Sub-national and district management: Primary Health Care
About PHC
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Declaration of Alma Ata, USSR, 6-12 September 1978
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Health-for-all policy for the twenty-first century
WHO Resolution 51/7, 1998
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Is the declaration of Alma Ata still relevant to primary health care?
Stephen Gillam, BMJ 2008;336;536-538
Alma Ata is still relevant for effective healthcare systems:
-- Primary health care is key to providing good value for money
and enhancing equity
-- Community participation and intersectoral action remain challenges in reducing health inequalities
-- The changing global burden of disease and workforce shortages make effective integration of
existing vertical programmes essential
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Primary health care and the Millennium Development Goals: issues for discussion
Pertti Kekki, 2003
MDG health indicators; trends in the disease panorama; trends in demographics; trends in society; common problems and future issues, HR; organization and performance
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Primary health care as a strategy for achieving equitable care
A literature review commissioned by the Health Systems Knowledge Network
Prof. J. De Maeseneer, S. Willems, A. De Sutter, M.D.,I. Van de Geuchte and M.L. 1; M.Billings,
2007, WHO, Commission on the Social Determinants of Health
-- The health (care) system as a social determinant of health
-- Primary health care definition and evolution of concept
-- Main features of PHC that facilitate health equity and intersectoral action
-- Enabling and limiting factors of a strategy based on PHC
-- Policy measures to enhance the impact of PHC on health equity
(21 pages, 900kb)
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Ouagadougou Declaration on primary health care and health systems in Africa
pdf, 25kb
The International Conference on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa, meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 28 to 30 April 2008, reaffirms the principles of the Declaration of Alma-Ata of September 1978, particularly in regard to health as a fundamental human right and the responsibility that governments have for the health of their people.
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Déclaration de Ouagadougou
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Declaração de Ouagadougou
pdf, 38kb
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Strengthening the Backbone of Primary Health Care
Eleuther Tarimo and F.G.R. Fowkles, 1989, World Health Forum, Vol. 10
Priority setting, targets, district health systems, joint action, improving management
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The Role of The Hospital in the District: Delivering or Support Primary Health Care?
pdf, 1.18Mb
W. Van Lerberghe and Y. Lafort, 1990, WHO/SHS/CC/90.2 Working with health centres, district health system, management models