Ndiokwelu E
Department of Preventive Dentistry College of Medicine-Enugu Campus, Nigeria.
Odontostomatol Trop. 2002 Sep;25(99):29-32.
This article discusses the concept of Primary Health Care--an idea which started with the World Health Assembly agreement in 1977 to work resolutely towards the goal of Health for All. This decision was followed by the historic international conference on Primary Health Care at Alma Ata in 1978. Many countries including Nigeria, adopted the primary health care strategy to achieve health for all by the year 2000 (now 2000 and beyond). Since health needs to be seen and dealt with in a holistic manner, oral health is an integral part of health. Strategies for achieving health for all implicitly and must of necessity involve oral health. This article has tried to show the relevance of the strategy of primary health care to oral health. It concludes that primary health care approach is very relevant to oral health in Nigeria.
本文讨论了初级卫生保健的概念——这一理念始于1977年世界卫生大会达成的坚决致力于实现全民健康目标的协议。1978年在阿拉木图举行了具有历史意义的初级卫生保健国际会议，随后做出了这一决定。包括尼日利亚在内的许多国家都采用了初级卫生保健战略，以在2000年（现在是2000年及以后）实现全民健康。由于健康需要从整体上看待和处理，口腔健康是健康的一个组成部分。实现全民健康的战略必然隐含着并必须涉及口腔健康。本文试图说明初级卫生保健战略与口腔健康的相关性。结论是，初级卫生保健方法在尼日利亚与口腔健康非常相关。
