Evaluation of role of lady health supervisors in national program for FF & PHC at district Bahawalnagar

Aim: to evaluate the role of lady health supervisors in national programme for fp & phc at district bahawal nagar. study design: it was a descriptive cross sectional study. methods: the bahawal nagar district is present is south punjab. it consists of five tehsils. the total population of district bahawal nagar is 21 lac. there are 1242 lady health workers working in urban as well as rural area of the district. the 40 lady health supervisors are appointed by the government to supervise and check the performance of the lady health workers,in providing services to the community for fp & phc. primary health care was accepted by all the member countries of who as the key to achieving the goal of health for all by the year 2000 ad. results: in the survey a random sample size of 20 out of 40 lady health supervisors working in urban and rural of five tehs ils of district bahawal nagar were interviewed,by the interviewer with the help of dco as well as adco national programme. the level of knowledge,skills and supervision of lady health workers was found to be significantly good. the results of interviews conducted with lhs showed a satisfactory level of functioning,but also some weaknesses were observed in lady health supervisors (lhss) and their support system. national programme for fp&phc at district bahawal nagar provides important services to the women and children of poor communities in pakistan. the federal programme implementation unit (fpiu) and the provincial programme implementation unit (ppius),along with the ministry of health (moh) and the departments of health (doh) in the punjab,all need to maintain the strength of the programme and address the weaknesses outlined in this report.