Assessment of Functioning of Health and Wellness Centers of Western Odisha: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background The National Health Policy (NHP) 2017 of India recommends strengthening the delivery system of Primary Health Care through the establishment of Health & Wellness Centres (HWC) as the platform to deliver comprehensive primary health care services. HWCs are being set up as an upgraded version of existing sub-centers, primary health care centers, and urban primary health centers. This study was conducted to evaluate the functioning of health and wellness centers in Western Odisha.

Morbidity Pattern Among Elderly in an Urban Area of Burla, Odisha.

Introduction: Population aging is an inevitable demographic reality that is associated with improvements in the health and medical care system. With longevity and declining fertility rates, the population of older persons is growing faster than the general population globally. The elderly population is more prone to various kinds of morbidity due to decreasing immunity and the risk of advancing age.