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- What is PHC? - World Health Organization (WHO)
PHC involves prevention, health promotion, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation Another misperception is that PHC is “cheap” health care for the poor Because PHC is based in the community, it is frequently the only health care available to poor or marginalized communities, who may not have access to a hospital
- 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
- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
PHC is the most inclusive, equitable, cost-effective and efficient approach to enhance people’s physical and mental health, as well as social well-being Evidence of wide-ranging impact of investment in PHC continues to grow around the world, particularly in times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic
- Connecting care: exploring Sweden’s innovative PHC model
In the serene meadows and forests of southern Lapland in Sweden, where the air is crisp and reindeers roam freely, local residents still face real-world challenges Beneath its idyllic surface, the region has spent a century finding ways to deliver primary health care (PHC) to its ageing population, combat the loss of skilled health workers and professionals to urban centres, and overcome the
- Launch of the PHC Demonstration Platform in Spain and the first visit . . .
Event highlightsPrimary care nurses in Asturias, Spain, are champions of a person-centred approachOne of the highlights of 2024 was the launch of the third WHO Primary Health Care (PHC) Demonstration Platform in Spain In June 2024 a delegation from Czechia visited the Centro de Salud El Llano, one of the largest PHC centres in Gijón, which exemplifies Spain’s strong PHC model and serves as
- Primary Health Care Implementation Solutions Initiative
WHO launched the Primary Health Care (PHC) Implementation Solutions Initiative to explore how countries have achieved success in scaling up PHC-oriented health systems To do so, the initiative set out to document and share lessons from diverse contexts from the vantage point of policy-makers and practitioners directly engaged in leading reforms
- Integrating HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections . . .
Many countries are increasingly adopting a primary-health care (PHC) approach to address HIV, viral hepatitis and STI epidemics as part of a broader holistic and people-centred approach to health A new policy brief highlights progress and lessons learned from efforts to converge, link and integrate these services with PHC in several low- and middle-income countries
- Primary health care in China - World Health Organization (WHO)
Primary health care (PHC) is an integral part of a country’s health system and, ideally, its main focus It is the first level of contact for individuals, families and communities and enables health care to be delivered as close as possible to where people live and work PHC is therefore the first element of the care continuum
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