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PHC 30-30-30, PAHO’s new Regional

Compact on Primary Health Care for

Universal Health

9 HORA PASA , 11 DI APRIL 2019 11:47
SECCION: SALUD

Following the presentation of a report with recommendations to achieve universal health, which
highlights the central role of Primary Health Care (PHC) and the need to eliminate barriers to
access, the Director of PAHO launched a new regional compact with goals to achieve it.

Mexico City, 11 April 2019 (PAHO) - In order to help the countries of the Americas achieve
universal health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Regional
Compact on Primary Health Care for Universal Health : PHC 30-30-30. This Compact
establishes goals to eliminate barriers to health access, and to increase funding by 30% to the

first level of care by 2030.

The presentation of the Compact took place yesterday following the launch of the report of the

High-level Commission “Universal Health in the XXI Century: 40 years of Alma-Ata.” The report
emphasizes that achieving health for all will only be posible by ensuring the right to health,