Primary health care is the essential care based on real-world, systematically valid and socially appropriate techniques and technologies, made unanimously available to families and all individuals in the community through their full participation where the community is able to afford it, at a cost it can bear at each stage of its growth, in the very essence of autonomy and self-governance . Primary health care in international health is associated with the world conference held in Alma Ata in 1978; the conference that promoted the Health for All by the Year 2000 initiative. "Primary health care broadly defined at Alma Ata emphasized universal health care for all individuals and all families, encouraged the participation of community members in all aspects of health care planning and implementation, and promoted the provision of care that would be scientifically sound, technically effective, socially relevant and acceptable” (Janice E Hitchcock, 2003). Primary health care is generally considered a level of care or the client's point of entry into the health care system. It can also mean a particular approach to care that aims to contain care, accessibility, community participation and collaboration between other sectors. Primary health care policy is based on certain principles that have been designed to work together and be implemented simultaneously to achieve better health outcomes for society as a whole. There are six principles of primary health care. To begin, the first principles are accessibility, equality and social justice. This is the first and most important key to primary health care. Health care services should be equally distributed and shared by all members of the community, regardless of... middle of paper ...... community nurse who would make sound health decisions in life everyday. The primary goal of primary health care is to empower the public to control their health care decisions and their families. Primary health care also reflects the principles, components and values ​​that have always guided nurses in their daily practice, such as disease prevention, health promotion and teamwork with other staff members. (Approximately 2,260 words) REFERENCE Anne McMurray, JC Community Health and Well-Being: Primary Health Care in Practice (eth. ed.). (L. Norrie, ed.) Australia: Libby Houston. Janice E. Hitchcock, P.E. (2003). Community Health Nursing – Caring In Action (2nd ed.). (CL Esperti, ed.) New York: William Brottmiller. Accessed April 12, 2014. From http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/declaration_almaata. pdf