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. 1998 May-Jun;24(3):5-7.

Health for All in the 21st Century - an executive summary of the WHO's draft policy

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  • PMID: 12293805

Health for All in the 21st Century - an executive summary of the WHO's draft policy

No authors listed. Health Millions. 1998 May-Jun.

Abstract

PIP: Health for All (HFA) in the 21st Century is a World Health Organization (WHO) draft policy developed to help attain the goals of Health for All set forth at the Alma Ata Conference in 1978. The policy establishes, for the first 2 decades of the 21st century, global priorities and targets to create conditions supportive of people worldwide to reach and maintain the highest attainable level of health throughout their lives. Built upon past achievements in the context of the major global changes experienced during the past 2 decades, Health for All (HFA) in the 21st Century continues the HFA process, and is the result of a comprehensive process of consultation both with and within countries. While progress has been made over the past 20 years using primary health care to achieve HFA, a number of factors have prevented the ultimate attainment of HFA, with health most adversely affected in the relatively poorer countries. Both new threats and opportunities will present in the 21st century. The goals and targets for attaining the vision of HFA are discussed.

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