Health for All was the primary theme of the 30th World Health Assembly held in 1977; the idea was reaffirmed at the Alma Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care in 1978 and currently serves as the goal of the World Health Organization and those individual states, including Rwanda, which form its membership. The Health for All campaign is directed toward the maintenance of primary health care within an established national health care system. It encourages planned action in the health care system and promotes coordination and integration of health care with other sectors. The social objective of Health for All is based on the implementation of primary health care. This was defined at Alma Ata: "primary health care is essential health care based on practical techniques, scientifically valuable and socially acceptable, and rendered universally acceptable to all individuals and families..." The essence of primary health care is fundamental care necessary to promote and protect the physical, mental, and social health of man. The philosophy of primary needs is constituted by the ensamble of biological and physical conditions, wherein satisfaction is necessary for the survival of the individual. A global view of primary health care in Rwanda involves renewed emphasis on health education, the promotion of healthful and nutritious foods, the provision of sufficient and noncontaminated water, and the prevention and treatment of local epidemics. Health for All from now to the year 2000 is an operational objective with a recognized strategy and political framework determined by the states themselves.