Health for all beyond 2000: the demise of the Alma-Ata Declaration and primary health care in developing countries.

Performance of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) in Rural Areas of Islamic Republic of Iran

The situation of people with disabilities in the developing countries should be a matter of great concern. There are today close to 250 million severely and moderately disabled persons in these countries; the annual increase is 10 million. Most of them are poor, dependent neglected, excluded from education, training and jobs; They die early and have no power while alive. Between 15 and 20% of a...

[Primary health care and the millennium development goals].

Member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) met in Alma Ata (8-12 September 1978) to define and advocate the implementation of primary health care (PHC) worldwide, above all, in developing countries, which had a real need to review their strategies for meeting the health needs of their populations. They did not suspect that 20 years later the vision they displayed would remain unden...

Primary health care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from Alma-Ata to Doha.

The celebration in Doha of the 30th anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration at the International Conference on Primary Health Care renewed the commitment of the Eastern Mediterranean Region to primary health care as the tool for better health. The principles agreed at Alma-Ata in 1978 apply as much now as they did before. The event provided an opportunity for the Eastern Mediterranean countries...

[Development and health: the declaration of Alma-Ata and posterior movements].

The first International Conference on Primary Health Care was held in September 1978, organized by the WHO and UNICEF at Alma-Ata, the capital of Kazakhstan, with the presence of more than 700 participants. The Conference resulted in the adoption of a Declaration that reaffirmed the meaning of health as a basic human right and one of the most important global social goals. According to the Decl...

Stephen Gillam primary health care ? Is the declaration of Alma Ata still relevant