Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年12月23日 · 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)
2023年11月15日 · 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.
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.
Global Conference on Primary Health Care - World Health …
2018年10月26日 · The PHC approach is foundational to achieving our shared global goals in Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new declaration has renewed political commitment to primary health care from Governments, non-governmental organizations, professional …
WHO Primary Health Care (PHC) Demonstration Platforms – an …
2022年10月25日 · WHO/Europe launched 2 PHC Demonstration Platforms in 2022 – 1 in Kazakhstan and 1 in Sweden. The Platform in Kazakhstan demonstrates the transformation from a biomedical model to a holistic, multidisciplinary team-based model with strong elements of mental health care and social work. The recently launched Platform in Sweden demonstrates a model of PHC service delivery in a remote, sparsely ...
Primary care toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO)
Primary health care (PHC) is a broader whole-of-society approach with three components: (a) primary care and essential public health functions as a core of integrated health services; (b) multisectoral policy and action; and (c) empowered people and communities.
Operational Framework for Primary Health Care
2020年12月14日 · World Health Organization & United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (2020). Operational framework for primary health care: transforming vision into action. World Health Organization
PHC measurement framework and indicators - World Health …
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 ...
The vision of future PHC development in the African Region was established on reflections on the Alma- Ata recommendations and African countries’ efforts to respond to it through revitalizing their strategies
Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
2017年12月5日 · India’s 2017 National Health Policy commits the government to investing a major proportion (>2/3rds) of resources to PHC. The main mechanism to achieve this are the 150 000 Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs), which are intended to become the main points of contact for communities within the public health system.