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Alma-Ata primary health care conference closes
📅 12 September 1978The international conference ran from 6 to 12 September and issued a declaration on primary health care.
Alma-Ata calls for health for all
📅 12 September 1978Its declaration presented accessible primary health care as central to achieving health for all.
Communities gain a voice in health planning
📅 12 September 1978The declaration emphasized participation by people in planning and implementing their own health care.
Health care is linked to social conditions
📅 12 September 1978The conference connected health with equity, development and action beyond medical services.
World Health Assembly adopts a breast-milk substitutes code
📅 21 May 1981The international code addressed marketing practices for infant formula and other substitutes.
Infant feeding marketing gains public health rules
📅 21 May 1981The code sought to protect breastfeeding while recognizing appropriate use of substitutes.
Governments receive infant-feeding guidance
📅 21 May 1981The assembly adopted the code as a recommendation that countries could implement through national measures.
A 1981 code responds to marketing concerns
📅 21 May 1981Its adoption did not make all advertising restrictions automatically binding in every country.
Astana conference renews primary health care pledge
📅 25 October 2018Governments endorsed a declaration committing to stronger primary health care.
Alma-Ata’s agenda is revisited in Astana
📅 25 October 2018The new declaration followed the 1978 commitment to health for all.
Universal health coverage needs local services
📅 25 October 2018Delegates placed community-based primary care at the centre of health-system plans.
Countries reconnect medicine with social needs
📅 25 October 2018The conference emphasized equity, access and cooperation across sectors.
UN agencies publish maternal mortality findings
📅 7 April 2025A report estimated continuing deaths from pregnancy and childbirth complications worldwide.
Maternal survival shows unequal progress
📅 7 April 2025The agencies reported gains since 2000 but warned that improvement had slowed.
Health services need sustained maternal-care funding
📅 7 April 2025The publication raised concern about aid cuts and access to lifesaving care.
Report date is distinct from measured mortality
📅 7 April 2025The 7 April announcement discussed estimates for earlier years, including 2023.