Quality primary healthcare (PHC)

Transforming how PHC is financed, delivered and measured 

Quality primary healthcare

Why primary healthcare?

Strong primary healthcare can manage chronic conditions and help stop infectious disease outbreaks, but many countries struggle to make it accessible, accountable, cost-effective and coordinated. 

$6,000,000,000,000

of economic welfare lost each year due to poor quality healthcare systems. 

Making high-quality primary healthcare a reality will save millions of lives.

Quality primary healthcare in action

Partner spotlight: Dr. Kai von Harbou on the Emergency-Ready Primary Health Care Framework

Partner highlight: Dr. Champika Wickramasinghe of Sri Lanka

healthcare workers participate in a patient simulation simulation exercise in Sierra Leone.

How fake patients are helping real health facilities prevent epidemics

How we strengthen primary healthcare

Since 2017, our multidisciplinary team has worked with global, regional and country-level partners to build and bolster comprehensive healthcare systems from the ground up.   

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Partners

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Benchmarks for health emergencies

We partner with the World Health Organization to standardize best practices for preparedness, including developing a benchmarking tool to simplify and accelerate preparedness planning under International Health Regulations.

The cost of healthcare worker infections

In our advocacy efforts to protect healthcare workers, we released a joint report with the World Bank to calculate the true cost of healthcare worker infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as wider socioeconomic implications.

How we work

We strengthen primary healthcare by embedding public health functions for epidemic preparedness, enabling smarter care through digital and data systems, advancing chronic disease management, and securing sustainable financing.

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Where we work: Primary healthcare

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Overview: Primary healthcare Questions for Surveys

Resolve to Save Lives
May 11, 2026
A one-page overview of the PHCQS initiative, covering its objectives, development process, and current survey deployments across countries.
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Emergency-Ready Primary healthcare (ERPHC) Framework and Operational Guide

RTSL and WHO
May 11, 2026
The ERPHC Framework and Operational Guide offers a practical approach to embedding preparedness, response and resilience within routine PHC systems.
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ERPHC and 7-1-7: A Measles Case Study in Sierra Leone

Resolve to Save Lives
October 10, 2025
A study of 52 measles cases across 4 primary health facilities in Sierra Leone showed failed surge readiness due to supply gaps and referral pathways
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Global Development Assistance for Health Allocated to Cardiovascular Disease Control, 2015 to 2022

Journal of American College of Cardiology
December 1, 2025
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide yet CVD prevention efforts remain starkly underfunded. A new landmark report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology quantifies…

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Emergency-Ready Primary healthcare (ERPHC) Framework and Operational Guide

May 11, 2026
The ERPHC Framework and Operational Guide offers a practical approach to embedding preparedness, response and resilience within routine PHC systems.…

Strengthening epidemic readiness at the frontline: Insights from ERPHC implementation in Ethiopia

April 29, 2026
Reflections on the Epidemic-Ready Primary Healthcare in Ethiopia, including key lessons and a path forward to stronger epidemic readiness in PHC…

Scaling up pregnancy blood pressure care in Madhya Pradesh, India

April 22, 2026
Resolve to Save Lives scales up its blood pressure control programme for pregnant women to Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh—reaching 150 facilities and nearly 30,000 pregnancies a year.…