Forty years on since Alma Ata—Nursing and social justice

Forty years on from the signing of the Alma Ata declaration on Primary Health Care, are we as nurses any further along in understanding the need for Primary Health Care and the role of social justice in nursing? The Declaration at Alma Ata was signed in 1978 following the international conference on Primary Health Care (PHC). The notion of a socially just, fair and equitable primary health care structure to health services was the intention of the Declaration at Alma, which came at a time of growing awareness of inequity in health care between and within countries. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.