<prompt> Village health guide scheme was staed in -1974197719861989  <response>: A village Health Guide is a person with an aptitude for social service and is not a full time government functionary.The Village Health Guide Scheme on 2 nd October 1977 with the idea of securing people;s paicipation in In the care of their own health.The national target is to achieve one Health Guide for each village or 1000 rural population refer pgno:903 park 23rd edition 