Health Transformation Plan in Iran: A New Return to the Declaration of Alma-Ata

Return to Alma-Ata.

The ambition, which launched the health for all movement, was bold. It assumed that enlightened policy could raise the level of health in deprived populations and thus drive overall development. The declaration broadened the medical model to include social and economic factors, and acknowledged that activities in many sectors, including civil society organizations, shaped the prospects for impr...

'Health for All' Alma-Ata Declaration--an elusive Holy Grail.

Health strengthening plan, a supplement to Iran health transformation plan: letter to the editor

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Futurology of Iran health transformation plan: letter to the editor

Health sector challenges and responses beyond the Alma-Ata Declaration: a Caribbean perspective.

1 The University of the West Indies, School of Nursing, Mona, Jamaica. Send correspondence and reprint inquiries to: Jasneth Mullings, The UWI School of Nursing, Mona, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica; telephone: (876) 970-3304; fax: (876) 9272472; e-mail: [email protected]. Primary health care (PHC) is defined as “essential health care based on practical, scient...