HEALTH FOR ALL BY 2000 A.D.

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(Background papers for annual meet, Jan 23, 24, 25,1991)
CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON
THE STRATEGY OF HEALTH FOR ALL BY 2000 A.D.

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The Targets : HEALTH FOR ALL'

(1) Alma Ata, 1978 WHO UNICEF; (2) Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Parks; (3) High Prevalence of Gym

Principles of a National Health Policy

Definition of Health

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Guidelines for state health care delivery system
Suggestions from field experience of voluntary sector

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The Declaration ot llma-Ata
Primary Health Care is the key to health for all
n a world in which four-fifths'of the population has no
access to any permanent form of health care, and in
which millions more are disenchanted with .the service
^provided by conventional health systems, primary healt’hj
care is the key to achieving an acceptable I eve 1-dfeySiffi/^i
all. The International Conference on Primary Health Care,
held at Alma-Ata in the U§§R from 6 to 12 Septepfber^78^
drew up the fundamental principles oL.this, aT-seXi^jqj
concept and embodied them in The Declaration of AlmaAta. Urgent national and international action is needed
now to translate, these principlejjhinto dynamic, practical’
programmes.

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world health organization

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rationally

Declaration of Alma-Ata

spirit of partnership and service to en-

The International Conference on Primary Health Care/meeting in
Alma-Ata this twelfth day of September in the year Nineteen
hundred and seventy-eight, 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, hereby makes the following Declaration:

I The conference strongly reaffirms that

essential to sustained economic and sound and socially acceptable methods
and technology made universally acces-

health status of the people, particularly
between developed and developing coun-

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fullest use

that the attainment of the highest pos­
sible level of health is a most important
health sector.

for the further development and opera­

and country can afford to maintain at^^
ery stage of their development in the spitheir health care

country’s health system, of which it is the

to develop and implement primary
lealth care throughout the world and

ing prevailing health problems and the
methods of preventing and controlling referral systems, leading to the progreshealth care for all, and giving priority to

7. relies, at local and referral levels, on ganizations, as well as multilateral and

Governments have a responsibility
for the health of their people which can

and constitutes tlmfirst element of a conconcern to all countries.

main social target of governments, inter­
national organizations and the whole

■ of the world by the year 2000 of a teve^ of Primary health care:
health that will permit them to lead a 1. reflects and evolves from the ecoOrder, is of basic importance to the ful- life.fPrimary health care is the key to at­
test attainment of health for all and to- taining this target as part of development
the reduction of the gap between the in the spirit of social justice.^

propriate treatment of common diseases
tor, all related sectors and aspects q£.
national and community development,

work as a health team and to respond to to channel increased technical and finanthe expressed health needs of the comthe aforementioned to collaborate in
introducing, developing and maintainVIII -- *
All governments should formulate
national policies, strategies and plans of Declaration.

For further information:
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12115 Manila
Philippines

World Health Organization Regional Office
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World Health Organization Regional Office
for the Americas
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525, 23rd Street, l<Wjgjg§
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U.S.A.

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for Africa
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THE NEW ORIENTATION OF HEALTH
SERVICES, WITH RESPECT TO
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORK

The booklet entitled “Health Work for Human Developup by the Pontifical Council COR UNUM in 1976 in order to

l. THE CHRISTIAN APPROACH

Christ took pity on people and came to their aid, whether
attention was given to the sick person with whom he frequently
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Care work has the advantage of following the principle of subsidi-

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qaJtiqO aqi ‘spoM BJBo-qqBaq oj luaiuqiuuioa ano pus sn qSnojqX

2.2. The basic principles of W.H.O.

1. Primary health care should be shaped around the life

5. All health interventions should be undertaken, at the

7. Primary helath care services should be fully integrated

plain why they are afraid of the hospital, why they seek medical

people they represent and appoints the community health Worker.
He (or she) is given the basic training to be able to provide primary

in “The Primary Health Worker” (Experimental edition, 1977,

4. with authorization from the local authorities, visit all

6. keep in as close contact as possible with his supervisor

be so advanced that the individual is pushed beyond his capacity.
Sometimes it is a good idea to tram local healers or traditional

supplies etc.) must allocate them fairly for the benefit of the local
3.
QUALIFIED HEALTH SERVICE.PERSONNEL
Each individual country has the task of determining the

ventures undertaken in the past have shown that a unified termino-

their health care work, can be at various different levels of skills

of a health care team. He must be capable of coping both with

merely a means for accomplishing routine work such as distri-

This health care team usually comprises the following memthey have different educational background and training, different

vice of the sick and their communities, sometimes inevitably leads

is the leader’s responsibility to restore harmony, if he is unable to
provide medical treatment, nursing care, hygiene education and
needs of their fellow-men. This showshow important it is for
4.

THE THINKING UNDERLYING THE CHURCH’S
NEW APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE

has shown the vital importance of a whole motivational approach

The health care centre stands midway between the village

The team must also help the community health workers in

health centres which refer the patients they cannot handle to it, or
those in need of surgery.

cate the local people in basic public health, hygiene and simple

the health centres and the community health workers.

ment Board or a similar kind of body, the local communities must

5.

CHRISTIANS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

the love of God and their fellow-men. If they work in the field

ing discouraged or useless as a result of this new state of affairs,

it may happen that in some cases some of their hospital workers

local people. Before they take part in this new health care policy,

PARTICIPANTS TO THE WORKING GROUP
Fr. HENRI DE RIEDMATTEN, O.P., Pontifical Council COR
UNUM Secretary.
Dr. LIESELOTTE BAUER DE BARRAGAN, Director “Fund-

Fr. NIVERSINDO A. CHERUBIN, M.I., Superintenden
Prof. VICTOR-ARMAND DE GROOTE, Pharmacist (Belgium),

Fr. HENRI FOREST, S.J., Secretariat COR UNUM.
Dr. ANNE MARIE GADE,
WHO (Denmark).
Sr. SUZANNE LEURS, Director "Bureau

Dr. URSULA LIEBRICH, Associate Director “Christian Medical

Fr. ROGER DU NOYER, M.E.P., COR UNUM Under-SecretDr. ARNOLD RADTKE, Health Adviser to MISEREOR (GerDr. ELEONORA AGATHA SCHRODER, Health Adviser
CEBEMO (Holland).
Miss GHISLAINE VAN MASSENHOVE, General Secretary
CIAMS (Belgium).
JDr^Sr. FRANCES WEBSTER, Member, Central Team, "Medi­
cal Missionary Sisters” (United States)

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^sential1 condVions^for international
proposals made by the United Nations.

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COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH

COMMUNITY INTERACTION WITH MEDIA

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MAKING HEALTHY BEHAVIOUR A WAY OF LIFE

HOW PEOPLE DEFINE SICKNESS

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Regional Office for South-East Asia, Indraprastha Estate. New Delhi-110 007.

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SELF-CARE, THE KEY TO HEALTH

UNDERSTANDING ILL HEALTH

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SELF-RELIANCE FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
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self-reliance for primary health care

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS (TBAs)

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TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR PHC

BUILDING COMMUNITY SELF-RELIANCE - A CHALLENGE TO HEALTH WORKERS

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