Primary Health Care
Primary Health Care (PHC) is essential health care that’s accessible to individuals and families in the community, in ways that are acceptable to them, through their full participation, and at a cost that the community and the country can afford.
Quick Facts on PHC
PHC is the foundation of a comprehensive health care system and aims to improve health equity and the overall well-being of people and communities across all stages of life
90%
PHC can meet up to 90 percent of a person’s health care needs over their lifetime., ,
50%
About 50 percent of the world’s population still lacks access to PHC services.
60 million
Estimates suggest that scaling up access to PHC interventions across low- and middle-income countries could avert as many as 60 million deaths by 2030.
OUR PARTNERS
The consortium of research partners is co-led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme. It includes researchers from iccdr,b in Bangladesh, the University of Ghana, Universidad de Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru, the University of Rwanda, and the University of Zambia.
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