Introduction, Characteristics, Importance and Components of Primary Health Care

Things to remember

• Characteristics of the Concept of Primary Health Care are easily available and most essential health services, acceptable for the family and Community, wholesome Community Participation and community and nation can bear the expenses.
• Aspects of Primary Healthcare are nutrition, health education, immunization, and availability of medicine,and treatment of communicable disease.
• The Alma Ata conference has put forward eight important aspects of primary health care. They are: Health education, adequate of safe drinking water, nutrition, immunization, provision of essential drugs, availability and distribution of medicine, treatment of communicable diseases.
• Good health is fundamentally and intrinsically important to live a worthwhile human life. 
•  Sufficient supply of food and management of proper nutrition is necessary to get a balanced diet.
• Immunization is a widely accepted level of protection against a large number of communicable disease.