title: The Alma-Ata declaration: an appraisal of Nigeria's primary oral health care three decades later.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This work is a critical appraisal of the state of primary oral health care in Nigeria, the largest Black nation on earth, three decades after the Alma-Ata declaration of primary health care.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review based on published peer-reviewed journals, documents from international organs like the World Health Organization, internet sources and newspapers, which beams a searchlight on the state of health care in Nigeria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results show a lot of decay in the primary health care sector and a lack of proper amalgamation defined by affirmative action of the primary oral health care into the mainstream of primary health care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Time for massive action, first by the government, and then by the oral health professionals and the public and all stake-holders to ensure that the dream of Alma-Ata does not remain an illusion in Nigeria's oral health care sector.
authors.affiliation: Preventive Dentistry, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. nosa.peters@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nosayaba
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Osazuwa-Peters
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009549:Nigeria; D009909:Oral Health; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*