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[[File:PHC Ichgam January 2021.jpg|thumb|Primary Health Center located in the Kalbal area of [[Ichgam]] in January 2021]]<br />
[[File:Primary Health centre.JPG|thumb|A primary health centre [[Endla, Rajasthan]].]]<br />
'''Primary Health Centre''' ('''PHC'''s), sometimes referred to as '''public health centres''',<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article2309749.ece?css=print The Hindu. 'Residents appeal for public health centre'.]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2782776.ece The Hindu. '60 labourers injured in bridge collapse'.]</ref> are state-owned rural health care facilities in [[India]].<ref name="PublicHealthStandards">[https://archive.org/details/GuidelinesPHC2012 ''Guidelines for Primary Health Centres'' Revised (2012) issued under Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. (PDF)]</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2830169.ece 'Tirupur gets new Primary Health Centre'.] ''The Hindu''.</ref> They are essentially single-physician clinics usually with facilities for minor surgeries. They are part of the government-funded public [[Healthcare in India|health system in India]] and are the most basic units of this system. As on 31 March 2019 there are 30,045 PHCs in India in which 24,855 are located on rural areas and 5,190 are on urban areas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Primary Health Centres (PHCs)|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1656190|access-date=2021-04-16|website=pib.gov.in}}</ref> <br />
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Primary Health Centres programmes are listed below:<br />
* Provision of medical care<br />
* Maternal-child health including family planning<br />
* Safe water supply and basic sanitation<br />
* Prevention and control of locally endemic diseases<br />
* Collection and reporting of vital statistics<br />
* Education about health<br />
* National health programmes, as relevant<br />
* Referral services<br />
* Training of health guides, health workers, local dais and health assistants<br />
* Basic laboratory workers<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Primary healthcare|Primary Health Care]]<br />
*[[Mohalla Clinics]]<br />
*[[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]]<br />
*[[Alma-Ata declaration]]<br />
*[[Health care in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}{{Health in India}}<br />
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