ICSE Class 8 Answered

Categories of Health Organisations:

• Local Bodies
• National Organisations
• International Organisations

Major International Bodies:

• Red Cross
  • It was formally founded in 1864.
  • Its emblem is a red-coloured cross painted on a white background.
  • May 8 is celebrated as Red Cross Day.
  • Major activities carried out by the Red cross are
  • Extending relief and help to victims of flood, fire, famine or earthquakes.
  • Procuring and supplying blood to victims of war or other calamities.
  • Extending all possible first-aid in any accident.
  • Educating people in accident prevention.
  • Arranging for ambulance service in all emergencies.
  • Looking after maternal and child welfare centres.
  • The Indian Red Cross Society has also been engaged in training midwives.
• WHO
  • WHO was established in 1948.
  • Its headquarters are located in Geneva.
  • Major activities of WHO include
  • Collecting and supplying information about the occurrence of diseases of an epidemic nature.
  • Promoting and supporting projects for research on diseases.
  • Supplying information on the latest developments about the use of vaccines, cancer research, nutritional discoveries, control of drug addiction and the health hazards of nuclear radiation.
  • Suggesting quarantine measures, i.e. isolation of patient to prevent the spread of diseases.
  • Laying pharmaceutical standards for important drugs to ensure purity and size of the dose.
  • Organising campaigns for the control of epidemic (widespread) and endemic (local) diseases.