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The Emergence of Primary Care in Latin America: Reflections from the Field

William B. Ventres
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2013, 26 (2) 183-186; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.120138
William B. Ventres
the Master's Program in Public Health, School of Medicine, and the Institute for Studies in History, Anthropology, and Archeology, University of El Salvador, San Salvador; and the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland.
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    Table 1. Eight Key Points in El Salvador's Health Care Reform16
    1. Establish a comprehensive integrated network of health services, focusing on community based health teams.

    2. Develop a national system for handling medical emergencies.

    3. Improve availability and quality of medicines and immunizations.

    4. Coordinate health services through an cross-disciplinary health commission.

    5. Establish a national health forum.

    6. Create a national public health institute.

    7. Design and implement one national epidemiological tracking system.

    8. Reorient human resources toward accomplishing these reforms.

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