Andhra Pradesh:
‘Community Health Officers, ANMs play key role in reaching healthcare services
to public’
Health and Family Welfare
Department Commissioner J. Nivas says every health clinic in Andhra Pradesh has
been staffed with one CHO and one ANM
Health and Family Welfare Department Commissioner J. Nivas said the
Community Health Officers(CHOs) (Mid-Level Health Providers) and ANMs are
responsible for providing all the healthcare facilities being offered by the
State government to the public in their respective Dr. YSR Village Health
Clinics.In a release on Tuesday, Mr. Nivas said that the department has appointed
CHOs as the heads of the village clinics spread across the State and it is
their responsibility to reach out to the public and provide necessary services
with the help of ANMs.He said every health clinic in the State has been staffed
with one CHO and one ANM and specific job charts are defined for the posts.
He said all the District Medical and Health Officers were instructed to
ensure that Medical Officers of all the Primary Health Care centres implement
the orders.
He said CHOs and ANMs should attend Village Organisation Meetings and
discuss health programmes being provided in their villages.
CHOs should
also sensitise people about non-communicable diseases, and prevention measures
and encourage people to get tested, he said.
Mr. Nivas said
that CHOs should focus on anaemia cases in general, and on prevention of early
marriages, child marriages and teenage pregnancies in the community.
