{"id":118,"date":"2010-05-19T10:32:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T14:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2020-05-07T07:59:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T11:59:49","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container home-page autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-2469\" data-slideshow-name=\"home-page\" data-slideshow-delay=\"3000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-2469\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2469_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/ghc\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_8041-636x477.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2469_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/ghc\/files\/2020\/02\/Semonkong-028-CHW-VCT-Training-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2469_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/ghc\/files\/2020\/02\/Vietnam-L53A9018-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2469_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/ghc\/files\/2018\/12\/Vietnam-L53A8303-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2469_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/ghc\/files\/2020\/02\/Vietnam-L53A8183-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2469_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/ghc\/files\/2020\/02\/Myanmar-File0050-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-2469\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Welcome to the home of the Boston University Global Health Collaborative. Through this initiative, the Boston University\u00a0Department of Family Medicine has reaffirmed\u00a0its <strong>commitment to improving health access and supporting the provision of primary care services for the underserved around the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We achieve this through our proven approach to Primary Health Care (PHC) system strengthening, focused on building up the necessary elements for delivery of quality PHC services using our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghc\/what-we-do\/family-medicine\/\">Primary Care Development Playbook.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Our Vision<\/h3>\n<p>Every person has a competent\u00a0and\u00a0well-trained primary care team caring for them regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, geographic locale, economic status, disease burden or health status.<\/p>\n<h3>Mission Statement<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The mission of BU GHC is to raise the level of health care for populations world-wide by enhancing primary care through medical education, improving health systems management, increasing access to high quality\u00a0clinical services, supporting policy development and promoting research and evaluation.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h3>Our Work<\/h3>\n<p>In order to accomplish our mission, we partner with local organizations and institutions to engage in capacity building and health system strengthening by engaging in the following key activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Partnering with and developing future health care leaders to be champions for primary care<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Supporting development of educational programs for local teams of practitioners in building\/increasing competency to provide\u00a0full-spectrum primary care services to all<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Integrating primary care into existing academic and training institutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Providing expertise in clinical service delivery and local systems of management<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Consulting with governmental and non-governmental organizations to strengthen health care systems through primary care <span>policy development<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Supporting research and evaluation on primary care development <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Fostering alliances with other international and regional organizations to promote global health equity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the home of the Boston University Global Health Collaborative. 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