Primary health care (PHC) and health promotion are important for a quality health care system to enable equity, justice social and empowerment. To explore primary health care and health promotion and their value within the health care system, we must first distinguish what health is. There are many different views on health depending on personal context, although the most commonly cited definition is that of the World Health Organization (WHO), which defines health as "a state of physical well-being , complete mental and social and not just the absence of physical, mental and social well-being”. illness or infirmity (World Health Organization, 1948). Primary health care is a multidimensional concept that can involve both philosophy and practice. The philosophy of primary health care derives from the Declaration of Alma-Ata of 1978, which states that primary health care incorporates curative treatment by the initial health professional, as well as health promotion, education for prevent further problems and rehabilitation services provided by a collaboration of several health organizations. professionals within interdisciplinary teams (Australian Medical Association, 2010). It aims to correct health inequalities by understanding that health is not only dependent on disease but also on a wide range of social, environmental, economic and political factors (McMurray and Clendon, 2011). The three main principles regarding primary health care are empowerment, equity and social justice. Equity implies fairness, social justice is the promise of fairness, and empowerment refers to the process of enabling individuals and communities to participate in ways that improve their lives and achieve social justice (Talbot and Verrinder , 2014). In addition to empowerment, equity and social justice......in the middle of the document......are: A framework for transition. Agenda (27), 21-26. Jirojwong, S. and Liamputtong, P. (2009). Population health, communities and health promotion. (S. Jirojwong and P. Liamputtong, Eds.) Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press. McMurray, A. and Clendon, J. (2011). Community health and well-being: primary health care in practice (4th ed.). Chatswood, New South Wales: Elsevier Australia. Talbot, L. and Verrinder, G. (2014). Promoting health: the primary health care approach (5th ed.). Australia: Elsevier. World Health Organization. (1948). WHO definition of health. Retrieved March 2014 from World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/print.htmlWorld Health Organization. (1986, November 17-21). The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Retrieved March 2014 from the World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/ottawa/en/