Community health is more important than individual health. An individual of sound health may be infected disease from his neighbor suffering from contagious ailments. And for this reason the modern health administration lays stress on Community Health.
The Pulse Polio program in India is oriented towards community health. Today, a child born in hospital is given polio vaccination. Even then, to ..
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