India approves hiring 53,500 health workers

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India approves hiring 53,500 health workers

These male workers will be engaged in various disease control programmes at

health centres across the country under the National Rural Health Mission

Published on 06/16/2010

New Delhi: In a bid to boost the public healthcare system, the central

government has approved hiring of more than 53,500 male workers to run various

disease control programmes at health centres across the country under the

National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

The list was finalised at a meeting of the NRHM on Tuesday chaired by Health

Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and attended by Human Resource Development Minister

Kapil Sibal, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj CP Joshi and

Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an official

statement said here on Wednesday.

The NRHM was launched in 2005 with an aim to provide affordable healthcare for

all in rural areas. These workers will be recruited in 235 districts, identified

as 'focus districts'.

The health workers will be hired on contract basis at an expense of nearly Rs

385 crore per year. The central government will bear a major chunk of this

amount for the first three years — 85 per cent in the first year, 75 per cent in

the second year and 65 per cent in the third year.

Officials said that the main areas of operation for the health workers will be

disease control programmes for malaria, TB, leprosy, filaria, kala-azar and the

like as well as other preventive healthcare activities, including water testing,

chlorination and sanitation, reports IANS.

The programme also includes reviving a multipurpose course for health workers

and starting new schools in underserved districts.

" Nearly 56 health and family welfare training centres will be started at a cost

of Rs 59 lakh each. A stipendiary support of Rs 500 will be given to those

attending the course, " an official said.

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Dear Forum,

Re: /message/11627

Could we have a good percentage of these jobs aimed to be given to positive male

who can work at different levels.

There should be a specific quota for this.

Indrani Sinha

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