Population Research Centres (PRCs) 06/06/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau

Population Research Centres (PRCs)

(Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)

WHAT

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is organizinga two-day orientation workshop for Population Research Centres (PRCs).

The workshop  highlight the various features of the flagship schemes of the Health Ministry for concurrent monitoring.

 

FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES

Ayushman Bharat – the government and has two components – Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) for Comprehensive Primary Health Care and Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) for secondary and tertiary care.

The government is committed to strengthening 1,50,000 facilities as Health and Wellness Centres which will deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care closer to where people live in rural and urban areas.

 

POPULATION RESEARCH CENTRES

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has established the network of 18 PRCs spread over 17 major States/UTs, with the mandate to provide, inter alia, critical research based inputs related to the Health and Family Welfare programs and policies at the national and state levels.

  • The PRCs are autonomous in nature and administratively under the control of their host University/Institutions.
  • The scheme started with establishment of 2 PRCs at Delhi and Kerala in 1958 and expanded to 18 PRCs with latest inclusion of PRC, Sagar during 1999.
  • Of these, 12 are attached to various Universities and 6 are in research institutions of national repute.
  • The PRCs were established to undertake research projects relating to family planning, demographic research and  biological studies & qualitative aspect of population control, with a view to gainfully utilize the feedback from these research studies for plan formulation, strategies and policy interventions of ongoing schemes.

 

Source: PIB

 

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