Primary Health Care Revisited: A Review of the October 2018 Contact Issue
Keywords:
Primary Healthcare, Alma Ata Declaration, Christian Medical Commission, Justice
Abstract
This is a review and a synthesis with themes that encapsulate essential issues after the Alma-Ata Declaration. This review is to further reinvigorate the discussion on the question of the role of the church as an institution for current and future participant in global health.
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16. Adu-Gyamfi S and Oware R. Wesleyan mission medicine in Asante (1901-2000) Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies 2018;18(2).
17. Kornides M and Panagiota K. Evaluation of breastfeeding promotion, support, and knowledge of benefits on breastfeeding outcomes. Journal of Child Health Care 2013;17(3):264-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493512461460
18. Lawrence RA. Breastfeeding: benefits, risks and alternatives. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000;12(6):519-524. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001703-200012000-00011
19. Anandarajah, G., & Hight, E. (2001). Spirituality and medical practice. American Family Physician, 63(1), 81-88.
20. Beaglehole R and Bonita R. What is global health? Global Health Action 2010;3. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v3i0.5142
2. Marmot M. Social determinants of health inequalities. The lancet 2005; 365(9464): 1099-1104. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74234-3
3. Mackenbach JP, Stirbu I, Roskam AJR, Schaap MM, Menvielle G, Leinsalu M, & Kunst AE. Socioeconomic inequalities in health in 22 European countries. New England Journal of Medicine 2008, 358(23): 2468-2481. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa0707519
4. Wagstaff A, Paci P and Van Doorslaer E. On the measurement of inequalities in health. Social Science & Medicine 1991; 33(5): 545-557. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(91)90212-U
5. Govender V, Chersich, MF, Harris B, Alaba O, Ataguba JE, Nxumalo N, and Goudge J. Moving towards universal coverage in South Africa? Lessons from a voluntary government insurance scheme. Global health action 2013;6(1), 19253 https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.19253
6. Musango L, Orem JN, Elovainio R, and Kirigia J. (2012). Moving from ideas to action-developing health financing systems towards universal coverage in Africa. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2012;12(1):30. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-12-30
7. Adu-Gyamfi S and Dramani A. Sustaining Ghana’s national health insurance scheme through preventive healthcare strategies and legislation. International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences 2017;6(1):47-69. https://doi.org/10.17583/rimcis.2017.2149
8. Clarke G. Faith matters: faith‐based organisations, civil society and international development. Journal of International Development: The Journal of the Development Studies Association 2006;18(6):835-848. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1317
9. Clarke G. Agents of transformation? Donors, faith-based organisations and international development. Third World Quarterly 2007;28(1):77-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590601081880
10. Lunn J. The role of religion, spirituality and faith in development: A critical theory approach. Third World Quarterly 2009;30(5):937-951. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590902959180
11. Olivier J, Tsimpo C, Gemignani R, Shojo M, Coulombe H, Dimmock F and Haakenstad A. Understanding the roles of faith-based health-care providers in Africa: review of the evidence with a focus on magnitude, reach, cost, and satisfaction. The Lancet 2015;386(10005):1765-1775. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60251-3
12. Farmer P. Pathologies of power: Health, human rights, and the new war on the poor. North American Dialogue 2003;6(1):1-4. https://doi.org/10.1525/nad.2003.6.1.1
13. Mann JM, Gostin L, Gruskin S, Brennan T, Lazzarini Z and Fineberg HV.(1994). Health and human rights. Health and Human Rights 1994;1(1):6-23. https://doi.org/10.2307/4065260
14. Leary VA. (1994). The right to health in international human rights law. Health and Human Rights 1994;1(1):24-56. https://doi.org/10.2307/4065261
15. Twumasi, PA. Medical systems in Ghana: A study in medical sociology. Ghana Publishing Corporation, 2005.
16. Adu-Gyamfi S and Oware R. Wesleyan mission medicine in Asante (1901-2000) Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies 2018;18(2).
17. Kornides M and Panagiota K. Evaluation of breastfeeding promotion, support, and knowledge of benefits on breastfeeding outcomes. Journal of Child Health Care 2013;17(3):264-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367493512461460
18. Lawrence RA. Breastfeeding: benefits, risks and alternatives. Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000;12(6):519-524. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001703-200012000-00011
19. Anandarajah, G., & Hight, E. (2001). Spirituality and medical practice. American Family Physician, 63(1), 81-88.
20. Beaglehole R and Bonita R. What is global health? Global Health Action 2010;3. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v3i0.5142
Published
2019-05-31
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Adu-Gyamfi, S., & Verghese, R. (2019). Primary Health Care Revisited: A Review of the October 2018 Contact Issue. Christian Journal for Global Health, 6(1), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.15566/cjgh.v6i1.307
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