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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 53.5 Thousand New Male Health Workers for Sub Health Centres in Disease-Prone Districts

53.5 Thousand New Male Health Workers for Sub Health Centres in Disease-Prone Districts

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published Published on Jun 16, 2010   modified Modified on Jun 16, 2010

In a big boost to Public Health System, the government approved hiring of more than 53500 male health workers for all the Sub Health Centers (SHC) in 235 high focus districts from the point of view of disease control. The total costs for providing the male health workers on contract at the 53,544 SHCs in the 235 high focus districts would be Rs. 385.52 crores per year and the central government will bear 85 per cent , 75 per cent and 65 per cent share in first three years. The Decision was approved by the Mission Steering Group of National Rural Health Mission chaired by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad and attended by Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Shri CP Joshi and Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia among others, here yesterday.

The male health worker should be the focal point for all the disease control programmes including malaria, TB, leprosy, filaria and kala-azar as well other preventive health care activities including water testing, chlorination, sanitation and school health. This would also improve maternal and child health care by enabling the ANMs to take up the additional preventive health care tasks such as control of nutritional anaemia and adolescent health care. The presence of a male health worker will also expedite making the SHCs 24x7.

The scheme involves, apart from supporting contractual appointments in the identified 235 high focus districts, rejuvenating the multipurpose course for male health worker at all the erstwhile institutions and starting new schools in underserved districts. This also includes stipendiary support of Rs. 500 to the students. The financial implication for assisting the 56 HFW Training centres (Rs. 59 lakhs each) would be Rs. 33.04 crores. The course content can be revised to meet the present and future requirements of disease control programmes as well as Maternal and Child Health. A sub-committee with representatives of all disease control programmes and HFW Training centres from selected States with due representation from high focus districts may be constituted to complete the task within 2 to 3 months.


Press Information Bureau, 16 June, 2010, http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=62588


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