On April 6th during the meeting of the members of the NA Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Health Care and Environment, and experts from the Armenia Social Transition Program the new model of Primary Health Care (PHC) was discussed.Tatyana Makarova, ASTP Health Team Leader. The speaker informed that PHC new model has been implemented in the Polyclinic # 17 in and Erebouni Medical Center in Yerevan, Polyclinic # 4 in Vanadzor and in Health Centers of Dsegh, Tumanian and Vahagni villages of Lori marz. The content of the PHC model, the scope of the work, their implementation mechanisms and the experience learnt from the implementation of the new PHC model were presented.

Highlighting the work done, Gagik Mkheyan, Committee Chairman, found expedient that, before developing mechanisms of open enrolment with PHC physicians, medical services quality improvement and other mechanisms in the model will be discussed with the Committee.Taking into account the opinion of the legislative body and real facts, the created model can be more functional. As Mr. Mkheyan assessed, the theoretical and program bases should be based on real facts. As to Mnatsakan Petrosyan, Deputy Committee Chairman, the accumulated experience should be brought together to solve the problem in a legislative way, as the effectiveness and the continuity of the work is conditioned by the legal document.