[Similarity between primary health care and health promotion]

Primary Health Care is recognized as a core health strategy in developing countries, proclaimed by the Declaration at Alma-Ata, while for industrialized countries, Health Promotion was stated in the Ottawa Charter. The concept of Primary Health Care, having been influenced by the Social Development movement for basic human needs in the 70s, is almost entirely consistent with Health Promotion, which is in accord with the principles of Human Development pronounced in the late 80s through the 90s. Thus, Health Promotion could be developed as a health strategy also in developing countries while Primary Health Care could similarly be adopted as a health strategy in the industrialized world.