🕊️ “A global dream where every person enjoys a level of health that permits them to live a socially and economically productive life.”
🗨️ Health for All (HFA) is a global goal promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) that aims to ensure that every person has access to basic health care services — anytime, anywhere, without financial hardship.
✅ Introduced in 1977 by WHO and further reinforced by the Alma-Ata Declaration in 1978.
📜 “The attainment by all the people of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that will permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life.”
🔹 Though the 2000 target was not fully achieved, the vision continues through Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3).
| 🌟 Element | 📖 Description |
|---|---|
| ⚕️ Equity in Health | Equal access to health services for all — rich or poor |
| 👨⚕️ Primary Health Care (PHC) | First point of contact, community-based approach |
| 📚 Community Participation | Involving people in planning & decision-making |
| 🏛️ Intersectoral Coordination | Joint efforts from health, education, agriculture, sanitation sectors |
| 💰 Affordable & Appropriate Technology | Low-cost, community-relevant tools |
✅ Declared Primary Health Care (PHC) as the key strategy to achieve Health for All
✅ PHC is:
✔️ Reduce health disparities between and within countries
✔️ Achieve universal access to promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative services
✔️ Strengthen primary health care infrastructure
✔️ Empower individuals and communities
✔️ Achieve health equity for vulnerable groups (women, children, poor)
🌍 SDG Goal 3: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”
🔹 Includes targets like:
✅ Q: Who launched the “Health for All” strategy?
🅰️ World Health Organization (WHO)
✅ Q: In which year was “Health for All by 2000” declared?
🅰️ 1977
✅ Q: Which declaration promoted Primary Health Care as key to Health for All?
🅰️ Alma-Ata Declaration, 1978
✅ Q: Health for All emphasizes…?
🅰️ Equity, PHC, intersectoral coordination, community involvement
✅ Q: Today, “Health for All” continues as…?
🅰️ Universal Health Coverage (UHC) under SDG 3*
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✔️ Provide comprehensive primary care
✔️ Involve communities in health decisions
✔️ Promote preventive and promotive health
✔️ Work on health education & sanitation
✔️ Collaborate with other sectors
✔️ Ensure equity and inclusiveness in care
🌟 “Health for All” is a global health equity movement
🌟 Primary Health Care (PHC) is the pathway to achieve this goal
🌟 Nurses play a central role in delivering PHC and empowering communities
🌟 Today, HFA vision continues through UHC and SDG targets
🕊️ “A global pledge to reduce poverty and improve lives.”
🗨️ The MDGs were 8 global goals adopted by 191 United Nations member states in the year 2000, with a target to achieve them by 2015.
✅ Focused mainly on poverty, education, gender equality, child and maternal health, and diseases.
| 🔢 Goal | 🌍 Description |
|---|---|
| 1️⃣ | Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger |
| 2️⃣ | Achieve universal primary education |
| 3️⃣ | Promote gender equality and empower women |
| 4️⃣ | Reduce child mortality |
| 5️⃣ | Improve maternal health |
| 6️⃣ | Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases |
| 7️⃣ | Ensure environmental sustainability |
| 8️⃣ | Develop a global partnership for development |
🔹 Child Mortality ↓ globally by >50%
🔹 Maternal Mortality ↓ by ~45%
🔹 Expanded HIV treatment access
🔹 But not all targets were fully achieved 🌍❗
🌱 “Transforming our world through inclusive, equitable, and sustainable development.”
🗨️ The SDGs are a set of 17 goals and 169 targets adopted by the UN in 2015 under the agenda “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
✅ SDGs are broader and more inclusive than MDGs and aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity.
