Abstract
Primary health care (PHC) is the most effective way to improve people’s health and well-being, and primary care services should act as the cornerstone of a resilient health system and the foundation of universal health coverage. To promote high quality development of PHC, an International Symposium on Quality Primary Health Care Development was held on December 4–5, 2023 in Beijing, China, and the participants have proposed and advocated the Beijing Initiative on Quality Primary Health Care Development. The Beijing Initiative calls on all countries to carry out and strengthen 11 actions:
- Fulfill political commitment and accountability
- Achieve “health in all policies” through multisectoral coordination
- Establish sustainable financing
- Empower communities and individuals
- Provide community-based integrated care
- Promote the connection and integration of health services and social services through good governance
- Enhance training, allocation and motivation of health workforce, and medical education
- Expand application of traditional and alternative medicine for disease prevention and illness healing
- Empower PHC with digital technology
- Ensure access to medicinal products and appropriate technologies
- Strengthen global partnership and international health cooperation.
The Initiative will enrich the content of quality development of PHC, build consensus, and put forward policies for quality development of PHC in China in the new era, which are expected to make contributions in accelerating global actions.
Resources
-
Ren, Minghui, Tuohong Zhang, Jin Xu, Jie Qiao, Jianrong Qiao, Siyan Zhan, Jiangmei Qin, Daping Song, Yanru Fang, Yifang Lin, Xiaopeng Jiang, Yan Guo, Qingyue Meng, Xu Qian, Yunguo Liu, Sophia Siu Chee Chan, Feng Zhao, Winnie Yip, Hong Wang, Minmin Wang, Hui Yin, Zuokun Liu, Na Li, Xinyi Song, Fangfang Liu, Yinzi Jin, Fangjing Liu, and Yangmu Huang. 2023. “Building quality primary health care development in the new era towards universal health coverage: a Beijing initiative.” Global Health Research and Policy (2023)8:53. doi:10.1186/s41256-023-00341-y