24.11.2020
Universal health coverage and primary health care: the 30 by 2030 campaign
Handover of Primary Health Care Unit: On April 8, 2016 the United Nations Mission in South Sudan handed over a newly-completed Primary Health Care Unit to the community of Moroyok in Juba County. Photo: UNMISS

World Health Organization (WHO) "The World Health Organization (WHO) considers primary health care a cornerstone of universal health coverage (UHC) and describes it as an approach to health and well-being centred on the needs and circumstances of individuals, families and communities.

The 30 by 2030 campaign seeks to put into practice Resolution WHA62.12, which urges Member States “to encourage the development, integration and implementation of vertical programmes, including disease-specific programmes, in the context of integrated primary health c a r e .” This integration should also allow primary health-care services to become more responsive to the health needs of populations."