| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
Why does primary health care matter in the 21st century? / David Bishai -- Primary health care : history, trends, controversies and challenges / Henry B. Perry -- Identifying countries with exceptionally rapid gains in life expectancy : a quantitative approach / Carolina Cardona and David Bishai -- Strategies to improve comprehensive primary health care performance in a district / Claudia Pereira, David Bishai, and Melissa Sherry -- Why well-supported health systems are necessary for vertical programs to succeed : lessons from polio eradication / Svea Closser -- Continuity between comprehensive primary health care and sustainable development goals / Melissa Sherry and David Bishai -- Four principles of community-based primary health care : support, appreciate, learn/listen, transfer (SALT) FM -- 4 / Marlou de Rouw, Alice Kuan, Philip Forth, Rituu B. Nanda, and Luc Barriere Constantin -- Bangladesh's health improvement strategy as an example of the Alma-Ata Declaration in action / Taufique Joarder and Ferdous Arfina Osman -- Ethiopia : expansion of primary health care through the health extension program / Zufan Abera Damtew, Meike Schleiff, Kebede Worku, Chala Tesfaye, Seblewengel Lemma, Onaopemipo Abiodun, Mignote Solomon Haile, Dennis Carlson, Ahmed Moen, and Henry B. Perry -- Health improvement through primary health care approach : case of Nepal / Kedar Prasad Baral, Nadia Diamond-Smith, and Rita Thapa -- Four decades of community-based primary health care development in Ghana / James F. Phillips, Fred N. Binka, John Koku Awoonor Williams, and Ayaga A. Bawah -- Sri Lanka's health improvements as an example of the implementation of the Alma-Ata Declaration / Vinya Ariyaratne -- How Vietnam's Doi Moi reforms achieved rapid gains in health with comprehensive primary health care / Nguyen Thanh Huong and Hoang Khanh Chi -- Cuba's progress on PHC since the Alma-Ata Conference / Sasmira Matta, David Bishai, and Pedro Mas Bemejo -- Health for All in the twenty-first century / Meike Schleiff and David Bishai |
| Summary |
"This edited volume examines countries around the world that took seriously the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 and expanded their primary health care system for access by all citizens. This book makes a case for promoting population-level health through universal primary care"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Alma-Ata Declaration (1978) |
| Subject |
Community health services.
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Quality Improvement
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Population Health Management
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Primary health care.
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Primary Health Care
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Community health services
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Primary health care
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037341
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| Subject |
Developing countries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schleiff, Meike, editor
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Bishai, David, editor
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| ISBN |
9781421441115 |
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142144111X |
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