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Bhore Committee - 1946

The Bhore Committee of 1946, chaired by Sir Joseph Bhore, surveyed health conditions in India and made recommendations for future development. The committee proposed integrating preventive and curative services, developing primary health centers in rural areas serving populations of 40,000 people staffed by medical officers and public health workers, and establishing medical education focused on preventive and social medicine to train "social physicians." The committee's report provided guidance for national health planning in India.

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Bhore Committee - 1946

The Bhore Committee of 1946, chaired by Sir Joseph Bhore, surveyed health conditions in India and made recommendations for future development. The committee proposed integrating preventive and curative services, developing primary health centers in rural areas serving populations of 40,000 people staffed by medical officers and public health workers, and establishing medical education focused on preventive and social medicine to train "social physicians." The committee's report provided guidance for national health planning in India.

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Bhore Committee - 1946

• Health Survey and Development


Committee

• Sir Joseph Bhore as Chairman

• To survey the then existing position


regarding the health conditions and to
make recommendations for the future
development.

• Submitted in 1946 in 4 volumes.


1. Integration of preventive and curative services

• Proposals for the development of a national programme


2.Development of Primary Health Centres in 2 stages

(a) As a short-term measure 


Primary Health Centre 
• Population of 40,000
• 2 medical officers, 4 public health nurses, 4
midwives, 4 trained dais,2 sanitary
inspectors, 2 health assistants, one
pharmacist,1 nurse and 15 other class IV
employees
Secondary health centre 
Supervisory, coordinating and referral
institution.
b. Long-term programme (also called the 3 million plan)

• Primary Health Units 


• 75-bedded hospitals for each 10,000 to 20,000 population

• Secondary Health Units 


• 650-bedded hospitals
3. Medical Education 

• 3 month's training in preventive and social medicine to


prepare "social physicians”

• Provided guidelines for national health planning in India.

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