Read the passage and answer the
following question.
A micro-level study of Ganjam
district in Odisha showed that the overall health staffing for ensuring service
guarantees for maternal and child health according to the NRHM framework was
inadequate. In fact, the study says that in India the staffing requirements
vary widely from one health facility to another. For various reasons, doctors
and other health personnel live in the district headquarters or cities, while
more than 70 per cent of the population lives in rural areas. The shortfall of
specialists and other staff continues to be a festering problem, and one
manifestation of this is the overcrowding of public hospitals in the metros and
other cities. The study is also critical of the accredited social health
activists (ASHAs), the implementing channel of the NRHM. The ASHAs were
found to be struggling to establish their identity both within the community
where they lived and among the formal service providers whom they assisted in
providing statutory health services. The situation of the ASHAs has not changed
much, with the government refusing to give them the status and recognition of
regular workers. In fact, the conflict between them and the other regular staff
continues in various forms. The study observes that joint training and
collaborative planning of all the front-line workers are essential.
Compensation issues and the reimbursement-driven system also need looking into,
it says.
Which of the following statements
can be inferred from the passage?
I) NRHM provides multiple
health facilities.
II) Most of the ASHAs are females.
III) ASHAs have been demanding
the status of regular workers.
IV) One of main problems being
faced in the implementation of NRHM is non availability of proper
infrastructure.
V) ASHAs are usually paid money in advance for the official
expenses they incur.
A) I, II AND III B)
I, IV AND V C) I AND III D)
II, III AND IV E) Only III
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