Feb 7, 2025 · 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.

Nov 10, 2024 · 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.

Dec 23, 2024 · 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.

Jan 30, 2025 · The Greek Ministry of Health and WHO/Europe, through its Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety in Athens, in collaboration with the Agency for Quality Assurance in Health (ODIPY) and the European Union’s (EU) Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support, worked together in the last 18 months to create a new National Strategy for Quality of …

Safeguarding the health, safety and well-being of health workers is fundamental for well-functioning and resilient health systems. Health workers face a range of occupational risks associated with biological, chemical, physical, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards including violence, affecting the safety of both health workers and patients. The protection of health, …

Jun 17, 2022 · strengthen mental health care so that the full spectrum of mental health needs is met through a community-based network of accessible, affordable and quality services and supports. WHO gives particular emphasis to protecting and promoting human rights, empowering people with lived experience and ensuring a multisectoral and multistakeholder ...

Dec 12, 2024 · redesigning health systems for equity e.g. pooling financial resources to enhance redistributive capacity and to progressively cover one billion additional people by 2023; prioritising the Primary Health Care approach e.g. investment of 1% of GDP in PHC; tackling structural determinants such as sexism, racism, ageism, classism and ablism;

Improved access to quality essential health services irrespective of gender, age or disability status Reduced number of people suffering financial hardship Improved access to essential medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and devices for primary health care Countries prepared for …

Oct 1, 2024 · The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) seeks to reduce health inequities and improve the lives of older people, their families and communities through collective action in four areas: changing how we think, feel and act towards age and ageism; developing communities in ways that foster the abilities of older people; delivering person ...

Primary health care (PHC) is an integral part of a country’s health system and, ideally, its main focus. It is the first level of contact for individuals, families and communities and enables health care to be delivered as close as possible to where people live and work. PHC is therefore the first element of the care continuum.