Analyzing Alma-Ata Declaration: A Reflection on Health Development

This essay provides a critical reflection on the Alma-Ata Declaration, emphasizing the declaration's focus on the crucial role of economic and social development in achieving optimal health outcomes. It underscores the importance of bridging the health status gap between developed and developing nations, arguing that a country's healthcare performance is intrinsically linked to its economic stability. The reflection further highlights the necessity of social development, including poverty alleviation and international cooperation, in fostering equitable healthcare access. The essay advocates for a new international economic order to ensure fair trade practices and controlled multinational activities, ultimately promoting affordable healthcare technologies and research. The reflection acknowledges the importance of global health initiatives and concludes with a commitment to raising awareness about the actions needed to improve global health and well-being. Desklib offers a wealth of similar resources for students.

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Reflection
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Introduction- The declaration of Alma-Ata had been developed at the International
Conference on Primary Health Care in 1978, and focused on the need for implementing urgent
action by different health workers, development workers, government and world community.
This declaration has been enforced for protecting and promoting health of all individuals, and
underlines the necessity of primary healthcare services (Bhutta et al. 2018). This essay will
contain a critical reflection on the focus that the declaration places on economic and social
development for enhanced health outcomes.
Reflection- The declaration suggests that social and economic development is imperative
for complete attainment of health, and lowering gap between health status of developed and
developing countries. My opinion is congruent to the above statement since I believe that
healthcare performance of a particular nation is strongly dependent on its economy.
Consumption and production of healthcare governs the functioning of the system and affects
health behaviour (Quaglio et al. 2016). Likewise, I also so think that social development
encompass putting individuals at the centre of any development, and it includes a commitment
that would benefit all people and facilitate interaction between societies and Groups. Hence,
social development is also essential for reducing Healthcare between countries as it will help in
alleviating and preventing poverty in different nations, in relation to loss of income old age or
disability (Baum 2016).
I feel that a new international economic order is essential at this moment, since it will
focus on increasing development assistance, and enhancing tariff reduction in developed
countries. Presence of such an order will also ensure that the activities of different multinational
organisations are adequately operated and controlled within territories of developing and
developed countries (Rothstein 2015). This in turn would promote remunerative and equitable

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prices for different health related studies, preferences, and technologies. The reading also
increased my perception on global health and help me realised that it focuses on issues related to
health that transcend republic borders, and comprise of components for both individual level and
preventive clinical care.
Conclusion- I would discuss the aforementioned topics in the global health program, in
order to increase awareness and understanding on the actions that are necessary for promoting
health and wellbeing on a global scale.

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References
Baum, F., 2016. The new public health (No. Ed. 4). Oxford University Press.
Bhutta, Z.A., Atun, R., Ladher, N. and Abbasi, K., 2018. Alma Ata and primary healthcare: back
to the future.
Quaglio, G., Dario, C., Karapiperis, T., Delponte, L., Mccormack, S., Tomson, G., Micheletti,
G., Bonnardot, L., Putoto, G. and Zanaboni, P., 2016. Information and communications
technologies in low and middle-income countries: Survey results on economic development and
health. Health Policy and Technology, 5(4), pp.318-329.
Rothstein, R.L., 2015. Global bargaining: UNCTAD and the quest for a new international
economic order. Princeton University Press.