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. 2013 May 17;13:178. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-178

Table 5.

Suite of primary health care core services specified at the Alma-Ata conference[23]and the demarcations they address

Core service Demarcations addressed
1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 6.3
1. Education concerning prevailing health problems and the methods of preventing and controlling them
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
2. Promotion of food supply and proper nutrition
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
3. An adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
4. Maternal and child health care, including family planning
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
  
 X
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
5. Immunization against the major infectious diseases
  
 X
 X
 X
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
  
 X
  
  
 X
 X
  
6. Prevention and control of locally endemic diseases
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
  
  
7. Appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries
 X
  
 X
 X
  
  
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
 X
  
 X
  
 X
  
 X
8. Provision of essential drugs X X X X X X X X X X X X   X X X X X