Primary health care in the South-East Asia

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Although evidence is scarce, <a href=\"https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/326828\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\"><a href=\"https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/344764\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">analysis</a></a>  of available data from the Region suggests that:<br /><br />• the use of ambulatory care services in the Region is low compared with high-income countries<br />• the private sector delivers a major share of essential health services in many Member States<br />• the urban poor may need special attention to ensure access to care<br />• basic amenities are lacking in many frontline facilities<br />• the share of overall current health spending on PHC (across five Member States) ranges from 38% to 73% and from US$ 29 to US$ 58 per capita<br />• it is possible to increase the use of frontline services, but it takes time—and the right policies<br /><br />A key health system challenge for countries in the Region today is the need to significantly accelerate progress to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. 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Commitment to PHC has been sustained, but progress has not been smooth. Although evidence is scarce, <a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/326828" data-sf-ec-immutable=""><a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/344764" data-sf-ec-immutable="">analysis</a></a>  of available data from the Region suggests that:<br /><br />• the use of ambulatory care services in the Region is low compared with high-income countries<br />• the private sector delivers a major share of essential health services in many Member States<br />• the urban poor may need special attention to ensure access to care<br />• basic amenities are lacking in many frontline facilities<br />• the share of overall current health spending on PHC (across five Member States) ranges from 38% to 73% and from US$ 29 to US$ 58 per capita<br />• it is possible to increase the use of frontline services, but it takes time—and the right policies<br /><br />A key health system challenge for countries in the Region today is the need to significantly accelerate progress to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. Well-functioning frontline (primary care) services are part of the solution, but this will need some significant transitions:<br /><br />• from institutional prescriptions to a focus on health system performance and outcomes<br />• from episodic, low-quality frontline services, to continuity of high-quality care<br />• from primary level care in isolation, to addressing frontline and hospital services together, and harnessing new technologies<br />• from familiar to fresh approaches to community engagement, given more informed populations<br />• from partial and ambivalent to more systematic and managed engagement of private providers<br />• from routine primary care, to primary care also capable of outbreak surveillance and response<br />• from political commitment to equity, to practical implementation of effective solutions for all<br /><br />This agenda is technical as well as political.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_colsIn col-sm-4 col-md-4"> <p 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class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/372414/9789290210672-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290210672" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/350949/9789290228806-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Adopting and implementing prescription rights for nurses in India: policy brief" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>28 December 2022</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290228806"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Adopting and implementing prescription rights for nurses in India: policy brief</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The policy brief outlines policy options, recommendations and implementation suggestions to operationalize nurse prescription in India. Such an initiative... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/350949/9789290228806-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290228806" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/365312/9789290210108-eng%20.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Build back better: role of frontline health workers in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and delivery of essential health services in Assam" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>14 December 2022</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290210108"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Build back better: role of frontline health workers in managing the COVID-19 pandemic and delivery of... </h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated changes in the roles and responsibilities of frontline workers. This study documents their experiences of being a critical... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/365312/9789290210108-eng%20.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290210108" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/350948/9789290228820-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Enabling prescription by mid-level health workers in India: policy brief" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>28 December 2021</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290228820"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Enabling prescription by mid-level health workers in India: policy brief</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The policy brief outlines policy options, recommendations and implementation suggestions to operationalize mid-level health workers’ (MLHWs) prescription... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/350948/9789290228820-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290228820" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/350460/9789290229094-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=7" alt="South-East Asia regional strategy for primary health care: 2022-2030" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>13 December 2021</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290229094"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">South-East Asia regional strategy for primary health care: 2022-2030</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>This South-East Asia Regional Strategy for Primary Health Care: 2022-2030 aims to accelerate progress in all countries of the Region towards universal... