History of Simplified Medicine in Venezuela

Abstract

The present work is the result of a bibliographic compilation with the purpose of knowing the historical development of simplified medicine in Venezuela. To this end, a revision of the manuals, regulations and regulations that govern this program was carried out from its beginnings to the present date, to which a historical interpretation is made, finding that Simplified Medicine is defined as the provision of integral health service to the dispersed rural population through a trained personnel belonging to the community or geographic sector object of attention. This national program was born in 1962 in the search for strategies to guarantee health in a timely manner, at low cost and of acceptable quality, aimed at the attention of individuals, families and communities of all geographic population segments. Due to the current political, social and health context that the country has experienced in 2006, the Simplified Medicine Program was revised and adapted by the Ministry of Popular Power for Health and Social Protection (MPPSPS) for the Community Primary Care Agents Project. of Health (ACAPS). Finally, the study leads to this strategy is linked to the history of Public Health and Nursing in Venezuela and responds to the ideals and postulates of Alma Ata of Primary Health Care presented in the year 1978 that is sixteen years after had consolidated this successful program in the country