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The Christian Medical Commission and the Development of the World Health Organization's Primary Health Care Approach

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Journal Am J Public Health
Specialty Public Health
Date 2004 Oct 30
PMID 15514223
Citations 13
Authors
Socrates Litsios
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Abstract

The primary health care approach was introduced to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board in January 1975. In this article, I describe the changes that occurred within WHO leading up to the executive board meeting that made it possible for such a radical approach to health services to emerge when it did. I also describe the lesser-known developments that were taking place in the Christian Medical Commission at the same time, developments that greatly enhanced the case for primary health care within WHO and its subsequent support by nongovernmental organizations concerned with community health.

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