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b) Community Participation & Role of Voluntary Organizations
 
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TI : Voluntary organisations and tuberculosis control programmes: Editorial.
SO : INDIAN J TB, 1961, 9, 1-2.
DT : Per
AB :

At the International Congress on TB held in Sept. 1960, the place of voluntary organisations in the anti-TB campaign, in view of the changing pattern of social life in different countries, was discussed. Both newly independent countries and countries where TB was more or less controlled, emphasised the need for voluntary organisations everywhere to redouble their efforts against TB. Other key conclusions were that voluntary organisations should have wide representation drawn from different sections of the community including medical personnel to provide technical assistance, they should organise practical service programmes such as health education, case-finding, social services and rehabilitation, they must be independent of government control but work in very close co-operation with government agencies in planning and executing TB control programmes. It was opined that voluntary organisations can demonstrate the effectiveness of different types of programmes in many fields and these could be handed over to the government after a time, if necessary, and, that international conferences were a useful forum to help these organisations in formulating their plans and programmes.

KEYWORDS: SOCIAL WELFARE; VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION; INDIA.
 
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