Better access to primary care underpins improvements in health around the world. By
providing ready access to basic health services and, when necessary, referring patients to …

Accessing quality, affordable health care remains a significant challenge in many low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). Challenges arise from weak health systems, limited …

Primary health care offers a cost–effective route to achieving universal health coverage
(UHC). However, primary health-care systems are weak in many low-and middle-income …

It has been 30 years since the Declaration of Alma Ata. During that time, primary care has
been the central strategy for expanding health services in many low-and middle-income …

Primary health care is essential for equitable, cost-effective and sustainable health care. It is
the cornerstone to achieving universal health coverage against a backdrop of rising health …

Globally, the notion of health as a human right has a variety of interpretations. The
interpretation of this ideal leads to how healthcare systems are organized, specifically in …

The future of primary care is at great risk at a time when the evidence suggests that the
nation needs primary care more than ever before. In a previous white paper, the College …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will
require a significant scaling up of health service delivery in many countries. The number of …

When comparing countries at the same level of economic development, those countries with
health care that is organized around the tenets of primary health care produce a higher level …

The WHR 2008 Page 1 Denis Porignon WHO/HQ - Health Systems and Services Cluster
Antwerp, Belgium November 26-27, 2008 The WHR 2008 Bringing Primary Health Care …