The Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, jointly convened by the World Health Organization and UNICEF and held from 6 to 12 September 1978 in Almaty, then called Alma-Ata, in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. It expressed the need for urgent action by every government, health worker and the world community to protect and promote the health of all people, identifying primary health care as the central strategy for achieving what it called Health for All.
Facts
Program StatusAdopted as a non-binding declaration; its primary health care approach was later accepted by WHO member states 1 Sponsoring BodyJointly convened by WHO and UNICEF (International Conference on Primary Health Care) 1 Target PopulationAll peoples of the world, with particular urgency in developing countries 1 Health GoalHealth For All by the year 2000 through primary health care 1 Geographic ScopeGlobal, addressed to all governments and the world community 1 Measured ResultsWHO Director-General Margaret Chan: primary-health-care-oriented systems produce better outcomes at lower cost with higher satisfaction 1 Classification
Program KindHealth Education Program 1 Connections
Delivers Practice
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Declaration of Alma-Ata
WikipediaLead paragraph, milestone sentence
The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 emerged as a major milestone of the twentieth century in the field of public health
Lead paragraph, first sentence (convener clause)
Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC), which was jointly convened by WHO and UNICEF
Lead paragraph, call-to-action sentence
It expressed the need for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all people.
Role of the state section, Health for All definition
the attainment by all peoples of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that will permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life
Description section, first sentence
The conference called for urgent and effective national and international action to develop and implement primary health care throughout the world and particularly in developing countries
Description section, non-binding sentence
The declaration has 10 points and is non-binding on member states.
Primary health care and components section, Chan citation
health systems oriented toward primary health care produce better outcomes, at lower costs, and with higher user satisfaction
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