Primary Health Care in South Africa
Primary Health Care in South Africa
Description
Primary Health Care in Southern Africa: A Comprehensive Approach, Fourth Edition, offers an inclusive, accessible and applied introduction to the fundamental concepts, principles and components of comprehensive Primary Health Care (PHC). It sets out the universally-accepted approach to health care, which promotes communitycentred health care that is holistic, equitable, assessable and integrated. The book discusses the development and implementation of the PHC approach as it has progressed since it was introduced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at AlmaAta in 1978. The text examines the South African health system, which is based on comprehensive PHC, and provides a short comparative review of some countries’ health systems in the southern African region.