Comments on: Former WHO Director Halfdan Mahler on Alma Ata, May 2008 http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/11/globalization-and-health/former-who-director-halfdan-mahler-on-alma-ata-phc-may-2008/ An Alternative to Corporate Health (founded in 2004) Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:12:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prof. Dr. Rashid Iqbal http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/11/globalization-and-health/former-who-director-halfdan-mahler-on-alma-ata-phc-may-2008/#comment-68 Prof. Dr. Rashid Iqbal Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:22:47 +0000 http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=90#comment-68 I have been teaching Community medicine for the last 20 years and I have always been baffled why such a big conference's deliberations have not been implemented in letter and spirit. Dr. Mahler candidly explained that it degenerated in the same strereo type fashion as most of the other conferences are disintegrated and brushed under the carpet by callous and inhuman political leaders and other decision makers. Rashid Iqbal MPH&TH(Tulane University, USA) Chairman of Community Health Sciences Khyber Girls Medical college, Peshawar. Pakistan I have been teaching Community medicine for the last 20 years and I have always been baffled why such a big conference’s deliberations have not been implemented in letter and spirit. Dr. Mahler candidly explained that it degenerated in the same strereo type fashion as most of the other conferences are disintegrated and brushed under the carpet by callous and inhuman political leaders and other decision makers.

Rashid Iqbal
MPH&TH(Tulane University, USA)
Chairman of Community Health Sciences
Khyber Girls Medical college,
Peshawar. Pakistan

]]> By: Andy http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/11/globalization-and-health/former-who-director-halfdan-mahler-on-alma-ata-phc-may-2008/#comment-67 Andy Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:11:15 +0000 http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=90#comment-67 I guess, with the world on the brink of recession, that these values will be increasingl put to the test. I guess, with the world on the brink of recession, that these values will be increasingl put to the test.

]]> By: Celso Pagatpatan Jr http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/11/globalization-and-health/former-who-director-halfdan-mahler-on-alma-ata-phc-may-2008/#comment-66 Celso Pagatpatan Jr Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:31:25 +0000 http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=90#comment-66 I fully believe on the principle of Primary Health Care as advocated by Halfdan and other world health leaders since the Alma Declaration in 1978... that is, world diseases are strongly related to socio-economic and political problem in our society. It's solution should therefore be multi-dimensional... I strongly believe that this is very much relevant up to this time I fully believe on the principle of Primary Health Care as advocated by Halfdan and other world health leaders since the Alma Declaration in 1978… that is, world diseases are strongly related to socio-economic and political problem in our society. It’s solution should therefore be multi-dimensional… I strongly believe that this is very much relevant up to this time

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