Call for integration of public health and primary care

Abstract

Primary Care (PC) and Primary Health Care (PHC) are often employed interchangeably; however, they differ in practical application, context, and public health setting. There interface between Public Health and Primary Care is also not clearly understood by academicians and professionals. Due to a lack of proper understanding, the concepts are applied sub-optimally. WHO has called to close the gap between Public Health (PH) and Primary Care (PC) through integration. Academic forums and professional need to actively engage to develop support for the agenda of integration of Public Health and Primary Care.

Keywords

• community medicine
• family medicine
• primary care
• primary health care
• public health
• who