Introduction
Primary health care (PHC) is considered the pillar of health care systems because it aims to reduce health-related inequities and enhance access to health care. It is regarded as essential, universally accessible and affordable health care founded on interventions that have been scientifically proven (UNICEF 2008). PHC is comprised of the following elements: “health education, adequate nutrition, maternal and child health care, basic sanitation and safe water, control of major infectious diseases through immunization, prevention and control of locally endemic diseases, treatment of common diseases and injuries, and the provision of essential drugs” (UNICEF 2008). However, decades after ...
