This document outlines the key components of an essential basic health service at the community level. It states that such a service should be comprehensive, accessible, acceptable, involve community participation, and be affordable. The goals of community health services are to reduce mortality and morbidity, increase life expectancy, decrease population growth rates, improve nutrition, provide basic sanitation, and support economic development through agriculture, food production, and small industries. The document then describes the various types of health care services that should be provided at the community level.
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