• Kalawati Aparaj
• C. G. Hussain Khan

Despite the huge differences between developing and developed countries, access of health services is the major issue in rural India. Even though, the majority of the population lives in rural areas, but still people are not able to utilize government health policies and programmes. Since India got independence, several health programmes have been undertaken by the central government with the co-operation of state governments to improve the health of the mother and child. Evidences show that due to economic liberalization, there have been improvements in the lives of the rural populations in India. In spite of reduction in the percentage of people living below the poverty from 63 - 42% between 1991- 2001, every year around eight million children die from the curable diseases, and more than 350,000 women die from preventable complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. The present study was conducted in Belgaum district of Athani taluk. There are 684 households in the village and the number of total population was 3568. The study used anthropological research methods to collect data. This study focuses on National health programme which are ongoing in rural area of north Karnataka particularly on mother and child health.

Key words: Mother and Child health, National health programmes

"AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEW ON THE UTILIZATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES WITH REGARDS TO MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH ; IN RURAL NORTH KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.159-163, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811026.pdf

"AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEW ON THE UTILIZATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES WITH REGARDS TO MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH ; IN RURAL NORTH KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp159-163, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811026.pdf