The Alma Ata Declaration (1978) on Primary Health Care identified all of the following as essential elements EXCEPT:
- A Provision of tertiary specialist care in district hospitals ✓
- B Education concerning prevailing health problems and methods of preventing them
- C Provision of essential drugs
- D Maternal and child health, including family planning
Correct answer: A. Provision of tertiary specialist care in district hospitals
Explanation
The Alma Ata Declaration's 8 essential elements of Primary Health Care are: (1) education on health problems; (2) food supply and nutrition; (3) safe water and sanitation; (4) MCH including family planning; (5) immunization; (6) prevention and control of endemic diseases; (7) appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries; (8) provision of essential drugs. Tertiary specialist hospital care is NOT an element of PHC.
Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.
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