World Health Organization

2021

Primary Health Care (PHC) is the critical enabler for achieving Health for All. The identification of PHC as the most suitable approach to meet the health needs of the poor and hard-to-reach was articulated as early as 1937, in Bandoneng, Indonesia at the League of Nations Health Organization Conference on Rural Hygiene. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for countries of the South-East Asia Region to strengthen PHC, building on previous investments.