The Behaviour Of All The People.
 To Make Red Cross Societies And Communities
More Aware Of The Risks They Face ,How To
Reduce Their Vulnerability And How To Cope
When Disaster Strikes.

9. ACTIVITIES......
Red cross promotes the
humanitarian values.
Disaster response
Disaster preparedness
activities.
Health and care in the
community.

11. INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CHILD
WELFARE
 Establised In 1952,the Indian Council For Child
Welfare Is A Voluntary Organization Engaged In
Promoting Development Services For Children.
 Iccw Has 32 State/Union Territory Councils All Over
The Country .

12. OBJECTIVES
 To Promote The Opportunity And Facility For The
Development Of The Children.
 To Ensure The Promotion Of Physical,social And
Mental Health Of Children.

13. ACTIVITIES
• Provide Financial Assistance By Providing Food,care And
Protection.This Scheme Has Been Found Very Fruitful And
Essential For Working Women.
• Recreational Centre-cum-children 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.

15. FAMILY PLANNING
ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
• The Family Planning Association of India (FPA
India) is a registered charity in India.
Established in 1949, the organisation has 40
local branches across the country that
promote sexual health and family planning.

16. ACTIVITIES
• It is the national affiliate of the International Planned
Parenthood Federation.
• Among other issues, the organisation promotes
reproductive choices, legal and safe abortion,
education about sexually transmitted
diseases and sexual and reproductive health.
• FPA has 39 permanent clinics under them.

18. TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
OF INDIA
• The Tuberculosis Association Of India Is A
Voluntary Organization.
• It Was Set Up In February,1939.
• The Association Has Branches In All The States
And Its Head Quarter Is In Delhi.

19. OBJECTIVES
• To Prevent ,Control , treatment And Relief Of
Tuberculosis.
• To Encourage And Assist In The Establishment
Throughout The India.
• To Undertake The Research And Investigation On
Subjects Concerning Tuberculosis And Allied Chest
Diseases.

20. ACTIVITIES
• Providing Quality diagnostic and treatment services.
• Supplementing revised national tuberculosis control programme
and DOTS services of government of india.
• Increasing public awareness about the disease
• Involvement of the community leaders in the control efforts.
• Enlisting cooperation of patients and their families in seeking
proper diagnosis and to complete treatment.

22. HIND KUSHT NIVARAN
SANGH
 HIND KUSHT NIVARAN SANGH is an old and
prestigious body of people committed towards
treatment ,rehabilitation of leprosy patients and
elimination of leprosy from INDIA.
 This organization was founded in 1950 under the
registration of societies act,1860.

23. OBJECTIVES
• To carry out research on various aspects of
leprosy.
• To provide short courses of training, treatment of
leprosy.
• To carry out propaganda.

24. ACTIVITIES
• Leprosy free india.
• Mass awareness campaigns.
• Socio-economic empowerment of leprosy effected persons.
• Rehabilitation of patients.
• Observance of Anti-Leprosy Day on 30th january every year.