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Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
Primary Health Care [Date]
Today I will:- Know what Primary Health Care is- Be able to explain various strategies and comment on their effectiveness
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“Essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and
technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full
participation and at a cost that the community and the country can afford to maintain at every stage of their development in the spirit of self-reliance and
self-determination".
Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
Too complex? It is a way of providing health facilities for the whole population in Developing countries, since hospitals and doctors are concentrated in cities.
Primary Health Care (PHC) according to the WHO is:
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Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
There are lots of different strategies for example: Barefoot doctors
These are people who receive basic medical
training. China is a key example.
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Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
Oral Rehydration Therapy: is a simple treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhoea.
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Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
Vaccination Programs: Tetanus, measles, typhoid etc.
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Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
Providing a small scale clean water supply by ensuring effective sanitation is in place.
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Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
Using local labour and building facilities
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Development and HealthPrimary Health Care
Health education classes in relation to diseases such as AIDs
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Development and HealthDifferences
Examples of Primary Health Care (PHC) strategies include:
[A]Use of barefoot doctors who are trusted local people who can carry out treatment for more common illnesses such as in China.[B Effect] They often use cheaper traditional remedies.
[A] Use of ORT (Oral Rehydration Therapy) which is a salt solution used tackle dehydration particularly amongst babies. [B Effect] This is an easy, cheap and effective remedy for diarrhoea/dehydration.
[A] Vaccination programmes against disease such as measles. [Effect] This is preventative medicine rather than (more expensive) curative medicine.
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Development and HealthDifferences
[A] Health education schemes in schools, community plays/songs concerning AIDS, with groups of expectant mothers or women in relation to diet and hygiene.[B Effect]Oral education is much more effective in illiterate societies such as South Sudan.
[A] The building of small local health centres staffed by visiting doctors.[B Effect] Good as often doctors are there on a voluntary basis for those who cannot afford private healthcare
[A] PHC can also involve the building of small scale clean water supplies and pit latrines.
[A] The use of local labour and building materials is often cheaper; [B Effect]It provides training/transferable skills for the participants and gains faster acceptance/usage in the local and wider community.