Supporting people-centered care around the world to promote health equity
Through a collaboration between Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care and the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we aim to create high-quality and sustainable primary healthcare systems that advance health equity and access for people and communities worldwide. Our theory of impact focuses on recentering health care systems towards people and communities, where the majority of care is delivered at the primary healthcare level through a people-centered approach. We do this through research, education, advocacy and implementation science, in collaboration with governments, community organizations, private sector partners, non-governmental organizations and people with lived experience.
Our steps to promote health equity
 Inspiring and training future leaders in UHC and PHC |  Convening and creating learning collaboratives and community |  Developing new partnership models of engagement |  Conducting research on how to scale innovative models of care delivery |
Our Research
Read the latest articles authored and co-authored by the team.
- Barriers and enablers to people-centred viral hepatitis care in Vietnam and the Philippines: Results of a patient journey mapping study
- Primary Care 2030: Creating an Enabling Ecosystem for Disruptive Primary Care Models to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
View all the Center's Global Health Research
Collaborators
We're proud to work with organizations that share our commitment to advancing health equity and access for communities worldwide.
The Lancet Global Health Commission on People Centered Care for Universal Health Coverage
Through people-centered care, health care leadership is shared with people who have lived experience of the topic(s) at hand.
Rural Primary Care
Through a project called TEECH, we work with health care sites in rural populations disproportionately impacted by chronic diseases. The clinic sites are predominantly, fully, or partially located in primary care, dental, and behavioral health care health professional shortage areas (HPSAs).
Director of the Program in Global Primary Care and Social Change
Director of Equity, Access, and Advocacy
Associate Director of Health Systems
Faculty Affiliate
Research Assistant
Global Primary Care Scholars
We are committed to training and mentoring the next generation of global public health leaders.