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Health education may vary in method from mass media such as
television, a great power for good or evil, to lectures or informal discussion
groups—good posters and leaflets can also contribute. All have their
advocates, but very often a combination of one with another will achieve
the best results. A final and effective means of communication is by
person to person contact, in which context doctors, nurses, health inspectors
and social workers have an unrivalled opportunity to propagate
health education in their day to day dealings with the public.
The year 1967 was the last full year of existence of the Central
Council for Health Education, whose activities will in future be integrated
in the new Health Education Council being set up by the Ministry of
Health. The new Council will ultimately take over those health education
promotional functions previously exercised by the Ministry.