Open AccessThe unique requirements of primary health care in Southern Africa
Author(s) -
D. P. Knobel
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie/die suid-afrikaanse tydskrif vir natuurwetenskap en tegnologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-4173
pISSN - 0254-3486
DOI - 10.4102/satnt.v5i2.980
Subject(s) - declaration , primary health care , primary care , state (computer science) , service (business) , power (physics) , political science , public administration , economic growth , health care , population , health services , medicine , law , environmental health , family medicine , economy , economics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
The critical need for primary health care in Southern Africa with special reference to the demands of the heterogenous population is measured against the background of the declaration of Alma Ata at the WHO/UNICEF conference in 1978. In particular the provision of primary health care to the Third World communities of the RSA as an essential part of the security power base of the State is underlined and it is analised in terms of how shortcomings in this service can be exploited in a subversive revolutionary onslaught