Practicing Success
Who is the "First person" to provide primary health care services in the rural areas? |
Auxiliary Nursing Midwife Rural Midwife Dioptric midwife None of the above |
Auxiliary Nursing Midwife |
Auxiliary Nursing Midwife (ANM) is the first person who provides primary healthcare in rural areas. In order to provide primary health care, hospitals have been set up in villages and small towns which are generally manned by a single doctor, a nurse and a limited quantity of medicines. They are known as Primary Health Centres (PHC), Community Health Centres (CHC) and sub-centres. |