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Abstract
To achieve the target of health for all by 2000 AD (HFA/2000), developing countries such as India need a proper perspective to implement health for all through a Primary Health Care approach and must develop a plan to achieve manpower needs. The present health institutional infrastructure is inadequate to meet this requirement.
Distance education is a relatively new concept which not only has the ability to train a large number of health care workers in a short time in a cost effective way but can also attend to skills of health care without diluting the quality. The School of Health Sciences, IGNOU, is, at present, working on two health programs for nursing and medical personnel through distance education. Alternate models in distance education could also be envisioned to meet the immediate pressing needs.
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P.K. Dutta
Prof. (Col.) Dutta is Director, School of Health Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi India. - 1100068
T.K. Jena
Dr. T.K. Jena is Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi India. - 1100068
S.K. Panda
Dr. S.K. Panda is Director, Association of Indian Universities, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110002