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ForewordPrefaceIntroduction: Why does Primary Health Care Matter in the 21st Century?, by David BishaiPart 1: PHC Foundations1. Primary Health Care: History, Trends, Controversies and Challenges, by Henry Perry2. Identifying Countries with Exceptionally Rapid Gains in Life Expectancy: A Quantitative Approach, by David Bishai and Carolina Cardona3. Strategies to Improve Comprehensive Primary Health Care Performance in a District, by Claudia Pereira, David Bishai, and Melissa Sherry4. Why Well-Supported Health Systems are Necessary for Vertical Programs to Succeed: Lessons from Polio Eradication, by Svea Closser5. Continuity between Comprehensive Primary Health Care and Sustainable Development Goals, by Melissa Sherry and David Bishai6. Four Principles of Community Based Primary Health Care: Support, Appreciate, Learn/Listen, Transfer (SALT), by Marlou de Rouw, Alice Kuan, Philip Forth, Rituu B. Nanda, and Luc Barriere ConstantinPart 2: Country Case Studies of PHC at Scale and the Way Forward7. Bangladesh's Health Improvement Startegy as an Example of the Alma-Ata Declaration in Action, by Taufique Joarder and Ferdous Arfina Osman8. Ethiopia: Expansion of Primary Health Care Through the Health Extension Program, by Zufan Abera Damtew, Meike Schleiff, Kebede Worku, Chala Tesfaye, Seblewengel Lemma, Onaopemipo Abiodun, Mignote Solomon Haile, Dennis Carlson, Ahmed Moen, and Henry Perry9. Health Improvement through Primary Health Care Approach: Case of Nepal, by Kedar Prasad Baral, Nadia Diamond-Smith, and Rita Thapa10. Four decades of Community-Based Primary Health Care Development in Ghana, by James F. Phillips, Fred N. Binka, John Koku Awoonor Williams, and Ayaga A. Bawah11. Sri Lanka's Health Improvements as an Example of the Implementation of the Alma-Ata Declaration, by Vinya Ariyaratne12. How Vietnam's Doi Moi Reforms Achieved Rapid Gains in Health with Comprehensive Primary Health Care, by Nguyen Thanh Huong and Hoang Khanh Chi13. Cuba's Progress on PHC since the Alma-Ata Conference, by Sasmira Matta, David Bishai, and Pedro Mas Bermejo14. Health for All in the 21st Century, by Meike Schleiff and David BishaiList of ContributorsIndex