The new public health evolves
Highlights
- The Ottawa Charter stresses the importance of, and recommends:
• advocacy for health
• enabling people to achieve their full health potential
• mediation between different interests in society for the pursuit of health. (View Highlight)
New highlights added August 13, 2023 at 5:15 PM
- Health systems based on the principle of universal coverage achieved through public financing are generally cheaper, more efficient and more equitable (Gilson et al., 2007). This finding runs counter to the general belief that production and distribution of services is more efficient in the private sector, based on market principles. The reasons for this are complex, but arise from the fact that health is essentially a public good, where market principles do not work (View Highlight)