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4. CONTENTS
Preventive Health
Care
Expanded
Programm on
Immunization
Centre For Disease
Control
• National Health Policy

5. PREVENTIVE HEALTH
 Definition:
Preventive health care involves:
 Measures taken to identify and minimize risk
factors for disease,
 Improve the course of an existing disease
and
 screening for early detection of disease.

6. LEVELSOF PHC
There are three levels of prevention
 Primary
 Secondary
 Tertiary

7. Primary level of Preventive Health Care
 It is early recognition and prevention of
disease and important part of health care
because it detects disease at the initial and
curable stage thereby preventing
complications and co-morbidities.
 It focuses to prevent disease among healthy
people.

8. Secondary Level of Preventive Health Care
 It is directed towards those in whom disease
has already developed.
 It also aims on health promotion
,modification of the individual’s social
circumstances and lifestyles so that their
health is improved and secondary disease is
prevented.

9. Tertiary Level Of Preventive Health Care
 It is the early identification of high risk
individuals prone to major life threatening
illness like heart diseases and cancer.
 It helps in taking timely , precautionary
lifestyle modifications measures or treatment
which reduces the disability associated with
the disease.

10. ImportanceOfPreventiveHealthMeasures:
 Following are some important preventive
health measures one must adopt in personal
life:
 Immunization of Children
 Eat a proper ,balanced diet.
 Avoid excess consumption of meat products.
 Routine checkup of hypertension or blood
pressure.

11. • Daily consumption of aspirin to prevent
heart attack and stroke above age of 40.
• Routine breast cancer screening in women
above age 50.
There are 4 things you can do immediately
without any medical knowledge:
1. Don’t smoke or use other tobacco
products
2. Eat a proper , balanced diet
3. Exercise at least three days per week
4. See your doctor(also pharmacists)
regularly for check ups and guidance.

12. EPI

13. Definition:
 The Expanded Program on Immunization is
aWorld Health Organization program with
the goal to make vaccines available to all
children throughout the world.
 It is a disease prevention activity aiming at
reducing the illness, disability or mortality
from childhood disease preventable by
immunization.

14. EPI DISEASES
 The overall objective of the EPI is reduction of mortality
and morbidity from the following nine EPI diseases by
offering immunization services:
1. Poliomyelitis
2. NeonatalTetanus
3. Measles
4. Diphtheria
5. Whooping cough
6. Hepatitis-B
7. Hib Pneumonia
8. Meningitis
9. ChildhoodTB

17. Introduction:
 CDC is the national public health
institute of United States.
 It is a federal agency under the
Department of health and human
services.

18. Goals/Aims:
 To promote public health and safety through the
control & prevention of disease, injury and disability.
It especially focuses on
 infectious diseases
 Food borne pathogens
 Environmental health
 Occupational safety and health
 Health promotion
 Injury prevention and
 Educational activities designed to improve the
health of citizens.

19. DiseaseswithwhichCDCis involved:
Influenza:
 The CDC has launched campaigns targeting
the transmission of influenza , including the
H1N1 swine flu.
 CDC has launched websites including flu.gov
to educate people.

20. Other Infectious Diseases:
 The CDC provides information on other
infectious diseases like small pox,measles,
and other.

21. Non-Infectious Diseases:
 The CDC also combats non-infectious
diseases including obesity etc.

22. CDC’s Role:
 Taking the health pulse of our nation
 Detecting and responding to new and
emerging health threats.
 Putting science and advanced technology
into action to prevent disease.
 Promoting healthy and safe behaviors,
communities and environments.
 Training the public health workforce including
disease detectives.

23. National Health Policy:
Definition:
 Health policy is defined as those actions of
the government and other actors in society
that are aimed at improving the health of
population.
 Ideally there is a cycle of policy formulation ,
its implementation and assessment.

24. Vision:
Vision of NHP is :
1. To provide efficient , equitable and effective
services that is acceptable ,accessible and
affordable
2. To support people and communities to
improve their health status.
3. To focus on addressing social and health
inequalities.

25. GOAL:
 Goal of National Health Policy is to improve
the health status of the people of Pakistan.

26. Objectives:
1. To enhance coverage and access of essential
health services especially for the poor.
For example:
 Primary and secondary health care facilities.
 Availability of staff especially female staff.
 Out reach workers e.g.Vaccinators , Sanitary
workers and malaria inspectors etc.
 Family Planning

27.  Measureable reduction in the burden of
disease especially among vulnerable
segments of population e.g.
 Polio eradication
 EPI
 National HIV and AIDS control programs
 To provide free of cost treatment to the poor
and under privileged population.

28.  Strengthening of health system with focus
on available resources including
maintenance of database and training
 To ensure implementation and monitoring of
minimum standards.
 Publication of reports of public health
expenditure.
For Example:
Annual progress report via media
 To improve evidence based policy making
and strategic planning in the health sector.

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