Living Standard The living level at which people live. If the basic needs are hardly satisfied, it is said to be low level. If one lives a comfortable life, it is said to be of a higher level. Public Health Public health means the health of the normal people. The constitution provides equal ingress to health to everyone without any differentiation on the basis of caste, creed, sex, religion, etc.
The steps which are taken by government to provide healthcare for all are as follows: Rising the number of hospitals, healthcare centres, and family safety centres. Free camps for the check-up of the general public should be organised.
Organising campaigns for Pulse Polio. Health awareness is spread among common people in different ways like by organising workshops, seminars, and training camps etc.
(a) Public health services are managed by the government bodies while private health services are managed by individual or group.
(b) Public health services provide health care facilities for free or at low cost whereas private health services are run mainly for their own gain.
(c) Public health services are provided everywhere while private health services are only available in urban areas.
(d) Private hospitals are well maintained whereas people have to face huge rush in public hospitals.
Water and sanitation are the basic amenities for the maintenance of our health. Bad quality of water leads a lot of health problems. Similarly, poor sanitation leads to epidemics giving rise to dangerous insects and worms. Recently the spread of Dengue is caused by Aedes (a mosquito). Anopheles mosquito causes Malaria. Upgradation of water and sanitation can control all these things.