Health for All — Will It Ever Become a Reality? A Senior’s lament

In 1978, the WHO made the Alma-Ata Declaration and made a bold promise: Health for All by the year 2000.

It was a. Great vision — rooted in equity, justice, & the belief that basic healthcare is a fundamental human right.

The year 2000 came & went. We were nowhere near our goal.

The goalpost was shifted — to 2020. Yet it remains a pipe dream.

Today, amid ongoing conflicts, widening inequalities, and fragmented priorities, the question lingers:

Will “Health for All” ever become a reality?

Health: Our Most Tangible Possession

Of all that we strive for — wealth, success, power, status — health is still the most tangible and indispensable possession.

Without it, everything else becomes fragi ...