National health agencies and their important activities
National Health Agencies are organization has its own administrative body or committee that raises funds through its members or from private sources. It has paid or voluntary staff. Works for health promotion, health education and health legislation, etc. Working in the MCH field: Family Planning Association of India, Indian Council for Child Welfare and Kasturba Memorial Fund.
Working for a specific disease problem: Hind kushta nivaran sangh, Indian Cancer Society, etc. Working for General Health Care: The Indian Red Cross Society, Central Social Welfare and All Indian Women's Conferences. Professional organizations: INC, IMA, IDA, TNAI, etc.
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Indian Red Cross Society
It was coined in
1920. The National headquarters of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) is at Delhi
Indian Red Cross Society is a national organization with more than 655
branches, which are spread throughout the state, district and sub-division of
the country. The Red Cross Home at Bengaluru for disabled ex-servicemen is one
of the pioneer institutions of its kind in Asia.
Activities of IRCS
- Relief work
- Milk and medical supplies
- Armed forces
- Maternal and child welfare services
- Family planning
- Blood bank and first aid
Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh
It was founded in
1950. Its head office (HQ) is in New Delhi. Its predecessor was the
Indian Council of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Association, which was
dissolved in 1950.
Activities of HKNS
- Help leprosy homes and clinics.
- Health education through publication and publicity.
- Training of health personnel.
- Field diagnosis and research.
- Arranging leprosy worker’s conference and publication of quarterly “Leprosy India”.
Indian Council for Child Welfare
It was coined in
1952. ICCW is affiliated to International Union for Child Welfare. The
services of ICCW are dedicated to ensuring "opportunities and facilities,
by law and other means", for Indian children which are able to
access them in healthy and normal way physically, mentally, morally,
spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner and develop conditions
of freedom and dignity.
Activities of ICCW
Provide financial
assistance to various leprosy homes and clinics, organised health education by
facilitating publications and posters, conduct training of physical therapists,
medical health workers and conduct research and field research. Organization of the Conference of leprosy workers throughout India and
publication of "Leprosy in India", a quarterly magazine.
Tuberculosis Association of India
It was coined in
1939. Headquarters is in Delhi It has branches in every state in India.
Activities of TAI
Organizing a T.B.
stamp campaign every year to raise funds, train doctors, health visitors and
social workers in anti-T.B work, promote health education, promote
consultations and conferences.
Bharat Sevak Samaj
Bharat Sevak Samaj
was formed in 1952. It is non-political, non-governmental and non-voluntary
organization. The main objectives of BSK is to help people achieve health
through their own actions and efforts. The main activity of the
organization is to improvement in environmental sanitation in rural area is
included. The branches of BSS are functioning in almost all districts of
all states.
Central Social Welfare Board
It is an
independent organization under the general administrative control of the
Ministry of Education. CSWB was created by the Government of India in
August 1953.
Activities of CSWB
- Study of the needs and requirements of voluntary welfare organizations in the country
- Promote and establish social welfare organizations on a voluntary basis
- Ender Representation of financial aid to deserving existing organizations and institutions.
- Teaching of crafts, social education, literacy classes, maternity help for women, distribution of milk, Balwadis and organization of play centers for children.
- Started also started an industrial cooperative scheme to help lower-middle-class women in urban areas supplement their income by doing paid work.
The Kasthurba Memorial Fund
It was created in
memory of Kasturba Gandhi, after her death in 1944. The fund was raised
with the main objective of improving the lot of women, especially in the
villages, through gram-sevikas. Attempt is made to raise the standard of Indian
women.
Family Planning Association of India
Head quarter was
formed in 1949 in Mumbai with the aim of dissemination of family planning
in India. Its branches run family planning clinics. It has trained
hundreds of doctor, health visitors, and social workers.
Activities of FPAI:
- Conducting family planning clinics.
- Couching of health professionals.
- Providing information related to family planning.
All India Women’s Conference
It is the only
voluntary women's welfare organization in the country. Established in
1926. It gives special contribution in running of maternal, child health
clinics, health centres and family planning clinics. It also makes
arrangements for adult education.
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