What do a warming planet and displaced populations mean for delivery of healthcare? As we approach crucial discussions on climate change at COP26, our latest co-authored article, published in Health Affairs, looks at how both COVID-19 and migration due to climate change impact already fragile health systems – and what should de done in response.
We’ve recently been supporting primary healthcare workers to pilot the use of WHO’s NCD emergency kits in the Caribbean. Working with PAHO and the Ministry of Health we trained front line healthcare providers in St Vincent and the Grenadines on addressing the needs of people living with chronic conditions in the aftermath of the La … Read more …
We have just launched a new fundraising appeal to allow us to update our online guidance on COVID-19 for frontline primary healthcare workers in resource poor settings around the world. With your support last year we rapidly mobilised to respond to requests for guidance– and quickly shared, for free, online COVID-19 e-learning content in English, … Read more …
We know that the combination of COVID-19, chronic diseases and poverty present a global health emergency: a ‘perfect storm’. But what does this mean in places with even greater fragility, conflict and uncertainty, especially now that funding for the humanitarian sector is at risk.
As a social enterprise we’re very proud to be included on 2021’s NatWest #SE100 Index listing the UK’s best in social enterprises. You can find the full list of organisations here. We are also a registered Community Interest Company (CIC). Find out more about how we work here.
What does it mean to ‘build capacity’ of healthcare workers globally? We know that clinical expertise must be matched with knowledge and appreciation of context – politics, policy, economy, culture. As resources are redirected to economic recovery from COVID-19, most obviously demonstrated in the recent dramatic cuts to UK development assistance, there is now an opportunity to radically rethink our approaches to learning and recalibrate current dynamics.
We are delighted to officially launch the PCI Academy with our inaugural online NCD course, in partnership with UNHCR. The PCI Academy is PCI’s learning hub for primary care practitioners working globally. It’s our ‘home’ for learning. The course being launched today – ‘Management of NCDs in primary care’ – consists of interactive self-paced e-learning … Read more …
We’re delighted to be partnering with Altibbi to provide learning for their telehealth practitioners across the Middle East and North Africa region. Altibbi is the leading digital health platform in the region. The platform currently facilitates around 10,000 consultations per day with carefully selected and trained doctors. Altibbi is now launching the Altibbi Academy, produced … Read more …
Read PCI’s CEO, Julia Beart’s, reflections on how PCI has pivoted to support healthcare workers remotely during the pandemic, in doing so focusing on our guiding star – quality primary healthcare for all – and developing refined strategic priorities for the coming years
Kidest Nadew and Enrique Castro-Sánchez, nurses and members of Primary Care International (PCI) Clinical Associate network, share their thoughts and experiences for International Nurses Day on what nurses globally need to thrive. COVID-19 has brought home the key role of frontline health workers and the importance of a strong and supported primary care team: and … Read more …
