World Health Organization : Regioinal Office for Africa ; Year 1993 ; Africa Region, Communicable Diseases Control, Issue 54 - in French: Rapport d’Affectation

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Title:	World Health Organization : Regioinal Office for Africa ; Year 1993 ; Africa Region, Communicable Diseases Control, Issue 54 - in French: Rapport d’Affectation
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
In the Seventies WHO redirected its a t t e n t i o n on the health care system from highly trained s p e c i a l i s t care to what was termed primary h e a l t h c a r e . The o f f i c i a l expression of t h i s reorientation was the Declaration of ALMA ATA. The discussion of the goal Bealth For A l l by the Year 2000 has made it c l e a r t h a t WHO must go yet one s t e p f u r t h e r and take into consideration not only a reorganization of medical care in the d i r e c t i o n of the cornunity but a l s o recognize the importance of the health related a c t i v i t i e s and health beliefs of the community i t s e l f , the relevance of s o c i a l support systems, c u l t u r a l l y defined l i f e s t y l e s and human ecology for the quality of l i f e and the maintenance of health. It i s not only the problems of financing f u r t h e r growth in the s e r v i c e s e c t o r s t h a t have led to a new i n t e r e s t i n countries in the lay system of health care in the hope of unpaid service provision through families and voluntary work) but a l s o a growing uneasiness with i n s t i t u t i o n a l care, doubts about certain aspects of professional service provision and loss of c o n v i v i a l i t y in a l l spheres of daily l i f e .

Table of Contents
Sample 1 1. ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SYSTEMS BASED ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE &.(a) Lay, Community and Alternative Health Care Sample 2 9. PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE HEALTH OF SPECIFIC POPULATION GROUPS 9.3 Workers' Health