Authors

Y.L. WongFollow

Document Type

Article (Restricted)

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Abstract

Health for All by 2000,first declared at Alma-Ata in 1978, revolutionized primary health care (PHC) policy and planning based on a set of guiding values and principles of health services organization: equity, social justice, and health for all; community participation; appropriate use of resources; and intersectoral action. Primarily, the historic significance of the Alma-Ata/Health for All (HFA) was to put preventive health on equal footing as curative medicine.

Keywords

Alma-ata primary health care/health

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volume

23

Issue

2

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Additional Information

ISI Document Delivery No.: 735IM Times Cited: 1 Cited Reference Count: 3 Wong, Yut-Lin Sage publications inc Thousand oaks

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