This document discusses several national health agencies in India that work to promote public health. Some of the key agencies mentioned include the Indian Red Cross Society, which provides relief during disasters and runs blood banks and first aid training. The Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh works to control leprosy through education, research, and supporting leprosy clinics and homes. The Central Social Welfare Board aims to improve family and child welfare in rural areas through programs and technical/financial support.

2. Presented by:-
Mr. Pandurang.L.Tonde
Second year M.Sc.Nsg
SCON,PUNE

3. INTRODUCTION:-
• International health, also called geographic
medicine or global health care, usually with
a public health emphasis, dealing with
health across regional or national
boundaries.
• Health and disease have no political
boundaries.
• The global community does not face
diseases it already knows.

4. Cont….
• New diseases also crop up, and with the rapid movement of
the people and goods around the world, they spread very
quickly as well.
• Disease in part of the world constant threat to other parts.
• Disease like plague, cholera spread through trade routes from
one to another nations.

9. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
AGENCIES

35. NATIONAL HEALTH AGENCIES:-
A. Indian Red Cross Society
 The Indian red cross Society was established in 1920.It has
400 branches.it trains members of the community in health
care procedures as well as focusses attention on certain
health problems. Its activities are:
1. Relief Work
 It provides relief work at the time of disaster like earth
quakes, flood or famine or war. eg.collects clothing and food,
distributes to the suffers.
2. Milk and medical supplies
 It supplies milk and medical supplies to hospitals,
dispensaries, meet centres and render family planning
services.

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3. Armed forces.
 The care of the sick and wounded among the members of
forces is one of the primary obligations of the Red Cross.
4. Maternity and child welfare services;
 There are a large number of maternity and child welfare
services in India maternity and child welfare services in India
which provides technical advice and financial aid to scheme
for establishing model maternity and child welfare centres.
5. Family planning:
 Family planning clinics under the auspices of the Indian red
cross.
6. Blood bank and first aid:
 It provides blood bank facilities to people. The St. Johns
ambulance association in India which is a part of Red Cross
had trained men and women in first aid.

37. B. The Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh
 The Hind kusht Nivaran Sangh was founded in 1950 with its
headquarters in New Delhi.
 This organisation works for the purpose of controlling
leprosy.
 This disease was recognises early as a serious health problem
because of disfiguring complications and negative social
attitude.
 The Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh worked to increase public
knowledge of the disease and to stimulate interest in the
medical, public health and social problems related to leprosy.
 The Sangh has branches all over the world in close
cooperation with government and other voluntary agencies.

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Functions of Sangh:
 It renders financial assistance to various leprosy homes and
clinics.
 Health education through publications and posters.
 Training medical workers and physiotherapists.
 Conducting research and field of investigation.
 Organising All India Leprosy workers conferences.
 Publication of “Leprosy in India”

39. c. Indian Council for Child Welfare
 It was established in 1952.
 The services of ICCW are devoted to secure for children
those opportunities and facilities which will help them to
develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually, and socially
in a health and normal manner and conditions of freedom
and dignity.
 They have a network of state councils and district council all
over India.
 They work to create consciousness in the public and
government –the need for integrated child welfare
programmes, through conferences, annual meetings,
seminars and public platforms.
 They also provided various types of services and carry out
pilot projects for children.

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Functions of ICCW
 The “Indian Council for Child Welfare” not only drew up the
original syllabus but has continued the Balwadis which were
consequently set up from the third five year plan own wards
and have proved to be the important base for nutrition and
immunization programme.
 The ICCW with other voluntary organisations and ministries
of social welfare and community development initiated
training of preschool workers.
 Balsevikas were trained in the Balsevika training centres set
up by the central social welfare board through grand-in-aid
to voluntary organisations like Indian council for child
welfare.

41. D. Tuberculosis Association of
India
 It was established in 1939 and has branches all the states of
India.
 It offers expert advice and serves as a co-ordinating agency in
standardising methods, promoting consultations and
conferences, starts model institutions, trains tuberculosis
workers via doctors, health visitors and social workers.
 It organises the sale of TB seals every year to raise the funds
for training programme.

