12/06/2021 - Civil society

KEY POINTS

·        According to the Rural Health Statistics (RHS 2019-20), there are 155,404 rural Sub Centres (SC), 24,918 Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and 5,183 Community Health Centres (CHCs).

·        As per RHS 2018, there is a shortfall of 18% SCs, 22% PHCs and 30% CHCs. What makes it worse is the inaccessibility of PHCs and CHCs.

·        India has a doctor-population ratio of 1:1445; the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends a ratio of 1:1000. The doctor population ratio in Bihar is 1:28,391.

·        A care facility in Parsa (outside Patna) was home-cooked meals by women group members who prepared the meals at the homes and provided to the facility.

·        One of the key elements of the National Health Mission is the Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC).

·        The committees were formed to take collective actions on issues related to health and its social determinants at the village level.

·        These along with the local youth can be trained as care givers with basic training on Covid care from clinically reputed institution.

·        Rogi Kalyan Samitis which can play a critical role in setting up, functioning, monitoring and resourcing of the Covid management facilities.

·        These Samitis have the power to prescribe, generate and use the funds with it as per its best judgement for smooth functioning and maintaining the quality of services.

·        This makes them critical players in managing Covid facilities. In fact, NGOs can work in coordination with the Samitis to set up Covid facilities in rural areas.

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