How we save lives / Strong primary healthcare
Quality primary healthcare (PHC)
Transforming how PHC is financed, delivered and measured
Strategies for 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.
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.
Setting a new standard for quality primary healthcare through sustainable financing; integrated, person-centered care delivery; and actionable measurement.
Primary healthcare Questions for Surveys (PHCQS)
A standardized assessment to rigorously track PHC performance—across countries, over time, and among different demographic and geographic groups.
Rwanda Primary Heath Care Initiative
Leveraging digital systems to improve patient access and care, operational efficiency and health system resilience in partnership with Rwanda’s Ministry of Health.
Digital tools for PHC
Harnessing digital technologies and emerging AI solutions as catalysts to simplify workflows, extend reach, and enable smarter, faster decision-making for providers, patients, and policymakers.
Managing high blood pressure in primary care
Helping people living with high blood pressure and diabetes manage their conditions at primary healthcare facilities closer to home.
Epidemic-ready primary healthcare
Embedding epidemic preparedness and response into clinical health services to create systems marked by speed, safety and the strength to manage patient surges.
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Foundations for sustainable health
A practical blueprint for building epidemic-ready and climate-resilient primary healthcare
Fast, free software for clinicians to manage patients with hypertension & diabetes
Learn more about our Simple app
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.