A brief description on primary health care/center. program and scheme launched by government for sanitation.

1. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
SMT R.D Gardi B.Pharmacy College Nyara, Rajkot
Presented by- Akshita Dholakiya
B.Pharm. sem 8

2. • Primary health center is basic functional unit of the public health
services to provide accessible, affordable and available primary
health care to people.
• It is the first interaction point between the medical officer and village
community.
• The primary health centers are established and maintained under
the minimum needs program (MNP)/Basic minimum services (BMS)
by the state government.
• As per the minimum norms, there should be a medical officer
supported by 14 paramedical and other staff to manage a PHC.
Introduction
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Image of Primary health
center

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Structure of Health Care
Health care system
Discuss the structure of health
care system and explain
function of PHC?

4. Health
education Food
supply
and
nutrition
Provision
of
essential
drugs
Prevention
and control
of disease
immunization
Mother
and child
health and
family
welfare
Safe
water
and
sanitation
Provide
treatment
for
common
disease
Octagon of
PHC
Elements of PHC
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5. • Provision of medical care.
• Maternal child health including family
planning.
• Safe water supply and basic sanitation.
• Prevention and control of locally endemic
disease.
• Provide education about health
• Training of health workers, midwifes and
health assistant.
Function of PHC
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• infant immunization programs
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• Anti-epidemic programs
3 • Pregnancy related care
• Emergencies
• Birth control program
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Focus of PHC
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7. Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the
hazards of waste and which can cause disease.
Following are the highlight of some of programs launched by Indian government over past few
years:
 Total sanitation scheme/ Total sanitation campaign
TSC is a program to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas to
eradicate open defection. It launched in the year 1999. The
major goal is to stop open defection by 2012.
The objective is to make it a demand-driven campaign through
creation of awareness and provision of sanitary facilities in
educational institutions such as schools, anganwadis and in
individual houses.
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8. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched by
the Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi on
2nd October 2014.
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• The campaign was aimed for making the streets, roads and
offices clean from trash and garbage. One of the main objectives
of the drive is to make India Open Defecation Free (ODF).
• The campaign also targets raising public awareness about
cleanliness .through campaigns and to institute door to door
garbage collection in. rural/urban household and ensuring its safe
disposal.
 Highlight brief guideline of
swachh bharat
mission(SBM)?

9. Objectives of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
 Improving the quality of life in rural areas through cleanliness and personal hygiene.
 To make India free of open defecation within five years, till 2nd October 2019.
 To construct 90 million toilets in rural areas at an estimated cost of Rs 1.96 lakh crore.
 Create awareness among communities towards sanitation and cleanliness.
 To tell people how sanitation is linked to their overall health and happiness.
 To encourage and acknowledge new technological innovation in the field of sanitation or
cleanliness.
 To rope in proper support from eminent personalities to raise awareness among the
people.
 For a proper, door to door, waste collection and disposal system, both in villages as well
as urban areas.
 To ensure proper availability of water in rural areas through a network of pipes.
 To provide clean drinking water in all the schools and also to ensure availability of
toiletries like soap etc..
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10. Central rural sanitation program
India’s FIRST NATIONALWIDE Program for rural sanitation, the central rural
sanitation program launched in 1986 with a view to improve quality of life of rural
people and to provide privacy and dignity to woman.
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11.  Nirmal gram puraskar
Government of India launched the nirmal gram puraskar (NGP) in October 2003 and gave away
the first award in 2005 to a gram panchayat under the same. Nirmal gram puraskar is an
innovation incentive scheme for those gram panchayat, which have attained 100% sanitation
coverage in their respective geographical area.
An amount of 50,000 to 5,00,000 INR is given to gram panchayat depending upon the population.
 Rural sanitary marts and production centre
RSM is an outlet shop which dealing with the materials
required for construction of toilets required for
individuals, families and the environment in rural areas.
It not only provides materials but also provide guideline
required to construction of sanitary infrastructure.
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13. Monitoring
and
evaluating
Generating
awareness
Preparing
city
sanitation
plans
Resolving
issues
and
providing
space
Providing
funding
and
assistance
Planning
and
financing
schemes
Some ways to improve sanitation
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14. 1. Guidelines of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme and Total Sanitation Campaign by
the Department of Drinking Water and sanitation
https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/guidelines-central-rural-sanitation-programme-and-
total-sanitation-campaign-department.
2. Primary health care https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/primary-health-care
3. Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=101801
4. Functions of primary health care https://www.who.int/health-topics/primary-health-care
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