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Health Systems Strengthening >> Primary Health Care

 

Primary Health Care

           

Primary Health care envisages attainment of healthy status for all.  Being holistic in nature it is intertwined with diverse principles and components, to provide preventive, promotive curative and rehabilitative care services.

 

The present document presents the Indian scenario of primary health care.  This piece of work makes an attempt to review the progress of primary health care in its totality.  The entire document is divided into 6 sections.  Each section does not stand compartmentalized on its own but is presented to cover all the dimensions of primary health care tat are of relevance today.

 

Table of Contents

 

Acknowledgements

 

List of Abbreviations

 

Scope of Document

 

            1.  Origin and Evolution of Primary Health Care in India

            2.  Primary health care resources in India

            3.  Principles and values of primary health care in India

            4.  Components of primary health care in India

            5.  Primary health care: current health challenges and way forward

 

Annexures

 

            1.  Country profile – India

            2.  Illustrative model of organization of health services in India

 

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