Question

Name some of the volunteers who work for public health service.

Answer 1

Instructions: Give the names of volunteers ASHA worker, Anganwadi who take active participation in health care

Solution: One such volunteer is ‘ASHA worker’ which helps people in getting health care services.

In the village the Anganwadi centre serves as a centre to provide nutrition and immunisation to young children.

The Sub centre covers the population of 5000 people in rural areas.

This Centre has Multi Purpose Health Assistants (MPHAs) (Female and Male). They are trained in dealing with common illnesses and provide immunisation to children, care for pregnant mothers, take steps to prevent diarrhoea and malaria.

These centres work under the supervision of Primary Health Centres.

The sources needed to run these facilities are obtained from the public tax.

The government in order to fulfil its commitment of providing healthcare to all citizens has established these hospitals and health centres.