Universal health coverage and primary health care: the 30 by 2030 campaign

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers primary health care a cornerstone of universal health coverage (UHC) and describes it as an approach to health and well-being centred on the needs and circumstances of individuals, families and communities. Primary health care should address physical, me...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2020-11, Vol.98 (11), p.812-814
Main Authors: De Maeseneer, Jan, Li, Donald, Palsdottir, Bjorg, Mash, Bob, Aarendonk, Diederik, Stavdal, Anna, Moosa, Shabir, Decat, Peter, Kiguli-Malwadde, Elsie, Ooms, Gorik, Willems, Sara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Brain drain
Budgets
Campaigns
Community development
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Data integration
Disease transmission
Funding
Global health
Government spending
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health needs
Health services
Health status
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Malaria
Medical personnel
Mental health
Mental health services
National health insurance
Pandemics
Primary care
Primary health care
Public health
Social development
Social factors
Tuberculosis
Well being
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Summary:The World Health Organization (WHO) considers primary health care a cornerstone of universal health coverage (UHC) and describes it as an approach to health and well-being centred on the needs and circumstances of individuals, families and communities. Primary health care should address physical, mental and social health and well-being, and is about providing whole-person care for health needs throughout life, not just treating a set of specific diseases.1 We argue that implementing primary health care should focus on broad-based participatory action, including integrated and comprehensive person-centred care, community development and social determinants of health.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.19.245670