New 3-year BSc Community Health Programme Gets Government Approval

The Indian government issued a directive to the health ministry to progress with the scheme that seeks to create a mid-level rural health cadre of professionals.

The main purpose of creating a new cadre of health professionals in rural areas is because many doctors were not willing to serve in these areas.

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According to The Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the proposed course is likely to be introduced in the states that are willing to adopt it from academic 2013-14. This new cadre of health professionals in community health programmes will boost the rural medicare infrastructure in the country.

This course will be a three-and-a -half-year Bachelor of Rural Healthcare course, BSc (Community Health), and those that successfully complete this course can seek employment as Community Health Officers (CHOs) in rural India.

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Source-Medindia

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