Health Sciences 4044A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Palliative Care, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Doha Declaration
31 Jan 2017
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Who definition of health (cid:498)a state of complete physical, mental and social well- being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity(cid:499) It consists of all organizations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain health. This includes efforts to influence determinants of health as well as more direct health-improving activities. A health system is therefore more than the pyramid of publicly owned facilities that deliver personal health services. A mother caring for a sick child at home; private providers; behaviour change programmes; vector-control campaigns; health insurance organizations; occupational health and safety legislation. Inter-sectoral action by health staff, for example, encouraging the ministry of education to promote female education, a well known determinant of better health. Who(cid:495)s 6 building blocks of a health system. The six (cid:494)building blocks(cid:495) identify these basic functions for analytic and. All health systems carry out certain basic functions no matter how they are comparative purposes.
