Iv the people have the right and duty to participate individually and collectively in the planning and implementation of their health care. Organised by the world health organization and unicef, the conference took place at alma ata now almaty and considered the role of primary. The declaration of almaata was adopted at the international conference on primary health care phc, almaty formerly almaata, kazakhstan formerly kazakh soviet socialist republic, 612 september 1978. Really a long way off the main goal of universal health coverage is to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship when. The reasons behind the flop of almaata principles universal health coverage. Report of the international conference on primary health care. The almaata declaration signed by eleven heads of state on december 21, 1991.
The reasons behind the flop of almaata principles peah. An evolving story j h bryant, johns hopkins school of public health, baltimore, md, usa j b richmond, harvard medical school, boston, ma, usa. It expressed the need for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and. After 40 years, global health is returning to the vision of the alma ata declaration in 1978, when the world looked different geopolitically, the soviet union hosted a landmark international conference on primary healthcare. Declaration of alma ata international conference on primary health care, alma ata, ussr, 612 september 1978 the international conference on primary health care, meeting in alma ata this twelfth day of september in the year nineteen hundred and seventyeight, expressing the need.