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Antigua and Barbuda has concluded activities for World Health Day 2019 which was celebrated on Sunday, April 7th.<\/p>

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To cap off the week, the exercise class at the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment Headquarters in collaboration with PAHO formed a human chain around the Sir V.C.Bird Monument at 39ers square as a mark of solidarity in support of Universal Health coverage.<\/p>\n

Below is a message from PAHO Director\u00a0 Dr Carissa Ettienne on World Health Day.<\/p>

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Ladies and gentlemen, at the closure of this historic Global Conference on Primary Health Care I stand here hopeful. I have renewed hope and commitment. For 40 years, I have been a believer, implementer and an activist for Primary Health Care.<\/p>

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I am hopeful because the youth, our future, is fired up; because civil society, the guardians of the welfare, the poor and the excluded, are fully engaged.
\nI have seen people and institutions who ten years ago did not want to hear about PHC, and yet today, are embracing the values and principles of PHC.<\/p>\n

I am hopeful because of what I have heard and witnessed over the last two days. We possess the \u201cknow how\u201d. We know what works and what we need to do. But we must not lose sight of the fact that there are millions living in our countries that yet do not share that hope.<\/p>

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Today, we are here to reaffirm that health is not a privilege, nor a commodity. It is a fundamental human right. We have come today to reaffirm our commitment to the values and principles of PHC in the spirit of Alma-Ata.<\/p>\n

Allow me to be provocative ladies and gentlemen, in this the final session of our conference. If we all share the vision of health for all, why is it that we are not there yet? What is required to make it happen? And what should we be doing differently this time?
\nFirst, it is important to have conceptual clarity and a clear vision.<\/p>

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Let us agree that PHC is an approach and a strategy for health and well-being, for human and social development which is centered on the individuals, their families and the communities. It is not merely the first level of care, nor is it the provision of a limited package of services for the poor. PHC calls for universal access to quality, comprehensive health services not only curative but: for promotion, prevention, rehabilitation, palliation and treatment of common conditions. It calls for addressing the social determinants of health.<\/p>

