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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
- Connecting care: exploring Sweden’s innovative PHC model
The PHC cottage hospital in Tärnaby is an entirely nurse-led facility A PHC unit in Tärnaby, in Storuman Municipality, showcases the expanded roles of nurses in meeting basic health needs This remote, mountainous locality is home to just over 1600 residents, but must serve a population that grows 25-fold during ski season Roza Abzalova, a Kazakh delegate and Chair of the Kazakh National
- Primary health care
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
- PHC measurement framework and indicators - World Health Organization (WHO)
PHC measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary health care lens 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
- Accelerator Discussion Paper 2: Primary Health Care (PHC)
BACKGROUND Health systems anchored in primary health care (PHC) are associated with better health outcomes, improved equity and better cost efficiency The renewed concept of PHC towards universal health coverage (UHC) adopted in the Declaration of Astana maintains the central tenets of the 1978 Alma Ata Declaration and was acknowledged as the foundation of health and wellbeing for all
- Operational Framework for Primary Health Care
World Health Organization United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2020) Operational framework for primary health care: transforming vision into action World Health Organization
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