BMJ  2008;336:518-519 - 8 March 2008- doi:10.1136/bmj.39496.444271.80

Available online at: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7643/518

“………The World Health Organization’s World Health Report 2007 deals with access to primary health care as an essential prerequisite for health.1 It acknowledges the importance of the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, which called for integrated primary health care as a way to deal with major health problems in communities and for access to care as part of a comprehensive national health system.

Yet the mission of Alma-Ata—to provide accessible, affordable, and sustainable primary health care for all—has been implemented only partially in developing countries.2 We have therefore instigated the "15by2015" campaign (www.15by2015.org ), which proposes a funding mechanism for strengthening primary health care in developing countries…………”