Rural Health | Karmayog

Health Problems faced in Rural India
- An Introduction to the current Health Scenario in Rural India
Rural Health Development
- National Rural Health Mission
  - Mission Document – National Rural Health Mission (pdf)
  - Visions and Goals of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) -NRHM is a Govt. scheme that aims at providing valuable healthcare services to rural class in India
National Rural Health Mission (NHRM), Problems Addressed
- Reproductive and Child Health
  - Maternal Health -Prevention of Maternal Mortality, Essential and Emergency Obstetric Care, Safe Abortion Techniques.
  - Family Planning -To promote family planning and sexual and reproductive health.
  - Child Health -Child Health Programme in India (pdf)
- Vector Borne Disease Control
  - Malaria
    - Symptoms, Signs, Vectors and Control Strategies for Malaria
  - Dengue
    - Signs and Symptoms, Transmission, Vector Control, Dos and Donts for Dengue.
  - Filaria
    - Symptoms, Signs, Vectors and Control Strategies for Filariasis
  - Japanese Encephalitis
    - Symptoms, Signs, Vectors and Control Strategies for Japanese Encephalitis
  - Kala-azar
    - Symptoms, Signs, Vectors and Control Strategies for Kala-azar
- TB control Programme
  - Tuberculosis -Tuberculosis Key Facts and Questions
- Blindness Control Programme
  - List of NGOs / Voluntary Organizations associated with NPCB in different states (xls)
- Leprosy Eradication Programme
  - Leprosy Fact file (W.H.O) -Cause, Transmission, Symptoms, Multi-Drug Therapy
- Iodine Deficiency Disorders
  - National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme -Control & prevent physical & mental retardation, cretinism, abortions, still birth & types of goiter
- AIDS
  - National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) -Fact files on HIV and AIDS and information on how the NACO functions (doc)
- Polio
  - Factsheet on poliomyelitis -W.H.O
- General
  - Health Economics – Weak Implementation ailing Healthcare Plans -Feb 11, 2010 – Livemint
World Health Organisation
- Country Cooperation Strategy at a glance -WHO India (pdf)
Useful Links
- The Institute for Rural Health Studies