Relevance and Methods of Training Multipurpose Health Workers in Delivery of Basic Mental Health Care
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Primary Health Centres (PHC) started in 1952, as part of the first Five Year Plan in our country have been playing a vital role in the delivery of health care facilities to the needy in the community. PHC staff consists of doctors, nurses, block health educators, pharmacist, health assistants and multipurpose health workers (MPWs). The health workers, usually with 8 to 10 years of schooling, are trained for a short period to do certain tasks related to specific assignments in the implementation of several "National Health Programmes". A population of 5000 is served by two health workers one male and one female.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 29 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987