Primary Healthcare & Health System Strengthening

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Helping Nurses in Kenya Achieve a Public Image That Reflects Their Scholarship and Professionalism

Negative perceptions hinder the recognition of key contributions made by nurses to healthcare delivery and leads to demotivation of staff, negatively affecting access and quality of patient care.

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Basecamp Kick-Off: Building Resilience at the Individual, Community and System Level

A new cohort of health innovators, social entrepreneurs and change leaders from around the world navigate complex system challenges as they engage with and learn from each other at the School of System Change's Basecamp for Health System Transformation.

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International Nurses Day: A Time to Recognize and Support Nurses Driving Community-Centered Solutions

Nurses play a central role in a community-based approach to healthcare because of the time they spend with patients and families, building strong and trusting relationships over time.

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Mother-Daughter Promotoras on a Mission to Empower Their Community and Improve Health Outcomes One Person at a Time

As trusted community members, promotoras—community health workers in Spanish speaking communities—are uniquely effective in immigrant communities because of their ability to establish meaningful relationships based on shared experiences, mutual respect and deep empathy.

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When the River Rises: Delivering Healthcare Amid Challenges

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When the River Rises: Delivering Healthcare Amid Challenges

In the chars (river islands) of the Brahmaputra River in India, life can be challenging. During the monsoon season, these riverside communities are cut off from essential medical care for weeks at a time. With support from Johnson & Johnson Foundation, UNICEF is enabling dedicated health workers who traverse the hazardous river to deliver much needed medical care to families in the chars.

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Nurturing an Ecosystem of System Change Practitioners

Through a social learning approach, Basecamp for Health System Transformation aims to help health system leaders shift their mindsets to embrace systemic thinking and create radical change in a deeply change-resistant field.

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After a Personal Health Crisis Nearly Derails Her Career, This South African Nurse Returns to Public Healthcare to Care for High-Risk Patients

In a community facing health worker shortages among other socioeconomic challenges, Marleze Baartman is often caring for patients in medical emergency situations.

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Reflecting the Complexity of Change in Social Impact Reporting

In a context filled with volatility, uncertainty and ambiguity, we recognize that change cannot be measured through a single metric alone but with meaningful indicators and right-sized approaches to help us gain a fuller and more nuanced understanding of the Center’s impact in the world.

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Working in Primary Care to Help Ensure Everyone Receives Healthcare Without Discrimination

Despite limited resources, Constanza Quilodrán Valle is committed to empowering the women in her care to become active participants in their own health.

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Grow Your Own: An Innovative Program to Increase Access to Behavioral Health in Rural American Communities

Addressing health provider shortages by upskilling nurse practitioners already living and working in rural and underserved communities to integrate behavioral health into their practices and provide a more holistic level of care to their patients.

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