History of Effort
The Declaration of Alma-Ata called the world to protect health and health equity for all mankind. It boldly defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity…a fundamental human right.” The Declaration declared the inequity between developed and developing countries as politically, socially and economically unacceptable and called for economic and social development as a prerequisite to attaining health for all.