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/350460/9789290229094-eng.pdf?sequence=5" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/9789290229094" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/344914/Covid19-Declaration-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=3" alt="Declaration by the Health Ministers of Member States at the Seventy-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>15 September 2021</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/covid19-declaration-rc74"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Declaration by the Health Ministers of Member States at the Seventy-fourth Session of the WHO Regional... </h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>We, the Health Ministers of Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region, participating in the Seventy-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/344914/Covid19-Declaration-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/covid19-declaration-rc74" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/344301/seajph2021Feb-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>1 February 2021</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/ISSN-2224-3151"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p> The WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health (WHO-SEAJPH) (ISSN 2224-3151, E-ISSN 2304-5272) is a peer-reviewed, indexed (MEDLINE, Index Medicus... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/344301/seajph2021Feb-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/ISSN-2224-3151" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/336831/PMC7607474.pdf.jpg?sequence=3" alt="Primary health care, the Declaration of Astana and COVID-19" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>5 October 2020</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/pmc7607474"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Primary health care, the Declaration of Astana and COVID-19</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>Introduction In 2018, the global health community came together in Astana, Kazakhstan to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1978 International Conference... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/336831/PMC7607474.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/i/item/pmc7607474" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications"> <div class="sf-publications-list sf-publications-list__horizontal row"> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3 iris"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/337641/9789240017832-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Operational framework for primary health care: transforming vision into action" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>14 December 2020</span> </div> <a href="https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/337641"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Operational framework for primary health care: transforming vision into action</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p></p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/337641/9789240017832-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/337641" target="_new" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section-heading"> <p>Meeting reports</p> </div> <div class="sf-publications"> <div class="sf-publications-list sf-publications-list__horizontal row"> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="/images/default-source/searo---images/primary-health-care/meeting-of-the-sear-phc-forum-twg-dhaka---executive-summary_page_01.tmb-144v.png?Culture=en&sfvrsn=bb6f9222_1" alt="Meeting of the SEAR PHC Forum – Thematic Working Groups cover page" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>24 August 2023</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/m/item/meeting-of-the-sear-phc-forum-thematic-working-groups"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Meeting of the SEAR PHC Forum – Thematic Working Groups</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The three-day interactive workshop of the SEAR PHC Forum-Thematic Working Groups was convened from 20 to 22 June 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh with focus on... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/searo/primary-health-care/meeting-of-the-sear-phc-forum-twg-dhaka---executive-summary.pdf?sfvrsn=e5aeb96_3&download=true" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/m/item/meeting-of-the-sear-phc-forum-thematic-working-groups" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="/images/default-source/searo---images/primary-health-care/operationalizing-the-south-east-asia-regional-strategy-for-primary-health-care-meeting-report-march-2022_page_01.tmb-144v.png?Culture=en&sfvrsn=448d1c39_1" alt="Regional meeting, Operationalizing the South-East Asia Regional Strategy for Primary Health Care" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>24 August 2023</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/m/item/operationalizing-the-south-east-asia-regional-strategy-for-primary-health-care"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Operationalizing the South-East Asia Regional Strategy for Primary Health Care</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The three-day meeting was organized from 28 to 30 March 2022 to bring together key stakeholders in the Region to support dissemination and operationalization... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/searo/primary-health-care/operationalizing-the-south-east-asia-regional-strategy-for-primary-health-care-meeting-report-march-2022.pdf?sfvrsn=cab88592_1&download=true" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/m/item/operationalizing-the-south-east-asia-regional-strategy-for-primary-health-care" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item list-item col-sm-3"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="/images/default-source/searo---images/primary-health-care/sea-regional-phc-workshop-meeting-report-final_page_01.tmb-144v.png?Culture=en&sfvrsn=b8b06b56_1" alt="Regional Workshop to Strengthen Primary Health Care in the South-East Asia Region, Bangkok, Thailand, 28-30 Nov 2022 cover page" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>18 April 2023</span> </div> <a href="/southeastasia/publications/m/item/regional-workshop-to-strengthen-primary-health-care-in-the-south-east-asia-region-bangkok-thailand"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Regional Workshop to Strengthen Primary Health Care in the South-East Asia Region, Bangkok, Thailand</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>In December 2021, responding to Member State request, WHO SEARO and Ministers of Health in the Region together launched the South-East Asia Regional Strategy... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/searo/primary-health-care/regional-workshop-to-strengthen-primary-health-care-in-the-south-east-asia-region---meeting-report-2022.pdf?sfvrsn=caaf50c6_4&download=true" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a 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Health care itself often has unnecessar ... </p> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/southeastasia/health-topics/universal-health-coverage" class="link-container" aria-label="Universal health coverage" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/universal-health-coverage/universal-health-covergae.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=703f318c_1" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/searo---images/health-topics/universal-health-coverage/universal-health-covergae.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=703f318c_1')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> <div class="sf-tags-list"> <div class="sf-tags-list-item">Other</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Universal health coverage</p> <div class="description"> <p>Universal health coverage (UHC) is about ensuring all people get the quality health services they need, without experiencing financial hardship. 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