NATIONAL HEALTH

PROGRAMMES

 Central

government along with state governments

take concurrent or coordinated measures to handle
communicable, non-communicable & other main
diseases, these measures are called NHP

Why National Health Programs?

Disease

burden is high
Geogrpahical spread
Control or eradication of the communicable
diseases
Improvement of environmental sanitation
Raising the standard of nutrition
Control of population

 These

pgms emphasized to provide primary,

secondary, tertiary health care services
PHC & CHC involved- more efforts to control
diseses
Disease monitoring, survey & notification system
are being made more capable & effective
IEC, more importance

national and international

Technical and material assistance

TYPES

Communicable
diseases

NonCommunicable
diseases

Community
Nutrition
Programmes

Maternal&
child health

Others

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Revised

National Tuberculosis Control Programme

(RNTCP)
National Vector Borne Disease C.P. (NVBDCP)
National Anti- Malaria programme
National Filaria Control programme
Kala-Azar Control Programme
Japanese Encephalitis Control
Dengue Fever Control

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Yaws

Eradication Programme
National Leprosy Eradication programme
National Pulse Polio Programme
Universal Immunization Programme
National Aids Control Programme
National

Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Prog.

National Surveillance Programme for Communicable
Diseases (Integrated Disease Surveillance Project)

NON- COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

National

Programme for Control of Blindness

National Cancer Control of Programme
National Mental Health Programme
National Diabetes Control Programme

COMMUNITY NUTRITION
PROGRAMMES
Vitamin A prophylaxis

programmes
Prophylaxis Against Nutritional anaemia
Control of Iodine deficiency disorders
Special Nutrition programme
Balwadi Nutrition programme
Midday Meal Programme

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

Reproductive

and Child Health Programme

Integrated mother and child development services
(ICDS)
National Rural Health Mission
National Family Welfare Programme

OTHERS
National

Water supply and Sanitation Programme

Minimum Needs Programme
20 Point Programme
National Programme for Control and Treatment
and Control Of Occupational Diseases

Important measures in effective

implementation of NHP
Identifying

& removing short comings

Filling the gap-infrastructure & health personnel
Improving quality
Improving implementation
Increasing utility
Training-skill & capabilities
Ensuring supply of resources
IEC-awareness
International cooperation-strengthening.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Know

and understand health problems

Know and understand programmes
Planning
Organizing
Implementation
Participate-activities of pgm
Community survey
Identify local agencies
Screening

 Identification

of cases
Follow up of cases
Maintain records
Refer cases
Health education
IEC

 Supervision
MPHW
VHG
TD
AWW
ASHA

and training

 People

participation
Research activities
Strengthening MIS