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It calls for removing all types of barriers to access, including financial, geographical, cultural, gender. And
\nit requires State action. Without State action, there is no right to health, especially for those living in
\nsituations of vulnerability. Without State action we cannot make progress in social cohesion.
\nLadies and gentlemen, I say that language matters! This is what we mean by the Primary Health Care
\nStrategy, and this should be our common vision of Primary Health Care.
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\nSecond, it is important to learn the lessons of Alma-Ata, namely, that barriers to access must be
\nsystematically identified and broken down! and that fragmentation and segmentation of health systems and
\nservices is a recipe for failure.
\nNational governments must lead and own national processes towards universal health, in coordination with
\npartners. \u201cUniversal\u201d means universal, with no excuses or half-measures in providing the necessary health
\nservices for all people. And universal health cannot be attained without multisectoral policies, programs,
\nand actions that address the social determinants of health\u201d.
\nThird, the pursuit of equity in health demands strengthened social participation and community engagement.
\nLeaving no one behind means making special effort to give voice to those that have not been heard.
\nThose in conditions of exclusion and vulnerability, including women and children, youth, migrants, LGBT,
\nethnic groups, and the poor, to mention a few. The development of a people-and community-centered model
\nof care enables the participation of people and civil society as key stakeholders in this process.
\nThis is the time for innovative and creative strategies to enhance community and social participation, and
\nto enable people to make optimal choices for their own health.
\nA key tenet of the PHC approach is the provision of comprehensive quality health services where people
\nlive and work. We need a revolutionary first level of care, one that makes rational and efficient use of
\ntechnology and organizational innovation, including interdisciplinary health teams with a new cadre of
\npersonnel and skills mix.
\nA first level of care that is supported by an integrated health services delivery network, including hospitals
\nand specialized services.
\nA first level of care that responds to people\u2019s needs -risk factors, violence, mental health issues, sexual and
\nreproductive health, chronic non-communicable diseases, public health emergencies and disasters, and the
\nimpact of climate change.
\nLadies and gentlemen, Primary health care (PHC) must form a central part of the strategy for
\ntransforming health systems to achieve universal access to health and universal health coverage.
\nAnd so colleagues, we have arrived at an important juncture in the history of Primary Health Care. We have
\ntaken time to look back, to acknowledge our achievements, and to realize our errors. It is time now to look
\nto the future, towards the next 40 years and beyond. It is a time to CALL US TO ACTION, making sure
\nthat we accelerate the movement to leave no-one behind.
\nTo governments: We ask you to fully embrace the commitments you have made in the declaration of Alma
\nAta of 1978, and in the declaration of Astana 2018. Health is a right of the people, and the responsibility of
\ngovernment. Let us then make it so. Assume leadership, and your role as stewards of the health sector.
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\nRealize the vision of Primary Health Care for your peoples, as the principle strategy to improve health and
\nwellbeing. Adopt coherent policies and regulations that strengthen and make your health systems equitable
\nand resilient.
\nEducate and train your peoples, to build a workforce for health never before realized! Reach your people
\nthrough a strong first level of care, supported with integrated health services, including hospitals. Invest in
\nyour people and your systems; invest in health, not war.
\nAnd please, please, please – do not reduce health to merely the access to minimum sets of packages of
\nessential services, when your peoples deserve so much more! Lead, coordinate and drive change within the
\nhealth sector -and in other sectors. Engage your people in this process \u2013 they will acknowledge your efforts,
\nand be grateful for it.
\nTo youth: you are our future! You are the energy that will drive change, and your future is in your hands.
\nEngage therefore in the decision making process, and make your voices heard! And if you feel you are not
\nbeing heard, reach higher and farther until all those that are not listening, sit up and pay attention. Seize this
\nmoment, as the actions we take now will have lasting impact for your health and wellbeing, and that of your
\ncommunities. I challenge you to be involved in your communities. I challenge you to be involved in health
\naction.
\nTo women: let us continue to fight for what we know is right. To realize a vision of PHC that addresses our
\nneeds as women. To prioritize the delivery of quality, comprehensive services that respond to the
\ndifferentiated needs of women.
\nCall on your leaders to ensure that gender is central to the decisions that are being taken in health. It is not
\nacceptable that in the 21st century women continue to die in childbirth, because they could not receive
\nprenatal care, or the primary care center was too distant, or because transfusion services are not available.
\nAnd call on your leaders to ensure that gender is central to health policy, to ensure your rights as a woman
\nthroughout the life course, or as a health worker.
\nTo academia: in this the era of mass information and communication, where policy research is often
\nquestioned and debunked, and best evidence ignored, now more then ever you must stand-up. Work even
\nharder, invest in operational research that is context specific, and focused on needs of countries, and on their
\nhealth systems. Learn to communicate evidence, to speak truth in a manner that can be readily captured, to
\nguide and support policy makers to take the right decisions. And modify your curricula, to prioritize the
\ngeneration of a new workforce that will respond to the call of the Astana Declaration.
\nTo the private sector: you have an important role. As health providers, in service delivery, in hosting the
\nplatforms that are necessary to generate and manage critical information. You are leaders in innovation.
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\nYou provide us with critical medicines and technologies that have allowed us to make leaps and bounds in
\nhealth. And you are a key partner in the future of primary health care.
\nWith this comes responsibility. Please remain engaged and committed to working with your governments
\nand societies in advancing primary health care. You have a responsibility to your shareholders, but you have
\nan even greater social responsibility to the peoples of this world, in the decisions and actions you take.
\nInnovate, but based on health needs. Participate, engage, and invest in primary health care. And remember
\nthat a healthy population drives economic development.
\nTo development partners: this is a golden moment for us. We cannot leave here and repeat the mistakes
\nof the past, in instigating reform processes that weaken governance and stewardship, that reduce primary
\nhealth care to \u2018minimum sets of poor services for the poor\u2019.
\nEmbrace the holistic vision of primary health care in partnering with your countries. Let us not fragment,
\nsegment and dilute our collective action in support of this movement. Let us reaffirm the principles of the
\nParis Declaration in working around one policy, one plan, and one vision towards Universal Access to
\nHealth, and Universal Health Coverage, built on the promise of Primary Health Care. Honor your
\ncommitment to align, accelerate and account.
\nTo community leaders and peoples of this world; Let us build a global community, a global movement.
\nLet us call for a social compact where universal health is central, and Primary Health Care is the strategy.
\nWe are in a world where connection, and connectivity, drives innovation and social change. Remain
\nconnected, participate and engage. Promote health and wellbeing, for yourself, your family, your
\ncommunity. Be accountable, and hold your policy makers accountable too. Through social participation,
\ngood governance and transparency, we can collectively advance in health and development.
\nColleagues, let this be the moment where we come together, to launch and drive this global movement to
\nensure that the right to health becomes a reality in the 21st century. Let us reaffirm our commitment for
\naction, in the quest for equity in health, and the achievement of all of the SDGs. Let us change the course
\nof history, and set us on a trajectory, whereby, 40 years from now, future generations will look back and
\nsay, yes, the vision was solid, and the resolve was strong.
\nLadies and gentlemen, there is no other way. Primary Health Care is smart. Primary Health Care is right.
\nPrimary Health Care is the foundation of universal access to health and universal health coverage.
\nThe basic tenet embodied in Alma Ata continues to be both valid and relevant to our times. These are the
\nsame values and principles that must now be the oil that keeps the lamp of Astana burning.
\nPrimary Health Care \u2013 THE TIME IS NOW!<\/p>\n

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