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Primary health care
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All people, everywhere, have the right to achieve the highest
attainable level of health. This is the fundamental premise of primary
health care (PHC).
Primary health care is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organize and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. It has 3 components:
- integrated health services to meet people’s health needs throughout their lives
- addressing the broader determinants of health through multisectoral policy and action
- empowering individuals, families and communities to take charge of their own health.
Primary
health care enables health systems to support a person’s health needs –
from health promotion to disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation,
palliative care and more. This strategy also ensures that health care
is delivered in a way that is centred on people’s needs and respects
their preferences.
Primary health care is widely regarded as
the most inclusive, equitable and cost-effective way to achieve
universal health coverage. It is also key to strengthening the
resilience of health systems to prepare for, respond to and recover from
shocks and crises.
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A vision for primary health care in the 21st century
Primary health care and health emergencies: brief
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Declaration of Alma-Ata
Declaration of Astana
Review of 40 years of primary health care implementation at country level - Management Response - April 2021
Review of 40 years of primary health care implementation at country level - Report
Review of 40 years of primary health care implementation at country level - Evaluation Brief - Dec 2019
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