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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Alma Ata Declaration"”.
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Mapping the multiple intersectoral spaces for civil society participation and responsiveness strengthening in the South African health system – focusing on the Western Cape
Since the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978, community participation in health policy development and health system functioning has called for a collaborative intersectoral approach, engaging civil society as a pivotal agent for improving policy-makers' responsiveness in the public health system. …
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A model to strengthen Ward Based Outreach Teams (WBOTs) within the PHC Re-engineering programme in Vhembe district, Limpopo Province
Background: After the Alma Ata Declaration in 1978, many countries especially the developing regions of the world, began to establish or strengthen their Community Health Worker (CHW) programmes due to the need for “a shift in attitude from a focus on ill health and hospitals, to a focus on …
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Universal Health Coverage by 2030, or the Right to Health? The continued relevance of the Alma Ata principles of voice and equity, through an intersectoral approach, to reducing global inequalities
Introduction: In 1978, the Alma Ata Declaration pledged global solidarity towards the progressive realisation of the right to health for all by the year 2000. The strategy was to be achieved using the principles of Primary Health Care, such as the promotion of equitable access to health, through an …
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Application of Primary Health Care Principles in National or Large-Scale Community Health Worker Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
… were envisioned as a strategy to implement the Alma-Ata Declaration in order to reach wider populations in LMICs and serve the unmet health care needs of village communities. Established under the PHC approach, national CHWPs were expected to encompass and promote the principles of PHC and, in …
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Community participation in the recruitment of community health workers: a case study of the three community health worker programmes in South Africa
… one in the Western Cape, another in KwaZulu-Natal, and a third which operates in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The first utilizes CHWs in health education and home-based care in Khayelitsha and Nyanga. The second specializes in the training, management and supervision of home-based care …
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Science And Social Policy: Underpinning of Soviet Industrial Paradigms
Soviet policy-makers, in order to aid and abet industrialisation, seem to have chosen science as an agent for development. Soviet science, mainly through the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, was driving the Soviet industrial development and a key element of the preparation of human capital through …