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As any experienced traveler will attest, without the right “gear” we won’t get very far. In the same way, to reach the last mile, a health system needs an array of tools and solutions that are effective, economical, and responsive to community needs and context. In this session, we will examine the limitations on human capacity that create barriers to reaching the last mile and possible solutions to overcoming these limitations. We will explore the re-emergence of the community health worker as a possible solution for building capacity, the tools and strategies that are most effective in creating local leaders and ownership, and the innovative approaches within the private and social sectors that can contribute to improving the health of the community.
In 2008, we mark the 30th anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration. The principles of equitable access to affordable health care, using primary health care (PHC) as the tool to turn these principles into practice, remain as valid today as they did in 1978. But times have changed greatly since 1978, and implementing a health system based on PHC, while successful in some countries, continues to face many challenges in general. In this session, we will create a new vision for PHC. What is the new template for reallocating resources to PHC, empowering the community, engaging the government, tracking health outcomes? For moving the principles of Alma Ata forward into the next decade? 
What happens to the health and development of the community when systems break down suddenly? How do communities rebuild after a major disruption in the political, economic and social stability of a country? Join the discussion with a panel of those who have been “on the ground” in Kenya, before, during and now after the wave of violence that threatened the health and well-being of all in its path.
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