"Primary Health Care is essential health care made universally accessible to individuals & acceptable to them, through their full participation & at a cost the community & country can afford”.

1. Presented by:
Harsh Rastogi,
Nursing Tutor,
M.S. Institute of Nursing,
Lucknow

2. Primary Health Care
 “Primary Health Care is essential
health care made universally
accessible to individuals &
acceptable to them, through their full
participation & at a cost the community
& country can afford”.

3. Elements of PHC
1. Health Education
2. Nutrition
3. Water & sanitation
4. Maternal & child health
5. Immunization
6. Prevention of endemic diseases
7. Treatment
8. Drug availability

4. Health education
 Educating people about prevailing
health problems and the methods of
preventing and controlling them.

5. Nutrition
 Promotion of food supply and proper
nutrition.

6. Water & sanitation
 Supply of safe drinking water &
maintenance of essential sanitation
facilities.

7. Maternal & Child Health
 In this taking care of mother including
family planning.

8. Immunization
 Protection against major infectious
diseases.

9. Prevention of endemic
disease
• Prevention and control of locally endemic
diseases.

10. Treatment
 Appropriate treatment of common
diseases and injuries.

11. Drug availability
 Provision of essential drugs.

12. Principle of Primary Health
Care

13. Equitable distribution
 Without discrimination of color, caste,
sex, area, religion & money, etc. the
health services & resources should be
equally distributed.

14. Community participation
 Local community should participate in
planning, execution and maintenance
of primary health care.

15. Appropriate technology
 Techniques should be used which are
suitable to local requirements, socially
acceptable, within financial limits &
scientifically recognized.

16. Focus on prevention
 Focus is laid on prevention rather than
treatment which is part of all the
constituents of health services.
 Health education is stressed upon.

17. Multi sectoral coordination
 Proper coordination should be
planned among medical field,
agriculture, housing, nutrition, public
works communication & education,
etc.