DECLARATION OF ALMA-ATA 

International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, 6-12 September 1978

The Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), presently in Kazakhstan, 6-12 September 1978.^[1] It expressed the need for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all the people of the world. It was the first international declaration underlining the importance of primary health care. The primary health care approach has since then been accepted by member countries of WHO as the key to achieving the goal of "Health for All".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Ata_Declaration

Read the Declaration here: http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/alma-ata_declaration.htm