(1) Community Health

Real wealth of a country is its human resource. A healthy and happy community wherein a healthy person is an asset to the society and a sick person is a liability is an index of national health.

Community health and social services do provide medical and counseling cover against disease and trauma, maturity and child welfare, school medical services, hospital and medical research institutions.

Health and sanitation education is imparted through extension education programme con­ducted by various governments, voluntary and international agencies.

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(2) School Health

School health has been a great concern for a long time. The health of the nation depends on the health of its children. School health has also been a subject of international concern.

The need for successful health education programme is widely acknowledge for which careful planning is being undertaken. The most important planning occurs between the teacher and the pupil, to begin with.

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World confederation of teaching profession has stated that “health education in school should, as a general rule, be the responsibility of the school teachers.”

Health is primary and enjoys the most important place in the hierarchy of human values, which has a special role in the development of nation. In a democratic set-up human life and its prestige has been given an important privilege.

Every citizen of a country is encouraged to develop his fullest potential of work and prestige so that he may contribute towards the prosperity and peace of the society. This is possible only when every individual citizen enjoys high standard of health.

Today’s youth lose their working capacity when they have low standard of health. Every person will feel happy and comfortable when his health permits him to enjoy the life at school, in the family, place of work, etc.

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That is why it is pertinent that every person should have optimum physical, mental, and moral health conditions as to enhance the country’s strength and development of prosperity.

Child’s physical and mental development is the prime responsibility of the parents. Children are the future citizen of the nation. School plays a crucial role in the over-all development of child because child spends most of his working time in the school.

Parents may not be able to provide adequate health facilities and/or health awareness due to ignorance or low economic status. Health of the child therefore, should be accorded the highest priority.