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Primary Health Centre (PHCs), sometimes referred to as public health centres,[1][2] are state-owned rural and urban health care facilities in India.[3][4] They are essentially single-physician clinics usually with facilities for minor surgeries. They are part of the government-funded public 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.[5] The idea of creating PHCs in India was set forward by Bhore committee in 1946.
Primary Health Centres programmes are listed below:
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| Psychiatric hospitals and other in-patient units |
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| Mental health professional associations |
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| Mental health journals |
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| Key people |
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| Controversy & criticism |
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