1. Alma-Ata to Berlin: diabetes prevention and treatment to achieve healthy living.
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Kalra, S., Lauritzen, T., Sharmanov, T., Akanov, Z., Al Awadi, F., Das, A. K., Espinosa López, C., Medea, G., Oh, P., Samoilova, Y., Shestakova, M., Netto, P., Cos, X., Farghaly, M., and Du, X.
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DIABETES prevention ,TREATMENT of diabetes ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,HEALTH ,HEALTH services accessibility ,METROPOLITAN areas ,PUBLIC health ,PATIENTS' rights - Abstract
The article reflects on the Declaration of Alma-Ata issued at the International Conference on Primary Health Care held at Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan in 1978 and its contribution towards public health. It mentions that the declarations highlighted maternal child health and infectious disease control; and addressed chronic illness care, availability of appropriate pharmaceuticals, and need for rehabilitative services. more...
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- 2017
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