The problem of tuberculosis and of other diseases will not be solved without high-quality public health services accessible to the entire population, including primary healthcare.

R. whereas the introduction and implementation of restrictive measures must comply with human rights and international humanitarian law, including due process and the right to an effective remedy, as well as proportionality, and must provide for appropriate exemptions to take account of basic human needs of the targeted persons, such as access to primary education, to drinkable water and to basic medical care including basic medicines; whereas a sanctions policy has to take fully into account the standards established by the Geneva Convention, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social ...[+++]and Cultural Rights, as well as the UN resolutions concerning the protection of civilians and of children in armed conflict,

R. whereas the introduction and implementation of restrictive measures must comply with human rights and humanitarian international law, including due process and the right to an effective remedy, as well as proportionality, and must provide for appropriate exemptions to take account of basic human needs of the targeted persons, such as access to primary education, to drinkable water and to basic medical care including basic medicines; whereas a sanctions policy has to take fully into account the standards established by the Geneva Convention, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social a ...[+++]nd Cultural Rights, as well as the UN resolutions concerning the protection of civilians and of children in armed conflict,

In order for Canadians to have access to sustainable quality health care and to additional services such as those listed in the goals above, such as service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, home care and other needed services, it will be necessary to change the way primary care is provided in Canada to better utilize the services of our primary care physicians" .

One of the differences I notice here compared to where I came from in England is that the primary care physician here works almost entirely in isolation, whereas in primary care, it is much more efficient if the general practitioner can work alongside a community psychiatric nurse, a social worker and perhaps a psychologist, working at the primary care level.

Primary care providers are willing to take on a broader range of problems because they know support is available and, if mental health is included in primary care, then the mental health system increases its capacity because we will be able to reach a larger number of individuals.