Elements of primary health care

The Alma Ata declaration put forward 8 essetial components of primary healthcare. They are:

  • Education about prevailing health problems and how to prevent and control them
  • Food supply and proper nutrition
  • Adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation
  • Maternal and child health, Family planning
  • Immunisation against infectious diseases
  • Prevention and control of endemic diseases
  • Treatment of common infections
  • Essential drugs