An International Health Conference Adopts the Declaration of Alma-Ata
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Human Rights
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, African History, Russian/Former Soviet States History, Worldwide
- Geographical Location: Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
- Date: September 6-11, 1978
Article abstract: The Declaration of Alma-Ata formulated a broad definition of health, proclaimed health to be a fundamental human right, and established programs aimed at achieving universal health by the year 2000.
Summary of Event
Public health has been a battlefield of occasional victories and recurring monumental losses throughout history. Famine and plague have left their mark on every generation of recorded history, and certainly on those that came before. The twentieth century offered no exception. For example, more Americans died of influenza in...
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