Our Director of Primary Health Care Dr Stacey Mearns recently shared Resolve to Save Lives’ vision for a safer world with nearly 50 experts from around the world at a global workshop in Cairo. For too long, primary health care systems have faced persistent gaps in emergency preparedness and response. That’s why we worked with partners World Health Organization and Robert Koch Institute to create Emergency-Ready Primary Health Care (ERPHC), a framework that embeds emergency preparedness into primary health care.
The ERPHC framework prepares primary health care systems to prevent, detect and respond to public health emergencies while maintaining essential health services. In Cairo, we worked to further refine the framework’s architecture and guidance as we prepare to introduce it to a global audience. The workshop marked an important step toward building resilient primary health care systems that are well-prepared for the next public health emergency.
