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2008 in review: key public health issues

A health worker vaccinates an infant at a busy clinic in south Asia.
WHO/Christopher Black

Primary health care

In The world health report 2008, WHO presents a critical assessment of primary health care around the world, 30 years after the Alma-Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care. Striking inequities, and a lack of organization and investment in primary care (in both rich and poor nations) are a threat to global health.

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