World Health Report articles

Recent articles from World Health Report

Director-General's: message.(Editorial)
January 1, 2008... When I took office in 2007, I made clear my commitment to direct WHO's attention towards primary health care. More important than my own conviction, this reflects the widespread and growing demand for primary health care from Member States. This demand in turn displays a growing appetite...

Introduction and overview.(primary health care)
January 1, 2008... Why a renewal of primary health care (PHC), and why now, more than ever? The immediate answer is the palpable demand for it from Member States--not just from health professionals, but from the political arena as well. Globalization is putting the social cohesion of many countries under...

Chapter 1: The challenges of a changing world.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This chapter describes the context in which the contemporary renewal of primary health care is unfolding The chapter reviews current challenges to health and health systems and describes a set of broadly shared social expectations that set the agenda for health...

Chapter 2: Advancing and sustaining universal coverage.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] People expect their health systems to be equitable. The roots of health inequities lie in social conditions outside the health system's direct control. These root causes have to be tackled through intersectoral and cross-government action. At the same time, the...

Chapter 3: Primary care putting people first.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This chapter describes how primary care brings promotion and prevention, cure and care together in a safe, effective and socially productive way at the interface between the population and the health system. In short, what needs to be done to achieve this is "to put...