Primary Health Care

Operating at the nexus of product development and system innovation, we work with countries and partners to reimagine primary health care through a people-centered, data-driven approach that gives everyone a fair chance at health and well-being.

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  1. PATH's Gerald Robi interviews a caregiver for a person living with diabetes as part of the landscaping exercise.
    November 14, 2023

    Five critical issues facing people living with diabetes resurge in Diabetes CarePak landscape assessments

    Diabetes is a global and growing problem. Recent evidence published by the Lancet projects that 1.3 billion people will have diabetes by 2050.

  2. A health care worker unpacks and installs an oxygen concentrator for a COVID-19-positive patient inside an isolation ward at Rural Hospital in Palghar, Maharashtra, India. Photo: PATH/Ragul Krishnan.
    September 27, 2023

    Universal health coverage means universal oxygen access

    Medical oxygen is critical across countries, ages, and diseases. “Health for all” cannot be achieved without sustained prioritization and investment in universal oxygen access.

  3. A community health worker's travel case of family planning options including the injectable contraceptive DMPA-SC (brand name Sayana Press)
    September 12, 2023

    The Injectables Access Collaborative: Putting self-injectable contraception within reach

    The Injectables Access Collaborative (AC) provides data-driven technical assistance, coordination, resources, and tools to ensure that women and girls have increased access to DMPA-SC and self-injection as part of an expanded range of contraceptive methods, delivered through informed choice programming.

  4. Lucy Barh is a midwife at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez.
    August 21, 2023

    Financing the future of global health

    Investing in primary health care is the expressway to universal health coverage, but we need more and better spending to get there.

  5. A health provider and client at Dien Hanh Commune health station in Dien Chau District, Nghe An Province. Photo: Nguyen Thai Ha/PATH.
    July 21, 2023

    A triple impact approach to reduce mother-to-child transmission

    PATH, The Hepatitis Fund, and the City of Geneva have teamed up on an innovative approach to combat hepatitis B, HIV, and syphilis in Vietnam.

  6. A health care worker at the Dominique Health Center in Pikine, Senegal provides family planning support and counselling to patients. Photo: PATH/ Gabe Bienczycki.
    June 29, 2023

    How to make primary health care work for everyone

    PATH’s Dr. Kimberly Green explains how sustainable financing, integration, and a people-centered approach can bring quality primary health care to more people.