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Chapter-44 National Health Programs

BOOK TITLE: Pocket Clinical Guide for Nursing Students

Author
1. Prakash P
ISBN
9789352701933
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14242_45
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
2
Author Affiliations
1. College of Nursing, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India
Chapter keywords
National health program, communicable disease, non-communicable disease, integrated disease surveillance project, IDSP, revised national TB control programme, RNTCP, national blood policy

Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to focus on the national health programs. Programs for communicable diseases include revised national TB control programme (RNTCP), national leprosy eradication programme, national filaria control programme, national aids control programme, integrated disease surveillance project (IDSP), and national vector borne disease control programme. Non-communicable diseases include school health programme, national programme on prevention and control of diabetes, CVD and stroke, national programme for prevention and control of deafness, universal immunization programme (RTI ACT, 2005), national cancer control programme, national mental health programme, and national iodine deficiency disorder control programme. National health policies include national nutrition policy, national population policy, national policy for empowerment of women, national health policy, and national blood policy.

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