Role of Primary Healthcare in Disease Control

Abstract

One of the most important issues that health systems deal with in the world is disease control. The growing burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases, new infections, antimicrobial resistance, and health inequities necessitate a solid, convenient, and durable response to healthcare delivery. Primary healthcare (PHC) has been considered the foundation of efficient health systems and an important measure of controlling diseases (Meckawy et al., 2022). PHC is not just a player in the global and national struggle against disease, whether it's infectious, chronic, or emergent, but the key strategic base to successful disease control. Primary healthcare can be considered the key to controlling the disease based on the focus on prevention, early diagnosis, and convenient treatment. Primary healthcare enhances the overall health outcomes of the population by strengthening community-based services and dealing with health inequities and makes the population healthier and the burden of disease easier.