Primary Health Care in Southern Africa: A Comprehensive Approach

Primary Health Care in southern Africa: A Comprehensive Approach 4e offers an inclusive, accessible and applied introduction to the fundamental concepts, principles and components of comprehensive Primary Health Care (PHC). It sets out the universally accepted approach to health care that promotes community centred health care that is holistic, equitable, assessable and integrated.

The book discusses the development and implementation of the approach as it has progressed over the last 40 years since it was introduced by the WHO at Alma Ata in 1978. The South African Health System, which is based on comprehensive PHC, is examined, and a short comparative review of some country’s health systems in the southern African region is provided.

This book offers valuable guidance to health policy developers and health care managers tasked with the development of an operational framework or plan to implement health policy at district level.

Primary Health Care in southern Africa: A Comprehensive Approach is an essential text for students of all health science disciplines. It is also a primary reference for health professionals engaged in post basic studies in public health, such as the Master in Public Health, and for professional nurses, doctors, health promoters, environmental health practitioners and allied health professionals.