Primary healthcare and social determinants of health
Plenary
- Primary healthcare revisited in a multistakeholder landscape
- Community health: engaging new driving forces
Parallel sessions
- Primary healthcare revival: beyond declarations
Recommended readings
- Renewing primary health care in the Americas
- ( J. Macinko;H. Montenegro;C. Nebot / Pan American Health Organization , 2007)
- This document states the position of the Pan American Health Organization on the proposed renewal of primary health care (PHC) in the Americas. It highlights reasons for adopting this renewed approach...
- The Commission on Social Determinants of Health: tackling the social roots of health inequalities
- ( A. Irwin; N. Valentine; C. Brown; R. Loewenson / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2006)
- This article, published in PLoS Medicine, provides a background on the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), established in March 2005, and considers the challe...
- Review of primary health care in the African region
- ( Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organisation , 2008)
- This World Health Organisation review examines the implementation of primary health care (PHC) in Africa and identifies strategic interventions that are required to cope with the new challenges facing...
