WHERE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION MERGE - THE NEED FOR A BROADER APPROACH

Four papers were presented in a Parallel Session chaired by Dr Forge G leser (Israel) and these are summarized here. The papers were: (I) ''S upporting primary health care physicians'' by Dr Galina A. Korchagina of the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies, St Petersburg, the Rus sian Federation; (2) ''A new role for nurses'' by Ms Iveta Kelle, Nurs ing Consultant, Riga, Latvia; (3) ''Broadening the base of treatment'' by Dr Nina Kerimi of the Research Institute of Preventive and Clinica l Medicine, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; and (4) ''Primary health care and alcohol reduction strategies'' by Dr Leo Pas of the Academic Centre of General Practice, Free University Brussels, Belgium. Following a disc ussion, participants agreed on the wording of a draft Policy for Prima ry Health Care and Community Action and this is also included here.