Primary health care is essential for improving and maintaining the health of a population.1)
Primary health care has the potential to approach and achieve both the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) and the greater goal of universal access to health through acceptable, accessible,
appropriate and affordable health care.2-4)
In Thailand, a lower-middle income country, primary health care is delivered by nurses and
primary care workers in health promoting hospitals, each responsible for a catchment area subdistrict
level inhabited by 5,000 to 10,000 people.5,6) However in some remote and mountainous
areas, we provide primary health care posts which are each responsible for 1 to 3 villages, each
with a population of 500 to 3,000. Each primary health care post is staffed by a health care
Primary health care is essential for improving and maintaining the health of a population.1)Primary health care has the potential to approach and achieve both the Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs) and the greater goal of universal access to health through acceptable, accessible,appropriate and affordable health care.2-4)In Thailand, a lower-middle income country, primary health care is delivered by nurses andprimary care workers in health promoting hospitals, each responsible for a catchment area subdistrictlevel inhabited by 5,000 to 10,000 people.5,6) However in some remote and mountainousareas, we provide primary health care posts which are each responsible for 1 to 3 villages, eachwith a population of 500 to 3,000. Each primary health care post is staffed by a health care
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