TY - JOUR T1 - Primary health care according to African requirements. A1 - Botha,H P, PY - 1983/8/1/pubmed PY - 1983/8/1/medline PY - 1983/8/1/entrez KW - Africa KW - Community Participation KW - Delivery Of Health Care KW - Developing Countries KW - Foreign Aid KW - Health KW - Health Personnel KW - Health Services KW - Health Services Administration KW - Management KW - Organization And Administration KW - Primary Health Care SP - 698 EP - 702 JF - Israel journal of medical sciences JO - Isr J Med Sci VL - 19 IS - 8 N2 - African conditions and circumstances present specific challenges to health service providers. These conditions have implications for primary health care (PHC), including problems of communication (geographical, educational and cultural), maldistribution of health manpower, political unrest and wars. Local PHC services must compete with the prestige of and faith in the hospitals. Manpower training should be stressed at all levels of education of all medical and paramedical personnel. The status of PHC in the Republic of South Africa is now well recognized, and provision of the required services has a high priority. SN - 0021-2180 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/6885358/Primary_health_care_according_to_African_requirements_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -