PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Cells of Health and Health Culture

Introduzione
Health, as defined by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. An extension of this view, defines health as the ability to “adapt” physical, mental and social challenges throughout life, something declaring the relationship of health with the environment (natural, technological, social etc) human beings live, and of course the connection of health with all human systems.
Twenty first century is bringing us towards radical changes. Global homogeneous environmental changes and pollution, do not give anymore the privilege, even to the developed countries to feel safe. The uncontrollable mobility of huge industries for example, which search for places where the labour is cheap, created environmental pollution, downgrading the local health conditions.
The pollution of these industries is spreading by the wind thousand of miles far, forcing virgin areas to accept illnesses derived from an unknown civilization. Additionally, population growth, the new immigration wave, “pure nutrition”, globalization and the new unprecedented global economic uncertainty already brought us the first wave of changes that will affect humanity. […]