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Primary Health Care: making Alma Ata a reality

30 years after the Alma Ata declaration for Primary Health Care (PHC), “ health for all” 1remains a long way off for many countries, even those that are on track for mortality reduction goals ; yet this wider goal remains the ultimate vision. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted in 2000 as the next generation of the “ health for all goals” , specify eight goals and measurable targets, including reduction in maternal and child mortality and the burden of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as associated development targets for education and gender equity. These goals have the widest buy in of any set of health and development goals in history. The health targets correctly focus on mortality reduction as the first priority – yet there remains a frontier beyond in terms of health being more than avoiding death, or even avoiding disease.

primary health care; research priorities

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