What a primary health care is: some considerations after almost thirty five years of Alma-Ata

Authors

  • David A. Tejada de Rivero Organización Mundial de la Salud a Médico; MPH; especialista en Salud Pública; especialista en planificación y desarrollo económico; cursos de doctorado en Ciencias Políticas. Ex subdirector general de la OMS, coordinador general de la Conferencia de Alma-Ata y ex ministro de salud del Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2013.302.206

Keywords:

Primary health care, Health public policy, International Acts

Abstract

Primary health care was conceived in the 70s as a comprehensive, joint and inclusive strategy to achieve the goal of “Health for Everyone”. It was the result of important social, political and economic changes which occurred at global level back in those years and which persist until now. Due to an unfortunate combination of words, Primary Healthcare has been mistakenly understood by many as “healthcare at the basic level” or the “provision of basic, and hence insufficient services to the poorest”, wrong concepts that contribute to the current social and health inequalities. This article explains what primary healthcare is and what it is not in order to address the subject in its real context.

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Published

2014-02-10

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Symposium

How to Cite

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Tejada de Rivero DA. What a primary health care is: some considerations after almost thirty five years of Alma-Ata. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2014 Feb. 10 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];30(2). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/206

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