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The conference marked the 40th anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration, and united world leaders to affirm that strong primary health care is essential to achieve universal health coverage. [6] The conference resulted in the adoption of the Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care that reaffirmed and extended the Alma-Ata Declaration. [7]
The primary health care approach has seen significant gains in health where applied even when adverse economic and political conditions prevail. [12] The Alma-Ata declaration proposed PHC (Primary Health Care) goals but faced global criticism for being vague, costly, and unattainable.
The primary health center or primary healthcare center (PHC) is the basic structural and functional unit of the public health services in developing countries.PHCs were established to provide accessible, affordable and available primary health care to people, in accordance with the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 by the member nations of the World Health Organization WHO.
The Alma-Ata Protocols were the founding declarations and principles of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus had agreed to the Belovezha Accords on 8 December 1991, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved and forming the CIS.
The 1978 World Health Organization (WHO) declaration at Alma-Ata was the first formal acknowledgment of the importance of intersectoral action for health. [5] The spirit of Alma-Ata was carried forward in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (adopted in Ottawa in 1986), which discussed "healthy public policies" as a key area for health promotion.
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The basis of the Health For All strategy is primary health care. Two decades later, WHO Director General Lee Jong-wook (2003–2006) reaffirmed the concept in the World Health Report 2003: [2] Health for all became the slogan for a movement.
The Primary Health Care and Resource Center was established by the United Mission to Nepal (UMN), a Christian organisation, established in 1954, that aims to encourage "healthy, strong and empowered individuals". [4] In 1984 after 12 years of existence the clinic was upgraded, from an MCH clinic to a Health Post for the local community.