Community health centres (CHCs) are nonprofit community organizations established by state governments in India to provide primary healthcare services to populations of 80,000 to 120,000 people. CHCs have 30 indoor beds and facilities for X-rays, labor and delivery, surgery, and laboratories. They are managed by four medical specialists and provide services including general surgery, medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and all national health programs.

1. CHCs (community
health centres)
PREPARED BY,
MRS. RIJO LIJO

2. INTRODUCTION
 The community health centres are established and maintained by state
government under MNP/BMS programme. It has 30 indoor beds with x-
ray labour room, operation theatre, and laboratory facilities. It is
managed by four medical specialists i.e. surgeon, physician, gynecologist
and pediatrician. On 31st march 2003, 3076 CHC were established each
covering a population of 80000 to 1.20 lakh.

3. DEFINITION
 Community health centres are the nonprofit community governed health
organizations that provide primary health care, health promotion and
community development services, using them inter disciplinary terms of
health providers.

4. PRINCIPLES
 Excellence.
 Innovations.
 Accountability.
 Collaboration.
 Accessibility.
 Integrity.
 Environment

5. ELEMENTS
 Primary care.
 Illness prevention.
 Health promotion.
 Community capacity building.
 Service integration.

6. STANDARDS OF CHC
 Care of routine and emergency cases in surgery.
 Care of routine and emergency cases in medicine.
 24 hour delivery services.
 Essentials of emergency obstetric care.
 Full range of family planning services including laparoscopic services.
 Safe abortion services.

7.  New born care.
 Routine and emergency care of sick children.
 Other management of medical and accidental conditions.
 All the national health programmes should be delivered through CHC.