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Primary health care (PHC) is recognized as the most inclusive, equitable, and cost-effective approach to enhancing people’s health and well-being, while facilitating universal access to integrated health services, positioning it as the “engine” for driving progress towards Universal Health Coverage.Integration is a key enabler for people-centered PHC, and can be defined and approached in numerous ways depending on contextual factors and needs. As countries look towards 2030 health goals and health system leaders consider how to strategically advance integrated systems and services, additional practical guidance is needed for how to prepare, design, implement, and monitor integration.This refreshed primer aims to equip policymakers, health system planners, implementers, advocates, and donors with pragmatic guidance, learnings, and tools as they advance integrated systems and services to strengthen PHC.Building from a literature review and learnings from PATH’s experience advancing integrated services and systems across varied contexts, this primer offers practical considerations and resources for approaching integration, including:an orientation and framework for approaching the type (“what”) and degree (“how”) of integration, including context-specific examples of operationalizing integration within the domains of service delivery, organizational and professional networks, and health systems.guiding principles to consider during planning and implementation.a shortlist of tools and resources to assess readiness and adoption of an integrated model, including the Readiness Assessment and Prioritization for Integration Decisions (RAPID) tool.approaches for measuring integration aligned with contextual and integration priorities—emphasizing coverage, quality, and cost—with illustrative indicators.country spotlights featuring applied integration experience in Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Senegal, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

PATH, in collaboration with the Maharashtra Department of Health and Family Welfare, conducted a biomedical equipment survey in health facilities across the state in January 2024. This report analyzes data collected through facility assessments to provide a snapshot of the medical oxygen ecosystem of 34 health facilities in 27 of Maharashtra’s 36 districts. The purpose of this work is to quantify existing oxygen delivery and production equipment, consumables for administering oxygen therapy, bed capacity, and facility infrastructure characteristics.

PATH, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Department of Health and Family Welfare, conducted a biomedical equipment survey in health facilities across the state in January 2024. This report analyzes data collected through facility assessments to provide a snapshot of the medical oxygen ecosystem of 149 health facilities in 65 districts across Uttar Pradesh, India. The purpose of this work is to quantify existing oxygen delivery and production equipment, consumables for administering oxygen therapy, bed capacity, and facility infrastructure characteristics.

This slide provides a snapshot of the Group B Streptococcus (GBS) vaccine technology landscape, in the effort to track the development of GBS vaccine candidates and provide a summary of the various vaccine approaches being worked on around the world.This snapshot pairs with the GBS Vaccine Clinical Trial Tracker, which provides publicly available information on clinical trials of GBS vaccine candidates intended for disease prevention.To share any updates or corrections to the snapshot, please contact gbssnapshot@path.org.

This spreadsheet provides publicly available information on clinical trials of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) candidate vaccines intended for disease prevention.Sources of information for these trials include clinicaltrials.gov, who.int/clinical-trials-registry-platform, clinicaltrialsregister.eu, chictr.org.cn, and anzctr.org.au.Some information is also obtained through contact with investigators, sponsors, and funders of vaccine clinical trials. This spreadsheet pairs with the GBS Vaccine Snapshot, which provides a summary of the GBS vaccine candidates in development worldwide.To share any updates or corrections to the tracker, please contact gbssnapshot@path.org.