Primary Health Care

Question 1

Difference between PHC and primary care

Answer 1

Primary care - actual health care delivered at the primary level. First point of access between a patient and the health system. Eg: clinics and CHC’s

PHC - a set of values and principles organising the health system as a whole

Question 2

Principles of PHC

Answer 2

HEALTH FOR ALL

H - holistic 
E - Equitable 
A - Accessible 
L - Liason with communities 
T - Team work 
H - 

F - Funding/Feasible
O - Other sectors
R - Rights and responsibilities

A - Acceptibility and appropriate
L - Levels of Care (referrals)
L - literature/life-long learning (EBM)

Question 3

Goals and outcomes

Answer 3

HERF

H - health improvement
E - Efficacy improvement
R - Responsiveness
F - Financial Risk protection

Question 4

WHO Health System’s Framework

Answer 4

Service delivery

Health workforce

Information and research

Medical products/technologies

Healthcare financing

Leadership and governance

Question 5

Sustainable development goals

Answer 5

No poverty 
No hunger 
Good health and well-being 
Quality education 
Gender equality, reduced inequality justice and peace 
Climate action 
Clean water and sanitation 
Renewable energy 
Good jobs and economic growth 
Sustainable cities and communities

Question 6

Millennium Development goals

Answer 6

Broader, less heath specific, tackling more the upstream determinants of health and environmental causes of poor health