title: The role of hospitals within the framework of the renewed primary health care (PHC) strategy.
abstract: This article summarizes a presentation made at the IHF Leadership Summit held in Chicago, USA in June 2010, by Denis Porignon from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Reynaldo Holder from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). It focuses on the role of hospitals within the framework of the renewed PHC strategy.
authors.affiliation: Health System Policy, Governance and Service Delivery Department, World Health Organization.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Porignon
authors.forename: Reynaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holder
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Maslovskaia
authors.forename: Tephany
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Avril
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogrodnick
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Lerberghe
mesh_terms: D006285:Health Planning; D006761:Hospitals; D038622:Internationality; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012380:Role