Health Care System

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Adopted at the International Conference on PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC),
held at Almaty (Alma Ata),Kazakhstan (USSR) from

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September 6-12 1978

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-Adopted at the International Conference on PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC),
held at Almaty (Alma Ata),Kazakhstan (USSR) from 6-12 September 1978

-Organized jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF

-134 State representatives ratified the WHO Declaration of Alma-Ata

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Alma Ata Declaration

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have a responsibility for the health of their people which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures.

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Government

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recommends ensuring more equitable access by the poor to health care, education, jobs, capital, and secure land rights, among others.

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Equity and Development

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It also calls for greater equality of access to political freedoms and political power, breaking down stereotyping and discrimination, and improving access by the poor to justice systems and infrastructure.

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Equity in Health and Development

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Even when the economy is poor, major health achievements can be achieved by using resources in a socially productive way.
said by?

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Amartya Sen

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the combination of resources, organization, financing and management that culminate in the delivery of health services to the population.”

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Health Care System

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consists of all organizations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain health

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A health system

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3 main goals for health systems:

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1. Improving the health of populations
2. Improving the responsiveness of the health system to the population it serves.
3. Fairness in financial contribution

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September 2000, 189 leaders signed the historic
“Millennium declaration”

Target date: 2015

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MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDG)

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Rio+20 Conference (June 2012)

Global Development Agenda 2015-2030

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG)

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Four (4) Vital Health System Functions

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-Health Service Provision
-Health Service Inputs
-Stewardship
-Health Financing

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Service Delivery
Good health services are those which deliver

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-effective,
-safe,
-quality
-personal and non-personal health interventions to those who need them, when and where needed, with minimum waste of resources

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one which works in ways that are responsive, fair and efficient to achieve the best health outcomes possible, given available resources and circumstances

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Workforce

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A well-functioning health information system is one that ensures the

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(1)production,
(2) analysis,
(3)dissemination and use of reliable and timely information on health determinants, health systems performance and health status.

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-that ensure people can use needed services, and
-are protected from financial catastrophe or impoverishment associated with
having to pay for them.

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Financing system

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involves ensuring strategic policy frameworks exist and are combined with effective oversight, coalition- building, the provision of appropriate regulations and incentives, attention to system-design, and accountability

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Leadership and governance

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Five Common Short Coming of Health Care Delivery

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-Inverse Care
-Impoverishing care: (to deprive)
-Fragmented and fragmenting care:
-Unsafe care
-Misdirected care