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a sub- health post provides the following services.
a. General health check-up for the patients.
b. Treatment and control of diarrhea.
c. Provide education related to safe motherhood.
d. Manage the required vaccines in the community.
e. Provide health education about HIV/ AIDS, Malaria, Leprosy and sexually
transmitted diseases.
f. Organize health awareness campaign in order to keep healthy environmentin
the community.
g. Make contraceptive services available in the community.
2. Health Post
The area level health organization which provides higher level of health services
than that of sub- health post is called health post. It is established in the center of
every area (ilaka) in each district. A senior health assistant (HA) remains the chief
in this health post. It provides all the sub- health post level services and monitors
every sub- health posts under it. Beside this, the functions of the health posts are
given in the following points.
a. Provide treatment to general health problems of the patients.
b. Manage the required number of vaccines in the community.
c. To conduct health campaign in the community for maintaining healthy
environment.
d. To adopt ways of controlling the transmission of the communicable diseases.
e. Provide family planning services to the people of the community.
f. Follow the instructions provided by the upper level health organization.
3. Primary Health Centre
Minimum one primary health center has been established in every election
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