Abstract
The ambitious goal of achieving “Health for All by the Year 2000” was first expressed in the Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care in 1978 (World Health Organization [WHO], 1978). The declaration’s vision was for a broader, more inclusive approach to health across all care levels – one that emphasized the primary and community levels and that was sensitive to the social and economic conditions that impact both individual and community health...
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Revitalizing Health for All |
| Subtitle of host publication | Case Studies of the Struggle for Comprehensive Primary Health Care |
| Editors | Ronald Labonte, David Sanders, Corinne Packer, Nikki Schaay |
| Place of Publication | Ottawa, Canada |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
| Chapter | 1 |
| Pages | 3-26 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781487513887 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781487521622, 9781487501754 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Primary health care
- Health care systems
- Health care access
- Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC)