Primary health care (PHC)
- Primary health care (PHC) addresses the health needs of all patients at the community level, integrating care, prevention, promotion and education.
- A health system consists of all people, institutions, resources, and activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore and maintain health.
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HSS initiates activities in 6 internationally accepted core HSS functions:
- service delivery; HR for health; health information systems; access to essential medicines (medical products, vaccines and technologies); health finance and leadership/governance.
- A well-performing health system is one that achieves sustained health outcomes through continuous improvement of these 6 interrelated HSS functions.
