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Bookmark or Share- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)Primary health care goes beyond primary care, which is a subset of primary health care and refers to essential, first-contact care provided in a community setting such as community health posts. It ensures that people receive support closer to their everyday environments and are referred to secondary or tertiary care facilities, including ...
- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)Primary health care is an approach to health and wellbeing centred on the needs and circumstances of individuals, families and communities. It addresses comprehensive and interrelated physical, mental and social health and wellbeing.
- Understanding primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)2023 marks the 45th anniversary of Alma-Ata and 5th anniversary of Astana declarations on primary health care (PHC). PHC stands out as the most inclusive, equitable, cost-effective and efficient approach to enhance people’s physical and mental health, as well as social well-being. To celebrate these historical milestones, WHO/Europe, UNICEF and the Government of Kazakhstan are co-hosting an ...
- Primary care toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)Primary care is a model of care that supports first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive and coordinated person-focused care. It aims to optimize population health and reduce disparities across the population by ensuring that subgroups have equal access to services. There are five core functions of primary care:
- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care.
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