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មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលជាតិលើកកំពស់សុខភាព

The National Centre for Health Promotion

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Primary Health Care

Primary health care is the first service that people receive from the health system when they have a health issue. Primary health care refers to a wide range of health services provided by community service providers, which includes diagnosis, treatment, health care and regular check-up.

Primary health care is important for sustainable and quality health care for people at an affordable cost. Primary health care is an effective way to address people’s major health issues and risks and to reduce costs on health care services.

What the Unit Does

The Primary Health Care Unit of the National Center for Health Promotion is responsible for strengthening mechanisms for community involvement to ensure quality primary health care services for people. This includes training of village health support groups and the health center management committees. The Unit has opened training courses for health center management committees in provinces. Besides this, the Unit has conducted visits to monitor the work progress of health center management committees and village health support groups and has updated the guidelines on the implementation of the National Policy for Primary Health Care.

Reports

Case Studies

  • Community Engagement in Health Center Development

    Health centers are the lowest level of health care systems in Cambodia. A health center covers an average of 10,000 people, a number of villages, covers one or two or three communes, and so on. Health centers have a lot of work, including technical work, management, and relations with people from all walks of life. However some major achievements can only be made with everyone’s hard work and efforts. For example, Chrey health center, located on national road 5, Hai San village, Chrey commune, Thmor Koul district, Battambang Province, has built a fence around it with the participation of the community.

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Policies and Guidelines