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Health Organization

India is the second most populous country in the world. In India, people have different food habits and living lifestyles. In addition, Indian subcontinent is highly prone to drought,,floods,natural calamities and other epidemics.

There are three types of disease commonly encountered:

WATERBORNE DISEASE

AIRBORNE DISEASE

VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE& INSECT-BORNE DISEASE

HEALTH ORGANIZATION:

There are many health organization working towards providing support to solve problems of health and hygiene. These organization - Local bodies, National organization and International organization.

However,, as per syllabus, only International Organization - Red Cross Society and World Health Organization (WHO) have been discussed in this lesson.

International Organization:

Red Cross Society and World Health Organization are two International organization that are actively concerned with people's health.

Red Cross Society:

The Red Cross Society is an International as well as a national organization. Internationally, it was founded in 1864 during Geneva Convention. In India, India Red Cross Society was incorporated under Parliament ActXV(15) in the year 1920.

The main function of Red Cross Society is to undertake activities to prevent or remove human sufferrings in peace times as well as war time.