2008 World Health Report emphasizes importance of primary health care.

摘要

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) 2008 World Health Report critically assesses the way health care is organized, financed, and delivered, and it refocuses global attention on primary health care. The report, "Primary Health Care-Now More Than Ever," was released on the 30th anniversary of the Alma-Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care. In 1978, WHO members signed the Alma-Ata Declaration, which set an ambitious goal of "health for all" by the year 2000. Health systems emphasizing primary health care were seen as the means of achieving this goal. However, the approach was misunderstood by some who viewed primary health care as poor care for poor people, with an exclusive focus on public health and basic preventive care.