Govt to introduce public health courses for non-medical staff

The state government is all set to introduce postgraduate and short-term courses in public health for non-medical staff working in various government hospitals across the state. The Department of Health and Family Welfare has sought that the Institute of Public Health, under the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), start these courses in Public Health and Management in Bengaluru. At present, the institute is offering a postgraduate training programme for medical officers in batches. So far, 104 doctors have undergone the training at the institute since 2011. The new training will be conducted for selected non-medical staff such as paramedics, nurses, ground-level health workers such as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) and Link Workers. The training would be intended to ensure better implementation of various health schemes, with emphasis on preventive health care.

CMEPEDIA will actively gather educational modules covering topics of public health, catering of health care professionals of every rank to reach out to those professionals who can not attend a live course.