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24 October 2023, Media release
Primary health care
WHO established the Special Programme on Primary Health Care in 2020, following the Global Conference on Primary Health Care and the UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage, where countries declared their commitment to achieving universal health coverage through a primary health care approach.
Building a fairer, healthier world where everyone can get the health care they need when they need it, without falling into financial hardship relies on greater investments in primary health care.
WHO is working with its Member States to orient their health systems towards people-centred primary health care. This approach brings together all sectors of society under a common vision of accelerating the delivery of universal health coverage.
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