Is the declaration of Alma Ata still relevant to primary health care?

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7643, 2008, Pages 536-538

  Gillam, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 40949162444     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39469.432118.ad     Document Type: Article

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