42. E.Bharat Sevak Samaj
 It is a non-political and non-official organisation was formed
in 1952.The primary aim of BSS is to help people to achieve
health by their own actions and efforts.
 Improvement of sanitation in villages is one of the main
activities.
 The other activities include camps, such as youth camps,
teachers training camps, college student’s camps etc. and
health publicity.
Activities of BSS
 1. To promote environmental sanitation in villages is one of
their key activities.
 2. To organise youth camps, teacher training camps and
health publicity.
 3. Improvement of sanitation in villages.

43. F. Central Social Welfare Board
 It is a semi-official organisation set up by the
‘Government of India’ in August 1953. In 1968 this
became an autonomous organisation under the
administration of the ministry of education. The family
and child welfare services in rural areas for the welfare
of women and children.
Objectives of CSWB
1. To study the needs and requirements of social welfare
organisations from time to time through surveys,
research, and evaluation in such manner as may be
considered necessary.
2 .To evaluate the programme and projects of the aided
agencies.

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4. To promote the setting up of social welfare organisations an
a voluntary basis in places where no such organisations exist
and to promote additional organisations wherever necessary.
5.To render technical and financial aid, when necessary to
deserving institution’s, organisations including panchayat Raj
institutions in accordance with scheme/principles approved by
Government of India.
6. To promote social welfare activities intended of the general
welfare of public such as welfare of the public such as welfare of
the family,women,children and the handicapped.
7. To organize or promote programmes of training in social
work and when required and also to organize and work pilot
projects whenever necessary.

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Functions
1. Surveying the needs and requirements of voluntary welfare
organisations in country.
2. Promoting and setting up of social welfare organisation on
a voluntary basis.
3. Rendering of financial aid to deserving existing
organisations and institutions.

46. G. The Kasturba Memorial Fund
 It was created in commemoration of Kasturba Gandhi, after
her death in 1944,the fund was raised with the main object of
improving the lot of women, especially in the villages,
through gram-sevikas.Anti leprosy work is also carried out by
the trust.
Objectives
 The trust conducts and promotes charitable activities for the
welfare of mothers and children through the establishment
of hospitals,dispensaries,cottage industries and training
campaigns in first aid.home nursing,child nursing,child
welfare,indigenous remedies.

47. H .Family planning of India
 The family planning association was formed in 1949 with its
headquarters in Mumbai. Now it provides a support for the
family welfare planning. It has done pioneering work in
propagating family planning in India. The association has
trained several hundred doctors, health visitors and social
workers.
Activities
 The Family planning Association of India advanced to
include spacing and limitation of child birth,give guidance to
general marriage problems, and helps in training of
personnel and research.

48. I. All India Women’s Conference
 It is the only women’s voluntary welfare organisations in the
country established in 1926.It has now branches all over the
country and most of the branches are running M C H clinics,
medical centres and adult education centres, milk centres
and family planning clinics.
Activities
1.Special contribution in the running of maternal and
child health clinics.
2.Health centres and child health clinics.
3.Arrange milk distribution centres.
4.Teachers mother craft.
5.Organizes balwadi.

49. J. The All India Blind Relief Society
 This society was established in 1946 with a view to co-
ordinate different institutions working for the blind. It
organises eye relief camps and other measures for the relief
of blind.
Activities
1.It organises eye relief camps and other measures for the relief
camps of the blind.
2.It also organises health education and eye relief camps.

50. K. Professional bodies.
 The Indian medical association, All India licentiates
association, All India dental association, The trained
association of India are all voluntary agencies of men and
women who are qualified in their respective specialities and
possess register able qualifications, There professional bodies
conduct annual conferences ,publish journals ,arrange
scientific sessions and exhibitions ,foster research, set up
standards of professional education and organize relief
camps during periods of natural calamities.