Diploma in Community Health Care is a diploma level course. The course take around 3-year and its syllabus is divide in 6 semester. It is a major field of study within the medical and clinical sciences which aim is the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health status of population groups and communities.
Continuing education, In-service training and Pre-service training programmes are organized for the Health Officers, Medical Officers, Nurses and other paramedical staff through eight Regional Training Institutes (RTI) namely Institute of Public Health, Poonamallee, Health and Family Welfare Training Centres (HFWTC) at Egmore, Madurai, Health Manpower Development Institures at Villupuram and Salem, Institute of Vector Control and Zoonoses, Hosur and Regional Institute of Public Health, Thiruvarankulam, Pudukottai and HFWTC, Gandhigram, Dindigul. The Institute of Public Health Poonamallee is recognised as national collaborative training centre with National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.
HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE TRAINING CENTRE, 12/1 Police Commissioner Office Road Egmore, Chennai 08, Tamil Nadu, India
