Four primary health centres (PHCs) in Andhra Pradesh received the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certificates under a programme launched by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
According to a release, Indira Nagar Urban PHC at Mangalagiri in Guntur district, which had secured a score of 96.2%, was the first to receive the certificate in the State. Now, four more PHCs—Urban PHC at Kandrika in Vijayawada and the PHCs at Ramatheertham in Nellore district, VM Cheruvu in Sri Satya Sai district and Yellavaram of Alluri Sitarama Raju district—secured the certificates.
Peddamandyam PHC in Annamayya district received a condition NQAS certificate.