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Putting People First: A Primary Health Care Success in Rural India

BACKGROUND: The World Health Report, 2008, contains a global review of primary health care on the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The period covered by the study reported on here corresponds with that of the Report, allowing for a comparison of achievements and challenges in one pri...

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Autores principales: Vlassoff, Carol, Tanner, Marcel, Weiss, Mitchell, Rao, Shobha
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2940196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20922117
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.66896
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author Vlassoff, Carol
Tanner, Marcel
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Rao, Shobha
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description BACKGROUND: The World Health Report, 2008, contains a global review of primary health care on the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The period covered by the study reported on here corresponds with that of the Report, allowing for a comparison of achievements and challenges in one primary health care centre vis-a-vis the WHO standards. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study uses qualitative and quantitative data from a rural primary care facility in Western Maharashtra, collected over three decades. It analyzes the four groups of reforms defined by WHO in the context of the achievements and challenges of the study facility. RESULTS: According to the WHO Report, health systems in developing countries have not responded adequately to people’s needs. However, our in-depth observations revealed substantial progress in several areas, including in family planning, safe deliveries, immunization and health promotion. Satisfaction with services in the study area was high. CONCLUSION: Adequate primary health care is possible, even when all recommended WHO reforms are not fully in place.
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spelling pubmed-29401962010-10-04 Putting People First: A Primary Health Care Success in Rural India Vlassoff, Carol Tanner, Marcel Weiss, Mitchell Rao, Shobha Indian J Community Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The World Health Report, 2008, contains a global review of primary health care on the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. The period covered by the study reported on here corresponds with that of the Report, allowing for a comparison of achievements and challenges in one primary health care centre vis-a-vis the WHO standards. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study uses qualitative and quantitative data from a rural primary care facility in Western Maharashtra, collected over three decades. It analyzes the four groups of reforms defined by WHO in the context of the achievements and challenges of the study facility. RESULTS: According to the WHO Report, health systems in developing countries have not responded adequately to people’s needs. However, our in-depth observations revealed substantial progress in several areas, including in family planning, safe deliveries, immunization and health promotion. Satisfaction with services in the study area was high. CONCLUSION: Adequate primary health care is possible, even when all recommended WHO reforms are not fully in place. Medknow Publications 2010-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2940196/ /pubmed/20922117 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.66896 Text en © Indian Journal of Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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