Continuity and care coordination of primary health care: a scoping review

R Khatri, A Endalamaw, D Erku, E Wolka… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Healthcare coordination and continuity of care conceptualize all care providers
and organizations involved in health care to ensure the right care at the right time. However …

Primary healthcare system performance in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review of the evidence from 2010 to 2017

A Bitton, J Fifield, H Ratcliffe, A Karlage, H Wang… - BMJ Global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction The 2018 Astana Declaration reaffirmed global commitment to primary
healthcare (PHC) as a core strategy to achieve universal health coverage. To meet this …

National response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and lessons learned for other countries

J Oh, JK Lee, D Schwarz, HL Ratcliffe… - Health Systems & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) had
the second highest number of cases globally yet was able to dramatically lower the …

[HTML][HTML] Primary health care contributions to universal health coverage, Ethiopia

Y Assefa, PS Hill, CF Gilks, M Admassu… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many global health institutions, including the World Health Organization, consider primary
health care as the path towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, there …

A conceptual framework for measuring community health workforce performance within primary health care systems

S Agarwal, P Sripad, C Johnson, K Kirk… - Human resources for …, 2019 - Springer
Background With the 40th anniversary of the Declaration of Alma-Ata, a global effort is
underway to re-focus on strengthening primary health care systems, with emphasis on …

Strengthening primary health-care services to help prevent and control long-term (chronic) non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income countries

M Haque, T Islam, NAA Rahman… - … and healthcare policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The prevalence of long-term (chronic) non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing
globally due to an ageing global population, urbanization, changes in lifestyles, and …

[HTML][HTML] Measures to strengthen primary health-care systems in low-and middle-income countries

EV Langlois, A McKenzie, H Schneider… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary health care offers a cost–effective route to achieving universal health coverage
(UHC). However, primary health-care systems are weak in many low-and middle-income …

Guide posts for investment in primary health care and projected resource needs in 67 low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

K Stenberg, O Hanssen, M Bertram… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Primary health care (PHC) is a driving force for advancing towards universal
health coverage (UHC). PHC-oriented health systems bring enormous benefits but require …

On the importance of primary and community healthcare in relation to global health and environmental threats: lessons from the COVID-19 crisis

P Lauriola, P Martín-Olmedo, GS Leonardi… - BMJ Global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that primary healthcare
systems play a critical role in clinical care, such as patient screening, triage, physical and …

Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders in two Systems Learning Districts on improving the …

M Kweku, H Amu, A Awolu, M Adjuik, MA Ayanore… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background In 1999, Ghana introduced the Community-Based Health Planning and
Services (CHPS) as the key primary health care strategy. In this study, we explored the …