“…Laboratory service is recommended as an important component for good functioning of PHC. Studies have been focused on laboratory service in PHC regarding its type, quality (Jain and Rao, 2015;Devane-Padalkar et al, 2016), functioning (Nanjunda, 2011), utilization (Zunic et al, 2011;Baig et al, 2014) and relevance in disease control (George, 2011;Rizwan et al, 2013;Pakhare et al, 2015).…”