Adarsh primary health care yojana in Rajasthan

Authors

  • Mamta Chauhan State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Jaipur, Rajasthan,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200992

Keywords:

Primary health care center, Adarsh PHC yojana,

Abstract

Primary health care (PHC) center is the first point of contact between community and the medical officer at village level. The PHCs have been envisaged to provide an integrated curative and preventive health care to the rural population with emphasis on preventive and promotive aspects of health care. The PHCs are established and maintained by the State Governments under the minimum needs programme or basic minimum services programme. At present, a PHC is manned by a medical officer supported by paramedical and other staff. It acts as a referral unit for 4 to 6 sub centres. It has 6 beds for patients. The activities of PHC involve curative, preventive, promotive and family welfare services. There are 2080 PHCs functioning as on March, 2018 in the Rajasthan.

Author Biography

Mamta Chauhan, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Jaipur, Rajasthan,

Associate Professor,

State Institute of Health and Family Welfare

References

Available at: https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/ files/rural%20health%20care%20system%20in%20india.pdf. Accessed on 3 January 2020.

Pragati Prativedan 2017-18, Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Rajasthan.

Pragati Prativedan 2018-19, Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Rajasthan.

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Published

2020-02-27

How to Cite

Chauhan, M. (2020). Adarsh primary health care yojana in Rajasthan. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(3), 1201–1202. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200992

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Letter to the Editor