This course explores why primary health care is central for achieving Health for All. It provides examples of how primary health care has been instrumental in approaching this goal in selected populations and how the principles of primary health care can guide future policies and actions.



Health for All Through Primary Health Care
This course is part of Foundations of Global Health Specialization

Instructor: Dr. Henry Perry, MD, PhD, MPH
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There are 5 modules in this course
In this module, we'll go over some basics about the course and introduce you to the concept of primary health care as well as the history of its development. There is a short review quiz at the end of the module.
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In this module, we'll dig more deeply into primary health care, examine its more recent history, and then hear from Carl Taylor, a giant in the field. When you're ready, please take the review quiz and complete the peer review assignment.
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4 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review
Implementation of primary health care is challenging work, particularly when resources are in short supply. In this module, we'll examine some of the challenges and opportunities and look at some real-life examples. A short review quiz follows the lesson.
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In most settings, community members are in the best position to provide care to their neighbors. In this module, we'll examine primary health care systems that are built around community health workers. When you've finished the lesson, you'll take your fourth and final review quiz.
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5 videos2 readings1 assignment
In this module, we'll summarize what we covered in the preceding modules. Then, you'll have an opportunity to describe your own plan for implementing primary health care in our final peer review assignment.
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1 video1 peer review
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Reviewed on Mar 19, 2017
superb it was a nice experience of the coursera express journey where i went back long history of PHC and how we forwarded and what challenges are ready to face for the public health
Reviewed on Dec 20, 2018
an eye opening course for someone who didnt know the history of PHC
Reviewed on Dec 26, 2016
"Health for All Through Primary Health Care" is a great learning program. The course content is structured very well.
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