Open AccessAvailability of infrastructure and manpower for primary health centers in a district in Andhra Pradesh, India
Author(s) -
Shyamkumar Sriram
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_194_18
Subject(s) - medicine , government (linguistics) , population , health care , public health , environmental health , medical emergency , economic growth , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , economics
India has a vast public health infrastructure with 23,391 primary health centers (PHCs) and 145,894 subcenters providing health services to 72.2% of the country's population living in rural areas. Although the numbers look impressive, their functional status needs to be studied in terms of physical infrastructure, manpower, equipment, drugs, and other logistical supplies that are greatly needed for ensuring quality services. This work aims to study the infrastructure facilities and manpower in a sample of PHCs in the district of Nellore in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.