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