Do you know about phc?
PHC (PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE) is called the primary health center. The PHC is the first point of contact between the village community and the medical officer . It is run by the government to provide health related services to all the big and surrounding small villages. In the state of Gujarat, these centers are managed by the Health Branch of the District Panchayat.
Primary health centers (PHCs), sometimes referred to as public health centers, are state-owned rural and urban health care facilities in India. They are essentially single-physician clinics that usually have facilities for minor surgeries. They are part of the government-funded public health system in India and are the most basic units of the system. There are 30,045 PHCs in India as on 31 March 2019 of which 24,855 are in rural areas and 5,190 are in urban areas. PHC in India was suggested by the Bhor Committee in 1946. Then the first phc in India was established in 1952.
Primary healthcare center (PHC) is the basic structural and functional unit of public health services in developing countries. According to the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 by the member countries of the World Health Organization WHO, PHCs were established to provide accessible, affordable and affordable primary health care to the people.
Under the National Health Mission (NHM), Primary Health Centers (PHC) have been established to cover a population of 30,000 in rural areas and 20,000 in hilly, tribal and desert areas. Also, each phc area has a sub center with a population of 5000 thousand in the rural area. hilly .tribal . In the desert area there is 1 sub center for every 3000 thousand population.
Doctor, Pharmacist in all phc centers. Lab Technician. A team of staff nurses, as well as peons work, besides this an ambulance van with a driver is also employed.. Each phc can have 6 sub centers to 12 sub centers. The population of each sub center may be approximately 4500 to 5500. Each phc area can have phc area from 12 to 50 villages. Below each sub center. It can be from 1 to 6 villages. A sub center is made by covering the villages where the population of the sub center is 5000 thousand. 3000 thousand 1 sub center is being built in the hilly .tribal .desert Wistar.
As per Rural Health Statistics 2019-20, as on 31.03.2020, a total of 24,918 rural PHCs and 5,895 urban PHCs are functioning in the country.
What is PHC?
Let's start from the beginning. PHC stands for Primary Health Care – the most basic package of health services and products needed to prevent disease, promote health and manage illness. Primary health care typically covers about 80 percent of a person's health needs during their lifetime.
Primary care and primary health care are not the same thing—but they are related. Primary care is one aspect of PHC—managing illness—and occurs when a trained provider diagnoses or treats a patient. Primary care can take place anywhere but is usually provided in a clinic or hospital. Primary health care extends beyond just managing illness to also include disease prevention (eg, immunization) and health promotion (eg, education).
Each Primary Health Center has 1 MBBS Doctor and 1 AYUSH (Homeopathic / Ayurvedic) Doctor post. Also each phc has 1 lab technician and 1 pharmacist post. Also 2 posts of staffers 24/7 have 3 posts of staff nurses. Also 4 places are class 4 places. An ambulance van is accompanied by a driver.
Also the following field staff are also working at all the sub centers in the phc area. There is a post of 1 cho.(Community Health Officer) at each phc sub center. Also there is a vacancy of 1 mphw (Multi Purpose Health Worker) and 1 anm (fhw (Female Health Worker) .Also each sub center has a vacancy of 1 Asha sister for every 1000 thousand population. The center does health oriented work in the population.
Complete monitoring of the health-oriented performance of all the sub-centre villages of all phcs in their area is done by the phc.
🏥 Functions of Primary Health Center (PHC) ... 🚑
All people, everywhere, have the right to achieve the highest attainable standard of health. This is the basic premise of Primary Health Care (PHC).
Primary health care is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organize and strengthen national health systems to bring services closer to communities for health and well-being. It has 3 components:
Integrated health services to meet the health needs of people across the lifespan
Addressing the broad determinants of health through multisectoral policy and action
Empowering individuals, families and communities to take charge of their own health.
Primary health care enables health systems to support an individual's health needs – from health promotion to disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative care and more. This strategy also ensures that health care is delivered in a way that focuses on people's needs and respects their preferences.
Primary health care is widely regarded as the most inclusive, equitable and cost-effective way to achieve universal health coverage. It is also key to strengthening the resilience of health systems to prepare for, respond to, and recover from shocks and crises.
Programs of Primary Health Centers are listed below:
Provision of medical care
Maternal and child health including family planning
Safe water supply and basic sanitation
Prevention and control of endemic diseases locally
Collection and reporting of vital statistics
Education about health
National health programmes, as relevant
Referral services.
Training of health guides, health workers, local forums and health assistants.
Monitoring of the staff of the sub center and meeting the requirements of essential items and medicines.
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