{"id":1064,"date":"2010-07-19T13:17:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T17:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/?page_id=1064"},"modified":"2019-02-05T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:39:46","slug":"primary-care-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/what-we-do\/primary-care-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Care and Health Systems Strengthening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1151 alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 30px;\" src=\"\/ghc\/files\/2010\/07\/VN-318-456x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"395\" \/>Our\u00a0ultimate mission is to improve the quality of health care around the world by increasing access to primary care on the national level. Our faculty act as expert consultants to provide guidance to local partners\u00a0in integrating Family Medicine principles and practices\u00a0and other culturally-appropriate models into pre-existing primary care structures. Our system strengthening activities involve creating\u00a0or improving primary care infrastructure,\u00a0delivery networks, and training opportunities for medical professionals.<\/p>\n<h3>Projects:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"...technical-consultation-for-national-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technical Consultation for National Hospital (Lesotho)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"...afins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFINS Hospital Nutrition Project\u00a0(Vietnam)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/viet-nam-projects\/mededvietnam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Primary Care and Medical Education in Central Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"..\/where-we-work\/viet-nam-projects\/vietnam-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnam Family Medicine Development Project<\/a><a href=\"...strengthening-community-health-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"...strengthening-community-health-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" rel=\"noopener\">Strengthening Community Health Services (Lesotho)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"...strengthening-district-hospitals-and-health-centers-in-lesotho\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" rel=\"noopener\">Strengthing District Hospitals and Health Centers (Lesotho)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/lesotho\/previous-grants\/building-hivaids-capacity-and-improving-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" rel=\"noopener\">Building HIV\/AIDS Capacity and Improving Quality in the Context of Sustainable Primary Care in Lesotho<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/viet-nam-projects\/mekong-delta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improving Primary Care in the Mekong Delta: Family Medicine Development<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/lesotho\/previous-grants\/developing-the-lesotho-primary-health-care-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/lesotho\/previous-grants\/developing-the-lesotho-primary-health-care-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" rel=\"noopener\">Developing the Lesotho Primary Health Care Workforce: Nurse Clinicians and Family Medicine Physicians<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/lesotho\/previous-grants\/problem-solving-for-better-health-psbh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jump Starting Lesotho\u2019s Response to HIV\/AIDS: Problem Solving for Better Health (PSBH)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/lesotho\/previous-grants\/rapid-donor-survey-for-lesotho-health-sector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rapid Donor Survey for Lesotho Health Sector<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/where-we-work\/lesotho\/previous-grants\/teacher-training-and-healthy-teachers-in-lesotho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teacher Training and Healthy Teachers in Lesotho<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our\u00a0ultimate mission is to improve the quality of health care around the world by increasing access to primary care on the national level. 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