Throughout the last four decades, the Declaration of Alma-Ata has acted as a linchpin for health policies developed and adopted to achieve the ambitious goal of "health for all."
In the context of Universal Health Day -12 December, we celebrate the achievements of Alma-Ata, recognizing the important lessons to be learnt from the past, while acknowledging the significant challenges ahead. There is a need to identify innovative, inclusive and participatory approaches that will enable multi-sectoral dialogue and consensus building among different actors with due representation from communities, to accelerate transformation of health systems towards the achievement of universal health, and the 2030 sustainable development goals.
+ 200
participants including Ministers of Health from PAHO Member States from countries in the Americas, civil society representatives, academia and regional health experts.
Hosts
Government of Ecuador, UNASUR, and the Pan American Health Organization.
When: December 11 - 12, 2017
Where: Quito, Ecuador (By invitation only)
Edificio de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR), Vía Mitad del Mundo.
Livestream event links are the following: In Spanish - www.livestream.com/opstv
and in English www.livestream.com/pahotv
News:
Regional movement for universal health launched (12 Dec., 2017)
PAHO Director calls for building alliances to leave no one behind on the road to universal health (11 Dec., 2017)
Ecuador acoge reunión regional de la OPS sobre salud universal [available only in Spanish] (8 Dec., 2017]
Regional Forum: Universal Health in the 21st Century: 40 Years after Alma-Ata
Background and Forum documents
Alma-Ata Declaration 1978
Primary Health Care (Now more than ever) [2008]
Health systems financing: the path to universal health coverage [2010]
Strategy for universal access to health and universal health and universal health coverage [Universal health, 2014]
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) [2015]
Documents - Regional Forum
Forum proposal
Summary report
Communication materials
#UniversalHealth #AlmaAta40
Banners - Universal Health in the 21st Century: 40 Years after Alma-Ata
Web banners: Spanish | English
Livestream invitation card: pdf Spanish (1015.64 kB) | pdf English (35.51 MB)
Facebook banners: Spanish and English
Twitter banners: Spanish | English
Screen banners: pdf Spanish and English (84.56 MB)
Banners 24 x 60: pdf Spanish (32.4 MB) | pdf English (33.78 MB) | pdf Portuguese (33.78 MB) | pdf French (34.11 MB)
Resources
PAHO -Universal health Webpage
Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
Tracking universal health coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report