Summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are now steering the global health
and development agendas. Notably, the SDGs contain no mention of primary health care …

After the eight Millennium Development Goals that have shaped progress in the past 15
years, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by governments at the UN …

The principles agreed at Alma-Ata 30 years ago apply just as much now as they did then."
Health for all" by the year 2000 was not achieved, and the Millennium Development Goals …

In 2018, the 40th anniversary of PHC was celebrated at Astana, 8 where references were
repeatedly made to “quality PHC” when it was clear that primary care was meant—ie, care at …

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selective approach was considered to be more feasible, measurable, rapid, and less risky …

In this paper, we revisit the revolutionary principles—equity, social justice, and health for all;
community participation; health promotion; appropriate use of resources; and intersectoral …

On Oct 14, Now more than ever, the World Health Report for 2008, was launched at Almaty,
a city formerly called Alma-Ata and well known for the 1978 WHO declaration on primary …

In her 2012 reconfirmation speech as WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan
asserted:“universal coverage is the single most powerful concept that public health has to …

30 years ago, the Declaration of Alma-Ata articulated primary health care as a set of guiding
values for health development, a set of principles for the organisation of health services, and …

Executive summary Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing …