Primary health care (PHC) is essential health
care made universally accessible to individuals and acceptable to them, through
full participation and at a cost the community and country can afford. It is an
approach to health beyond the traditional health care system that focuses on health
equity-producing social policy. Primary health-care (PHC) has basic essential elements
and objectives that help to attain better health services for all.
There are 8 elements of primary-health care
(PHC). That listed below-
E– Education concerning prevailing health problems
and the methods of identifying, preventing and controlling them.
L– Locally endemic disease prevention
and control.
E– Expanded programE of immunization
against major infectious diseases.
M– Maternal and child health care including family
planning.
E– Essential drugs arrangement.
N– Nutritional food supplement, an adequate supply
of safe and basic nutrition.
T– Treatment of communicable and
non-communicable disease and promotion of mental health.
S– Safe water
and sanitation 
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