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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1978 24(3):133-135; doi:10.1093/tropej/24.3.133
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Role of Village Health Worker in Health Problems of Developing Countries

Y. C. MATHUR, DR.* and AJIT KUMAR, DR.**

* Additional Professor of Social Pediatrics, Niloufer Hospital Hyderabad - 4 (A.P.) India
** Assistant Professor of Social Pediatrics, Niloufer Hospital Hyderabad - 4 (A.P.) India

Most health care delivery systems have failed to make care accessible and acceptable to the people who need it. Primary health care must be available close to people's homes. As the acceptance of many health measures may involve a change of living habits, the community itself must decide on the measures, help in carrying them out, and evaluate their success. Basic health care can be given by ordinary people provided they have adequate education, training and technical advice and supervision. Local resources can be tapped in organising the delivery of health care so that part of it belongs to those it is designed to serve, and it has numerous advantages.

For delivery of primary health care amongst rural population, simple preventive means could be undertaken by a local village health worker, for example giving oral vitamin ‘A’, deworming, immunization with a jet injector, identification and treatment of malnutrition. Such an experiment has been conducted in the Indo-Dutch Project, Hyderabad and found successful.


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