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- What is PHC? - World Health Organization (WHO)
But PHC also goes beyond providing health care services to individuals It is a whole-of-society approach that seeks to address the broader determinants of health, such as community-level disease-prevention efforts, and to empower individuals, families and communities to get involved in their own health
- Primary health care
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)
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
- Primary health care - India
Primary health care Primary health care Primary health care (PHC) is a holistic approach to health that includes promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services It is the first level of contact between individuals and the healthcare system PHC is not limited to treating illnesses
- Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Compassion and primary health care This document explores the critical role of compassion in primary health care (PHC), synthesizing findings from a five-year exploration, initiated in response
- Implementing the primary health care approach: a primer
This Primer is about the 'how' of primary health care (PHC) and brings together best practices and knowledge that countries have generated through 'natural experiments' in strengthening PHC with the best available research evidence Despite the progress made towards PHC globally, the concept is still often misunderstood, even within the public health community
- PHC measurement framework and indicators - World Health Organization (WHO)
The PHC measurement framework and indicators and accompanying annex of technical specifications aims to support countries to track, monitor and improve PHC capacities and performance towards the achievement of UHC and the SDGs The framework and indicators build on globally and regionally established frameworks and indicator lists for health systems and UHC, while filling critical gaps on
- Moving towards PHC - World Health Organization (WHO)
Primary health care is important because it is the foundation of a strong health system It leads to more equitable health across the community and leads to greater patient and health worker satisfaction Taking a PHC approach is about meeting 90% of a person’s health needs through services provided directly in the community where they live
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