Achieving health for all : primary health care in action / edited by David Bishai and Meike Schleiff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bishai, David, editor.

Schleiff, Meike, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alma-Ata Declaration (1978).

Primary health care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-3813-5

OCLC:

1196231900

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access.