Question

Organization and function of dispensary in primary health care in india

Answer 1

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS
A 'Health System' constitutes planning,
determining priorities, mobilizing and allocating
resources, translating policies into services,
evaluation and health education. The aim of a health
system is health development - a process of continuous
and progressive improvement of the health status of a
population. The current health policy of the state is,
to build up health systems based on primary health
care, for all by the year 2000 A.D.
The basic objective of the health Policy in
India is the provision of preventive, promotive and
rehabilitative health services to the people, thus
representing a shift from medical care to comprehensive
health care and from the urban to rural population. The
delivery of primary health care is the foundation, in
which the rural health care delivery forms an integral
part.
Under the constitution of India, the items
"Public Health and Sanitation; Hospitals and
Dispensaries" (entry 6) are on the state list. The
states are largely independent in matters relating to
the delivery of health care to their people. Each State
in India, has developed its own system of health care
delivery independent of the Central Government.