In September 1978, the International Conference on Primary Health Care was held in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR). Led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the conference produced the Alma-Ata Declaration, which underlined the need for governments to protect the health of all citizens and emphasized that health for all is both a socioeconomic (or development issue), and also a human right. The conference also highlighted the inequalities between developed and developing countries, and between the elite and ordinary people within countries. Continue reading “Primary Health Care at 30”
Primary Health Care – 30 year update
New studies show solid progress on child survival, including a decline in the annual number of under-five deaths, according to UNICEF. Global child deaths have reached a record low, falling below 10 million per year to 9.7 million, down from almost 13 million in 1990.
“This is an historic moment,” said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman. “More children are surviving today than ever before.
Well-Baby Clinic
Yeah! We’ve obtained an invitation for our students to work alongside the ongoing immunization and well-baby programs that YWAM-Balut runs on Smokey Mountain. (Their project leaders took the PHC school in Kona a couple years ago and the work here was launched after their field assignment.) Our students not only will gain a better understanding of how organized Well-Child program and clinic runs, but will gain valuable experience and confidence practicing their immunization, growth monitoring and other clinical skills. 