| 🔢 Goal | 📝 Title |
|---|---|
| 1️⃣ | No Poverty 🧺 |
| 2️⃣ | Zero Hunger 🌾 |
| 3️⃣ | Good Health and Well-being 🏥 |
| 4️⃣ | Quality Education 📚 |
| 5️⃣ | Gender Equality 🚺 |
| 6️⃣ | Clean Water and Sanitation 🚰 |
| 7️⃣ | Affordable and Clean Energy ⚡ |
| 8️⃣ | Decent Work and Economic Growth 💼 |
| 9️⃣ | Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 🏗️ |
| 🔟 | Reduced Inequalities ⚖️ |
| 1️⃣1️⃣ | Sustainable Cities and Communities 🏙️ |
| 1️⃣2️⃣ | Responsible Consumption and Production ♻️ |
| 1️⃣3️⃣ | Climate Action 🌦️ |
| 1️⃣4️⃣ | Life Below Water 🐠 |
| 1️⃣5️⃣ | Life on Land 🌳 |
| 1️⃣6️⃣ | Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions 🕊️ |
| 1️⃣7️⃣ | Partnerships for the Goals 🤝 |
✅ Reduce maternal mortality
✅ End epidemics of AIDS, TB, malaria
✅ Reduce NCDs (heart disease, cancer)
✅ Ensure universal health coverage (UHC)
✅ Provide access to essential medicines & vaccines
✅ Improve health workforce & financing
| 🧾 Aspect | 🧠 MDGs | 🌐 SDGs |
|---|---|---|
| 🎯 Number of Goals | 8 | 17 |
| 📅 Time Period | 2000–2015 | 2015–2030 |
| 🌍 Focus | Developing countries | Universal (all countries) |
| 🔬 Scope | Narrow (health, poverty) | Broad (health, economy, environment) |
| 👥 Participation | Top-down | Participatory, inclusive |
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✔️ Promote health literacy & education
✔️ Participate in maternal & child health services
✔️ Support immunization, nutrition, sanitation
✔️ Advocate for gender equality & mental health
✔️ Work in primary health care & UHC delivery
✅ Q: How many MDGs were there?
🅰️ 8
✅ Q: When were the SDGs launched?
🅰️ 2015
✅ Q: What is the health goal in SDGs?
🅰️ Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
✅ Q: Which SDG focuses on clean water and sanitation?
🅰️ Goal 6
✅ Q: MDGs were focused on…?
🅰️ Developing countries and basic needs
🩺 “Essential health care made accessible, affordable, and acceptable to all.”
🗨️ Primary Health Care (PHC) is essential health care based on scientifically sound, socially acceptable methods, made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through full participation, at a cost the community and country can afford.
✅ Introduced in the Alma-Ata Declaration, 1978 by WHO.
🎯 “Health for All” by:
✔️ Promoting equity
✔️ Reducing health disparities
✔️ Delivering comprehensive, continuous, and coordinated care
✔️ Involving community participation
| 🔢 No. | 📚 Element | 📝 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ | Health Education | Education on prevailing health problems & prevention methods |
| 2️⃣ | Food Supply & Proper Nutrition | Promotion of adequate food supply & balanced nutrition |
| 3️⃣ | Safe Water & Basic Sanitation | Access to clean water and hygienic sanitation |
| 4️⃣ | Maternal & Child Health Care (MCH) | Prenatal, postnatal care, family planning, child survival |
| 5️⃣ | Immunization | Against major infectious diseases (e.g., polio, measles) |
| 6️⃣ | Prevention & Control of Endemic Diseases | TB, malaria, leprosy, dengue, etc. |
| 7️⃣ | Appropriate Treatment for Common Diseases | Treatment of minor ailments and injuries |
| 8️⃣ | Provision of Essential Drugs | Availability of basic, cost-effective medicines |
| 💠 Principle | 📖 Explanation |
|---|---|
| 🌍 Equitable Distribution | Health services must reach all — especially rural & underserved areas |
| 👨👩👧👦 Community Participation | Involve individuals and families in planning, implementing & evaluating care |
| 🏥 Intersectoral Coordination | Involvement of sectors beyond health (e.g., agriculture, education, water supply) |
| 💰 Appropriate Technology | Low-cost, practical, locally acceptable methods and equipment |
| 🔄 Integrated, Continuous Care | Preventive, promotive, curative & rehabilitative services at all levels |
| 🏥 Level | 📝 Function | 🧑⚕️ Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1️⃣ Primary | First contact, basic care | Sub-centres, PHCs |
| 2️⃣ Secondary | Specialized services | CHCs, District Hospitals |
| 3️⃣ Tertiary | Super-specialty care | Medical colleges, apex hospitals |
✅ Q: Who introduced Primary Health Care globally?
🅰️ WHO at the Alma-Ata Conference, 1978
✅ Q: How many elements are there in PHC?
🅰️ 8
✅ Q: Which principle emphasizes care for underserved areas?
🅰️ Equitable distribution
✅ Q: Safe water and sanitation is an element of…?
🅰️ Primary Health Care
✅ Q: What does appropriate technology mean in PHC?
🅰️ Simple, low-cost, locally usable tools
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✔️ Deliver preventive & promotive care
✔️ Participate in immunization and MCH programs
✔️ Conduct home visits, screenings, and health education
✔️ Ensure community mobilization and participation
✔️ Liaise with multipurpose health workers and ASHAs
✔️ Record and report essential health data
🌟 Primary Health Care is accessible, affordable, acceptable
🌟 Focuses on prevention, equity, and community participation
🌟 Supported by 8 essential elements and 5 core principles
🌟 Foundation for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Health for All