The International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC) in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, in 1978, brought together 134 countries and 67 international organizations. The conference defined and granted international recognition to the concept of Primary Health Care as a strategy to reach the goal of Health for All in 2000.
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Special Video Presentation "Primary Health Care: Renewing Our Commitment" is a six-minute video produced by the Pan American Health Organization to remember Alma Ata and its lessons.Click here to watch it Questions and Answers
Alma-Ata Revisited Click here to read the full article "Health for All" Still Important Today U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (left on the photo), who participated in the 1978 Alma Ata conference, believes the call for "Health for All" is as important today as ever. Read his thoughts on the 25th anniversary of Alma Ata.Click here to read the full text New Push Toward 'Health for All' in the Americas Click here to read the full article Interviews Interviews about Alma-Ata and Primary Health Care
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The Alma-Ata Declaration
The existing gross inequality in the health status of the people particularly between developed and developing countries as well as within countries is politically, socially and economically unacceptable and is, therefore, of common concern to all countries. Click here to read the Declaration
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