INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE,

ALMA-ATA, USSR, 6-12 SEPTEMBER 1978

 The International Conference on

Primary Health Care, expressing 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 the people
of the world.
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

 Primary Health Care is essential health care based

on practical, scientifically sound, and socially
acceptable methods and technology made
universally accessible to individuals and families
in the community through their full participation
and at a cost that the community and the country
can afford. It forms an integral part of the
country's health system, of which it is the central
function and the main focus, and of the overall
social and economic development of the
community
PRINCIPLES OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

 Health Prevention & Promotion

 Equity
 Appropriate Technology
 Community Participation
 Intersectoral Coordination
 Decentralization
DECLARATION OF ALMA-ATA
 Essential health care, based on:
 Evidence-based approach
 Social acceptability
 Accessibility of technology
 Participatory approach involving communities
 Affordability of services

 Integration in the national health system

 Integration in the social and economic development of the community
 Bringing services as close as possible to the people
 First contact with the health care system as the main point of entry
DECLARATION OF ALMA-ATA