A 1978 international declaration issued at a World Health Organization conference in Alma Ata, then in the Soviet Union, naming primary health care the key to achieving Health for All, and framing health as a fundamental human right requiring social and economic action beyond the health sector alone.
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Milestone Year Milestone Date LocationAlma Ata, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic 1 Classification
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The 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration's Health for All primary health care goal is the standard historical and conceptual predecessor the modern Universal Health Coverage concept is traced to.
the 1978 International Conference on Primary Health Care at Alma-Ata was convened and organized under WHO auspices; Halfdan Mahler, credited with the Declaration, was WHO Director-General at the time
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Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC), which was jointly convened by WHO and UNICEF and held on 6–12 September 1978 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (then Alma-Ata, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic).
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A 1978 international declaration issued at a World Health Organization conference in Alma Ata, then in the Soviet Union, naming primary health care the key to achieving Health for All, and framing health as a fundamental human right requiring social and economic action beyond the health sector alone.
- Credited To: Halfdan Mahler
- In Branch: Health Systems and Policy
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adoption of the Alma-Ata Declaration at an international conference on primary health care held in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union from September 6 to September 12, 1978 has been regarded by many as one of the shining moments in the history of international and global health.
Wikipedia: Declaration of Alma-Ata
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Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC), which was jointly convened by WHO and UNICEF and held on 6-12 September 1978 in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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