Lady Reading Health School (LRHS), New Delhi

Lady Reading Health School (LRHS) believes that ANM/FHW plays a vital role in the health care delivery system. She should be sensitive and accountable to meet the health needs of the community. She should be able to provide accessible, equitable, affordable and quality health care. The First training institution for Health Visitors was started in Delhi in 1918 with 12 students under the auspices of the Countess of Dufferin Fund through the efforts mainly of Dr. M. I. Balfour, the then Secretary. Subsequently, the School became one of the centers of activity of the Lady Chelmsford League when the Dufferin fund was absorbed by the former. The Government of India sanctioned an annual grant of Rs.6,000.