Primary Health Care

Essential health care made universally accessible to individuals and

acceptable to them, through their full participation and at a cost the
community and country can afford".
Principles of Primary Health Care
(CARE)
1. Community participation

2. Appropriate technology

3. InteRsectoral Co-ordination

4. Equitable distribution
1. Equitable distribution:
• Equally by all people irrespective of their ability to pay

2. Community participation
• Involvement of the community in the planning, implementation and
maintenance of health services,
• Using local resources village health guides and trained dais.
• ASHA and Anganwadi workers , bare-foot doctors
3. Intersectoral coordination:

• Need help from other departments like agriculture, animal

husbandry, food, industry, education, housing, public works,
communication and others sectors
• Covid education department, mass media, police dept,
voluntary organisation.
• Nipah- animal husbandry
• 4. Appropriate technology:
• “Technology that is scientifically sound, adaptable to local needs, and
acceptable and maintained by the people themselves using resources the
community and country can afford" .eg: ORS, MAC using Shakir tape
Elements

1. Promotion of food supply and proper nutrition

2. An adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation
3. Education concerning prevailing health problems and the methods
of preventing
4. Prevention and control of locally endemic diseases
5. Appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries
6. Provision of essential drugs.
7. Maternal and child health care, including family planning
8. Immunization against major infectious diseases
Elements
E Education about health problems

L Locally endemic disease prevention

E Essential drugs

M MCH and family planning

E EPI (Immunization)

N Nutrition

T Treatment of common diseases

S Safe water supply and sanitation