Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBSep 23, 2024 · Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBNov 15, 2023 · Scaling up primary health care (PHC) interventions across low and middle-income countries could save 60 million lives and increase average life expectancy by 3.7 years by 2030. The majority of essential interventions (90%) for universal health coverage can be delivered using a PHC approach. An estimated 75% of the projected health gains …
Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBAug 11, 2022 · Primary health care goes beyond primary care, which is a subset of primary health care and refers to essential, first-contact care provided in a community setting such as community health posts. It ensures that people receive support closer to their everyday environments and are referred to secondary or tertiary care facilities, including ...
Understanding primary health care - World Health Organization …
WEBAug 28, 2023 · 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of Alma-Ata and 5th anniversary of Astana declarations on primary health care (PHC). PHC stands out as the most inclusive, equitable, cost-effective and efficient approach to enhance people’s physical and mental health, as well as social well-being. To celebrate these historical milestones, WHO/Europe, …
Primary care toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBPrimary care is a key process in a health system that provides promotive, protective, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services throughout the life course. Primary health care (PHC) is a broader whole-of-society approach with three components: (a) primary care and essential public health functions as a core of integrated ...
Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBPrimary health care. WHO established the Special Programme on Primary Health Care in 2020, following the Global Conference on Primary Health Care and the UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage, where countries declared their commitment to achieving universal health coverage through a primary health care approach.
Primary health care around the world: delivering health services to ...
WEBJul 22, 2021 · Primary health care around the world: delivering health services to people where they need it. As COVID-19 continues to highlight inequities within and across countries, the world’s commitment to health as a human right will largely determine the sustainability of economies and societies we build and rebuild, during the pandemic and …
Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBOperational Framework for Primary Health Care. 26 October 2018. Declaration of Astana. 10 December 2018. A vision for primary health care in the 21st century. 19 October 2021. Building health systems resilience for universal health coverage and health security during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: WHO position paper. 19 October 2021.
Implementing the primary health care approach: a primer
WEBMay 15, 2024 · This Primer is about the 'how' of primary health care (PHC) and brings together best practices and knowledge that countries have generated through 'natural experiments' in strengthening PHC with the best available research evidence. Despite the progress made towards PHC globally, the concept is still often misunderstood, even …
Primary health care: health systems, communities and the planet
WEBApr 5, 2022 · Countries have declared their commitment to achieving universal health coverage by building people-centred, resilient and sustainable health systems that uphold the human right to health, promote social justice, empower individuals and communities and address the determinants of health. This approach is known as primary health care.