Strengthening primary health care leadership: responding to a global need

[en] Effective leadership to support whole-system learning is urgently needed to advance primary health care (PHC) as the foundational approach for achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals WHO’s PHC Leadership Course responds to a substantial global demand, evidenced by more than 2700 applications from 155 countries, to equip leaders with both the technical knowledge and implementation skills to drive PHC-oriented reforms Establishing an enabling presence of PHC leaders requires collaborative efforts across WHO, WHO member states, development partners, academic institutions, and civil society organizations to further bolster capacity-building opportunities worldwide

Disciplines :

Public health, health care sciences & services

Author, co-author :

Khalid, Faraz

McLellan, Andrew

Rouleau, Katherine

Barbazza, Erica

Bukhanova, Nataliya

Pedersen, Marcus

Khara, Vibhuti

Syed, Shamsuzzoha Babar

Odugleh-Kolev, Asiya

Janssens, Bart

Dalil, Suraya

Porignon, Denis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique : aspects spécifiques

Language :

English

Title :

Strengthening primary health care leadership: responding to a global need

Publication date :

July 2025

Journal title :

Lancet Primary Care

eISSN :

3050-5143

Publisher :

Elsevier

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

100009

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S3050514325000093?httpAccept=text/xml

Funding text :

This course was supported by the European Commission (INTPA).

Available on ORBi :

since 25 July 2025

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