Primary Health Centre (India) Explained

Primary Health Centre
Org/Group:	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Primary Health Centre (PHCs), sometimes referred to as public health centres,^{[1] [2]} are state-owned rural and urban health care facilities in India.^{[3] [4]} They are essentially single-physician clinics usually with facilities for minor surgeries. They are part of the government-funded public health system in India and are the most basic units of this system. As on 31 March 2019 there are 30,045 PHCs in India in which 24,855 are located on rural areas and 5,190 are on urban areas.^[5] The idea of creating PHCs in India was set forward by Bhore committee in 1946.__TOC__

List

Primary Health Centres programmes are listed below:

• Provision of medical care
• Maternal-child health including family planning
• Safe water supply and basic sanitation
• Prevention and control of locally endemic diseases
• Collection and reporting of vital statistics
• Education about health
• National health programmes, as relevant
• Referral services
• Training of health guides, health workers, local dais and health assistants
• Basic laboratory workers
  • • First PHC established in 1952.

See also

• Primary Health Care
• Mohalla Clinics
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Alma-Ata declaration
• Health care in India

Notes and References

1. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article2309749.ece?css=print The Hindu. 'Residents appeal for public health centre'.
2. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2782776.ece The Hindu. '60 labourers injured in bridge collapse'.
3. https://archive.org/details/GuidelinesPHC2012 Guidelines for Primary Health Centres Revised (2012) issued under Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. (PDF)
4. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2830169.ece 'Tirupur gets new Primary Health Centre'.
5. Web site: Primary Health Centres (PHCs). 2021-04-16. pib.gov.in.