Primary healthcare is one of the fundamental pillars and the entry point to the health system, through which all segments of society access the first level of healthcare, which ensures the provision of continuous healthcare for individuals at all life stages.
Primary healthcare fulfills its role by adopting a comprehensive and integrated health approach, through which it provides preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and palliative health services to all segments of society, targeting all aspects of a person's physical, mental, and social life.
Primary healthcare is also the main gateway for providing health promotion services and community participation to contribute to raising awareness and health culture, and to empower individuals and local communities to adopt healthy behaviors in a comprehensive and socially acceptable manner.
Health services are provided through a primary healthcare system spread across the entire country, with the number of health centers reaching 116 by mid-2024. These centers are distributed across six health regions (the Capital Health Region with 26 centers, the Hawalli Health Region with 11 centers, the Farwaniya Health Region with 21 centers, the Jahra Health Region with 16 centers, the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Health Region with 16 centers, and the Ahmadi Health Region with 26 centers). These centers operate according to the community’s needs with integrated working hours, ensuring that health services are provided throughout the day, every day of the week, which has contributed to the ease and speed of accessing health services.
Our Vision
The vision of primary healthcare stems from the vision of the Ministry of Health and is represented in:
Access to comprehensive primary healthcare services (preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative) that are integrated (in physical, mental, and social health) and available to all segments of society with the highest quality standards and sustainable operational systems.
Our Mission
Primary healthcare plays its role through:
Providing comprehensive, integrated, and safe primary healthcare services of high quality that meet the needs of individuals and the community, in partnership with relevant authorities, for better health and a longer life for the citizens and residents of Kuwait.
It provides diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, and promotive services for various health conditions and disease stages in an integrated manner aimed at achieving the dimensions of physical, mental, and social health.
The focus of healthcare is on the individual and the community, where care is provided according to the health needs of all citizens and residents from all categories and age groups in Kuwait.
It is provided at the highest level of quality and safety according to the latest scientific evidence and global standards, with operational systems that achieve the principles of justice, efficiency, and sustainability.
The role of primary healthcare also extends to spreading health awareness and healthy lifestyles to empower individuals and communities to achieve the highest level of health and well-being.
Our Values
The primary healthcare system seeks to achieve its goals through the following principles and values:
Providing comprehensive healthcare that meets all the needs of individuals and the community
Ensuring equitable access to all health services for every individual in the community
The continuous pursuit of leadership and innovation in providing healthcare services
Commitment to global standards in all health services and programs
Cooperation with partners and civil society to achieve health goals
Focusing on developing a healthcare system that can adapt to future changes and preserve its resources
The ability of the healthcare system to withstand crises