Comprehensive Primary Health Care in South America: contexts, achievements and policy implications

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2011

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This article summarizes an extensive review of South American experiences with primary health care. The studies fall along an effectiveness spectrum, from complete and ideal implementation of comprehensive primary health care to varying degrees of partial implementation. Rights-based health policies have been developed within the legal and constitutional frameworks of many countries in the region. Conditions that were found to promote successful implementation of primary health care are outlined, together with features that help create more equitable health services and health outcomes. In cases with a weak rights-based approach, it was more difficult to implement and coordinate primary health care.

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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, HEALTH POLICY, LATIN AMERICA, HEALTHCARE REFORM, HEALTH SERVICES, RIGHT TO HEALTH, HEALTH EQUITY, GLOBAL HEALTH, SOUTH AMERICA

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Ramírez, N. A., Pollard Ruiz, J., Vega Romero, R., & Labonté, R. (2011). Comprehensive Primary Health Care in South America: contexts, achievements and policy implications. Cad. Saúde Pública, 27 (10): 1875-1890.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/49667

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Health Systems Research / recherche sur les systèmes de santé
Research Results (GHRI) / Résultats de recherches (IRSM)
Teasdale-Corti Global Health Research Partnership (TC) / partenariat Teasdale-Corti de recherche en santé mondiale