Overview
The Health and family welfare department envisages attainment of universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services in the State of Assam. A lot of efforts have been given for ensuring quality in services of health which is one of the important mandates under the National Health Mission. Another important aspect of health and family welfare department, Assam is strengthening of community participation in health service delivery system. Supportive supervision and monitoring system is an integral mandate of NHM, Assam. Generating demand by creating awareness is also given equal emphasis.
NHM is giving a lot of emphasis in reaching the unreached, viz. the population living in char and tea garden areas well as the urban slum. The ASHA programme, considered to be the foundation of NHM, Assam is rendering laudable voluntary services covering all the villages and urban population
The Barpeta District comprises of 7 Nos. of Health Blocks known as Block Primary Health Centre (BPHC) viz. 1) Barpeta Road BPHC 2) Bhawanipur BPHC 3) Chenga BPHC 4) Kalgachia BPHC 5) Mandia BPHC 6) Nagaon BPHC 7) Nityananda BPHC
Health Institution/Hospital in Barpeta District
| Sl. No. | Health Institution Type | No. of institutions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | No. of Medical College & Hospital | 1 No. |
| 2 | No. of Civil Hospital | 1 No. |
| 3 | No. of Community Health Center & MHl | 11 Nos. |
| 4 | No. of Block Primary Health Center | 7 Nos. |
| 5 | No. of Mini PHC | 20 Nos. |
| 6 | No. of Subsidary Health Center | 1 No. |
| 7 | No. of state dispensary | 8 Nos. |
| 8 | No. of Sub Centre | 264 Nos. |
| 9 | No. of PHC | 6 Nos. |
| 10 | No. of Riverine PHC | 8 Nos. |
Health Institutions Summary of Barpeta District:-
| Title | Size | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Block wise Sub Center of Barpeta District | 38.81 KB |  |
