Members of the Delegation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Dr Dmitry Venediktov is on the right, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR, 1978. Members of the Delegation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Dr Dmitry Venediktov is on the right, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, USSR, 1978. Credit: WHO, 1978. Anne-Emanuelle Birn, and Nikolai Krementsov BMJ Glob Health 2018;3:e000992 © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.