📊 Biostatistics & Epidemiology🟢 BasicPrimary Health Care

Primary Health Care

Essential health care made available to all in the community at a cost they and the country can afford, the foundation of a health system.

Key points

Primary health care is essential care brought as close as possible to where people live and work, and it is the first level of contact with the health system.
It was set out in the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, with the goal of health for all through community participation and fair access.
Its key ideas are equitable distribution, community involvement, use of appropriate technology, and action across other sectors such as water and food.
In India, care is arranged in levels: the sub-centre and primary health centre for the village, the community health centre as first referral, and hospitals above.
It covers promotion, prevention, cure and rehabilitation, including immunisation, safe water, maternal and child health, and control of local diseases.

Memory trick

Primary health care (Alma-Ata 1978) is essential, close to home and affordable, aiming at health for all; equity, community, appropriate technology and intersectoral action; sub-centre to PHC to CHC.

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📊 Biostatistics & Epidemiology🟢 BasicPrimary Health Care

Primary Health Care

Essential health care made available to all in the community at a cost they and the country can afford, the foundation of a health system.

Key points

Primary health care is essential care brought as close as possible to where people live and work, and it is the first level of contact with the health system.
It was set out in the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, with the goal of health for all through community participation and fair access.
Its key ideas are equitable distribution, community involvement, use of appropriate technology, and action across other sectors such as water and food.
In India, care is arranged in levels: the sub-centre and primary health centre for the village, the community health centre as first referral, and hospitals above.
It covers promotion, prevention, cure and rehabilitation, including immunisation, safe water, maternal and child health, and control of local diseases.

Memory trick

Primary health care (Alma-Ata 1978) is essential, close to home and affordable, aiming at health for all; equity, community, appropriate technology and intersectoral action; sub-centre to PHC to CHC.

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