International health agencies provide aid to developing countries to improve healthcare. They include UNICEF, which focuses on child health, nutrition, and education. The Colombo Plan promotes economic and social development in Asia through technical cooperation. ILO works to establish social justice and decent working conditions globally. DANIDA, Denmark's development agency, prioritizes human rights, green growth, and stability in its assistance for health programs in India.

1. INTERNATIONAL
HEALTH AGENCIES
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2. Health
►It is defined as a state of
complete physical ,mental ,
social and spiritual well being
and not merely an absence of
disease or infirmity.

3. A large number of international health agencies of various
sizes provide international health assistance to improve
long-term medical care in developing countries. They
provide aid to victims of war, famine and natural disasters.
The international health agencies are an important source
of expert technical advice and training for local health
professionals.
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES

7. United Nations International
Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
▪ Created in 1946 by the “General Assembly of the United Nations” to
deal with the Rehabilitation of Children in war affected countries .
▪ The Headquarters of the United nations International Children’s
Emergency fund (UNICEF) is located at the United nations, New
York.
▪ The UNICEF Regional office is located in New Delhi, the region is
known as the South Central Asian region, which covers
Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Mongolia and Nepal.

8. SERVICES BY UNICEF :-
● Child health
● Child nutrition
● Family and child welfare
● Education

9. Child health
● UNICEF has provided help for the production of vaccines and sera in
many countries.
● UNICEF has supported India’s BCG vaccine program. It has also
assisted environmental sanitation programs emphasizing safe and
sufficient water for drinking and household use in rural areas.
● Currently, UNICEF is focusing attention on providing Primary Health
care to mothers and children. Emphasis is placed on :-
● immunization;
● infant and young child care;
● family planning and aspects of family health;
● safe water and education about sanitation.

10. Child nutrition
● UNICEF gives high priority to improving child nutrition.
● First time in mid-1950s with the development of low-cost
protein rich food mixtures.
● In collaboration with FAO(food and agriculture Organization),
UNICEF also begins agriculture extension, school and health
services so as to stimulate and help the rural population to grow
and eat the foods, required for better child nutrition.
● Intervention against nutritional deficiency diseases like provision
of large doses of vitamin A in areas where Xerophthalmia is
prevalent; enrichment of salt with iodine in areas of endemic
goiter; provision of iron and folate supplements to combat
anemia and enrichment of foods.

11. Family and child welfare
The purpose is to improve the care of the children
through parent education, day-care centers, child
welfare and young agencies and women’s clubs.
These services are carried out not as separate
projects but as part of health, nutrition and
education or home economics extension
programmes.

12. Education
Formal and non informal :- in collaboration with
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization) , UNICEF is assisting India in
the expansion and improvement of teaching science
in India. Science laboratories equipment, workshop
tools, library books, audiovisual aids are being made
available to educational institutions.
Emphasis is placed on the kind of schooling relevant
to the environment and future life of the children.

14. GOBI campaign under UNICEF :-
Encourages 4 strategies for a “Child Health
Revolution” :-
G:- Growth curves allow better monitoring of child
development
O:- Oral rehydration to correct mild and moderate
dehydration
B:- Breast feeding
I:- Immunization against measles, diphtheria, polio,
whooping cough, tetanus and tuberculosis.

16. ● It is an organization for Cooperative Economic and
Social Development in Asia and the Pacific.
● Establishment : 28 November 1950.
• Member countries : Current (27) Former (4)
● PURPOSE It is, a framework for bi-lateral
arrangements involving foreign aid and technical
assistance for the economic and social development of
the region.

19. OBJECTIVES
• To promote interest in and support for the economic and
social development of Asia and the Pacific.
• To promote technical cooperation and assist in the sharing
and transfer of technology among member countries.
● To keep under review relevant information on technical
cooperation between the member of governments,
multilateral and other agencies with a view to accelerate
development through cooperative effort.
● To facilitate the transfer and sharing of the developmental
experiences among member countries within the region
with emphasis on the concept of South-South cooperation.

20. PROGRAMMES
• The Colombo Plan has four permanent
programmes:
1. Long-Term Scholarships Programme (1951)
2. Drug Advisory Programme (1973)
3. Programme for Private Sector Development (1995)
4. Programme for Public Administration &
Environment (1968)

22. ILO (International labour
organization)
● Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency dealing
with labour issues, particularly international labour
standards and decent work for all.
● 185 of the 193 UN member states are members of the
ILO. In 1969, the organization received the Nobel Peace
Prize for improving peace among classes, pursuing
justice for workers, and providing technical assistance
to other developing nations.

23. Headquarters of I. L. O
Geneva, Switzerland

24. HISTORY
The ILO was founded in April 1919 primarily
in response to humanitarian concern over the
condition of workers who were being
exploited with no consideration for their
health, their family lives or their professional
and social advancement.

25. The purposes of ILO
(1) to contribute to the establishment of
lasting peace by promoting social justice
(2) to improve the labour conditions, and
living standards and
(3) to promote economic and social
stability.

26. SERVICES
● The ILO is a united nations agency that deals about
labour issues.
● ILO specifically looks observes international labour
standard and provide decent work for all.
● It also extends assistance to organizations interested
in providing living and employment standard.
● ILO collaboration with WHO(world health
organization) in matters related to health and labour.

28. DANISH INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY:-
INTRODUCTION : DANIDA IS THE BRANCH THAT THE DEMARK
USES FOR PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN AID AND DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
DANIDA PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR THREE NATIONAL HEALTH
PROGRAMME:-,
DANLEP-LEPROSY
DANTB-TUBERCULOSIS
DANPCB- BLINDNESS

30. FOUR MAIN PRIORITY AREAS
● Human rights and democracy.
● Green growth
● Social progress
● Stability and protection

31. DANIDA activities in INDIA
Denmark has been giving bilateral development
assistance to India since 1963.
● Six major areas:
● Political dialogue
● Trade and investments
● Research, science and technology
● Energy, environment and climate
● Education, cooperation between people and culture
● Attracting foreign labour

32. DANLEP • The programme was launched in four districts in
three states of Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, & Tamil Nadu.
It offers infrastructural support, health education, human
resource development, programme monitoring &
prevention & care of deformities.
DANTB • DANIDA assists the Revised national Tuberculosis
Control Programme since 1966 and is continuing till today.
DANPCB • DANIDA provides assistance for the services
rendered under National Blindness Control Programme
since 1978. • The assistance is offered in three phases.

33. ● PHASE I : Strengthened the infrastructure of
Primary Health centres.
● PHASE II : It set up District Blindness
Control Societies in order to develop human
resources & to decentralize the services.
● PHASE III : Continues the gains of the earlier
phases and is proposed to set up national
Eye Care Center through its assistance.

34. In this presentation I have included:-
● Definition of health
● Introduction of International health agencies
● Unicef:- services by Unicef, GOBI campaign
under Unicef
● Colombo:-objectives, Programmes
● ILO:-History, purpose, services
● DANIDA-Priority areas , Functions
SUMMARY

35. BIBLIOGRAPHY
● Park’s textbook of Preventive and social
medicine Unit -23 International
health(pg no. 958-965)
● www.internationalhealthagencies.com