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Key to the attainment of the goal of the Health for All that was adopted at the International Conference on PHC on Sept. 6-12, 1978. It Expresses the need of urgent action by all gov’t, all health and development workers and the world community to protect and promote the health of the people.
Alma Ata Declaration
Alma Ata Declaration when
Sept. 6-12, 1978.
ill health
Morbidity
death/ number of loss or rate of loss
Mortality
World Health Organization. Primary role is to direct international health within the UN’s system and to lead partners in global health responses.
WHO
Department of Health. Ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care and the regulation of all health services and products.
DOH
According to WHO, a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Health
4 principles of health
- Health is a fundamental human right.
- Health is both an individual and collective responsibility.
- Health should be an equal opportunity to all.
- Health is an essential element of socio-economic development.
Essential health care made universally acceptable to individuals and families in the
Primary Health Care
Essential health care made universally acceptable to individuals and families in the
community by means acceptable to them through active participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford at every stage of development.
Primary Health Care
“It is a basic health care and is a whole society approach to healthy well-being, focused on needs and priorities of individuals, families, and communities.
WHO description of PHC
It is a new approach to health care which integrates at the community level all the factors required for improving the health status of the population. It is both a philosophy of health care and an approach to providing health services.
Primary Health Care
It is developed with the concept that the people of the country receive at least the basic minimum
health services that are essential for their good health care. It addresses the expansive determining factor of health and ensures whole person care for health demands during the course of the natural life.
Primary Health Care
It is the community’s first and main point of contact with the health system, providing the right care, at the right time, right in their communities.
Primary Health Care
Timeframe globally, existing health services were failing to provide quality health care to the people.
Before 1978
Alma-Ata conference held where
in Alma Ata (USSR)
2 organizations that joined the Alma Ata declaration
WHO-UNICEF international conference
The conference included participation from government from how many countries
134 countries
Thus, the Alma-Ata conference called for acceptance of WHO goal of
“Health for all by 2000 AD”
it proclaimed PHC as a way to achieve
“Health for All”
