District Health Action Plan - STATE HEALTH SOCIETY-----BIHAR

Convergence with Line Departments and Organizations
Good human health is dependent on various factors. In improving human health status, there
are important role of several departments. In challenging situation, health department can not
alone ensure achievement of health targets. Realizing this reality and important role of other
stakeholders, the health department has taken initiates to collaborate with other line
departments to address the health problems. In its programmes, likes, village health sanitation
day, Naya Pidhi Swasthya Gurantee Bima Yojana, etc, the health department has collaborated
with other departments, likes, public health engineering department, social welfare
department, and education and Panchayat raj departments. On a common plate form, they are
providing holistic services to address the health issues. Simultaneously, the health
department is involving in the programmes of other departments.
The district health society has also collaborated with non-government organizations, likes,
WHO, UNICEF,, etc. For strengthening health system, the district health society is also
taking support of BTAST – a technical and managerial support team created under SWASTH
Programme –a joint programme of Bihar government and DFID,UK.
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