Table 2 Components of the Basic Health Services Package (BHSP)a [75]
Maternal and newborn health services | Antenatal, delivery, postnatal, family planning, newborn care |
|---|---|
Child health and immunization services | Growth monitoring (<5 yrs), immunization (WHO EPI), Integrated Mgmt of Childhood Illness (IMCI, <5 yrs), Standard case mgmt. ARI <5 yrs., ear problems, fever, diarrhea (<5 yrs), diarrheal symptoms, measles, malnutrition and anemia, vitamin supplementation, case mgmt. For infants <2 months) |
Communicable disease control | Respiratory infections, gastrointestinal infections, amoebiasis, hemorrhagic fever, STIs, tuberculosis control (DOTS plus), HIV / AIDS, typhoid, hepatitis, leishmaniasis (CL + VL), schistosomiasis, meningitis |
Nutrition interventions | IEC (information, education, communication), nutrition promotion, malnutrition prevention / treatment |
Immunization | IEC, campaigns, disease surveillance and reporting |
Non-Communicable Disease Control | IEC, health promotion, cardiovascular (hypertension, heart, cerebrovascular), diabetes mellitus, arthritis, gastrointestinal (peptic ulcer, chronic ulcerative colitis, urinary tract infections, skin diseases, malignancies, breast cancer, cervical cancer, rheumatic fever, common eye diseases, conjunctivitis, cataract, glaucoma, corneal opacity, common ear diseases, hearing loss, other common ear infections |
Mental health | Education and awareness, psychosis (identification and biopsychosocial management), anxiety, depression, epilepsy, substance abuse, support, referral |
Emergency care | Case management (ie. respiratory/cardiac), diabetic emergencies, trauma, poisoning, bleeding, obstetrics, allergic reactions |
Food safety, environmental and school health | IEC, food safety, environmental health (ie. medical waste mgmt., water chlorination examination, student screening, vaccination |
Health education | Health education campaigns, materials, media, social mobilization for health programs |
Laboratory services | Hematology, serology, biochemistry, bacteriology (direct microscopy, staining smears, culture, rapid bacteriological test), parasitology, cytology |
Imaging | X-rays (chest, abdomen, skeletal), Ultrasound, ECG |
Essential medicines | Anesthetics (GA, oxygen, local anesthetics), Analgesics, antipyretics, NSAIDs, Anti-allergics and anaphylaxis medicines, anticonvulsants/anti-epileptics, anti-infective medicines (anti-heminthics, antibacterials, antituberculosis), antifungals, antiprotozoals, antileishmaniasis, urinary antiseptics, blood medicines (anti-anaemia, coagulation), blood products and plasma subs, cardiovascular drugs, dermatological, diuretics, gastrointestinal, hormones / endocrine, contraceptives, opthalmological preparations, oxytocics / antioxytocics, phychotherapeutics, respiratory, vitamins/minerals, vaccines |
Equipment | Imaging, laboratory, dental unit, EPI (immunization unit), labour and delivery unit and WMO clinic, procedure room, emergency/casualty room, observation room, consultation / exam room, |