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A District Public Health Board shall be established by the Government which shall consist of the following, namely (a) The Deputy Commissioner of the District / Principal Secretary of the Autonomous Council in the Sixth Schedule districts or his nominee shall be the Chairperson; (b) Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad in non Sixth Schedule Districts and Chief Executive Member in Sixth Schedule Districts, or his representative shall be the Co-Chairperson. (c) The Joint Director of Health Services of the concerned district shall be the Member - Secretary. THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAO amMARY. MAY 7.2010 (d) Senior most Engineer at District level from Public Health Engineering Department. President/Chairman, Zila Parishad, District Social Welfare Officer, Project Director DRDA, Deputy Director Town and Planning Commission, Chairperson or his nominee of Municipal Corporation, Programme Officer of ICDS, Project Director IPDP, Director D1PR - Members. (e) Four non official members from NGOs, Health experts etc.to be nominated by the Deputy Commissioner/ Principal Secretary of Autonomous Councils of the Sixth Schedule districts as the case may be. Functions of the District Public Health Board The District Public Health Board shall carry out the following functions, namely (a) Organize hearing of the beneficiaries coming to the hospital once in a year with a view to improve the health care services ; (b) Formulate and implt ment strategies and plans of action for the determinants of health, especially food, water, sanitation and housing for the district; (c) Ensure coordination between all the public health institutions of the district; (d) Coordinate with other Government departments and agencies for handling public health emergencies ; (e) Coordinate with the relevant Government departments and agencies to ensure availability and access to adequate and safe food, water, sanitation and housing throughout the district; and (f) To carry out such other activities as may be entrusted by the State Health Board in order to achieve the objectives of the Act. Monitoring mechanism by the Government