Our objectives include:
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To serve as a focus to stimulate and promote standards of excellence in
the primary care management of NCDs, consistent with patient and
professional values and with reference to evidence based health care
• To improve knowledge about chronic care models as Chronic Care Model (CCM) or Kaiser Permanente (KP) and others.
• To analyse the relationship between primary care orientation and the implementation of the chronic care models.
• To promote and to assess tools to Measure Quality Improvement of Chronic Illness Care
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To put people at the centre of health care by adopting, as appropriate,
delivery models focused on the local and district levels that provide
comprehensive primary health care services.
• To promote integrated care.
• To address the fragmented nature in which health care is delivered.
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To identify characteristics that facilitates the implementation of
strategies to achieve a high performing chronic care system in primary care.
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To hold scientific meetings, which may include sessions and workshops
during WONCA regional and world conferences. To present original papers
and to address broader educational issues through discussion, training
and debate.
• To promote and develop patient information about NCDs.
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To promote active participation by all people, and re-emphasise the
empowering of communities, especially women, in the processes of
developing and implementing policy and improving health and health
care,.
• To develop and promote appropriate literature for primary
care professionals using a variety of resources, including WONCA Online.