A STUDY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN HILLY AREA- WITH SPECIAL REFERNCE TO TAMENGLONG DISTRICT, MANIPUR

In India, after the recommendation of the Bhore Committee Report 1946, a formal set up of health centres have taken place with the aim to provide preventive, curative, accessible and universal healthcare. After a long span of more than 70 years also, the healthcare sector has yet to achieve the set goals. The remote villages and the hilly areas of the states of India are in a miserable state regarding health care services. This is due to the non-accessibility of health care services in the remote areas. Many barriers are to be rectified with the active involvement of both the Government and the society. The paper aims to overview the health care services in the Tamenglong district, a hilly area of Manipur. The study has been conducted by collecting data directly from field interviews with the sample size of 100 randomly selected individuals residing in the study area.