- Primary health care
Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person’s health needs throughout their lifetime This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care
- Quality of care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes It is based on evidence-based professional knowledge and is critical for achieving universal health coverage
- Health-care waste
WHO fact sheet on healthcare waste, including key facts, types of waste, health risks, environmental impact and WHO response
- Universal Health Coverage
Universal health coverage means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care
- Protecting health and care workers’ mental health and well-being . . .
High levels of stress, burnout, absence from work and strikes affecting the health and care workforce are a symptom of the current state of health systems These are normal reactions in the face of staff shortages, low pay, inadequate and unsafe working conditions, extraordinarily stressful environments and a lack of needed workplace safeguards At least a quarter of health and care workers
- Primary health care - India
Primary health care (PHC) is a holistic approach to health that includes promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services It is the first level of contact between individuals and the healthcare system
- Fact sheet: Quality health services
Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with evidence-based professional knowledge
- Health equity - World Health Organization (WHO)
Health equity is a public health concept describing equity of access to health resources, for genetic, socio-environmental and economic determinants of health varying according to individuals, families and social or societal groups
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