The four-year designation formalises and builds on the Department’s longstanding collaboration with the WHO, acknowledging its many years of expert support to countries working to strengthen primary health care.
With internationally recognised expertise in health systems analysis, evidence synthesis, clinical trials, digital health, qualitative research and implementation science, the Department is well placed to support the WHO and its Member States in strengthening primary health care-oriented health systems worldwide.
This latest designation follows the recent recognition of our Sustainable Healthy Food Group as the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Promotion of Healthy and Sustainable Diets, underscoring the breadth of the Department’s contribution to WHO’s global health agenda.
Supporting the WHO’s global health strategy
The new WHO Collaborating Centre will contribute to the implementation of the WHO’s 14th General Programme of Work (GPW14), the organisation’s global strategy setting out priorities and goals for improving health worldwide.
A central priority within GPW14, Strategic Objective 3, focuses on advancing the global primary health care approach. In practice, this means supporting countries to organise and strengthen their health systems so that high-quality care is delivered close to where people live, centred on people’s needs, and provided in a coordinated and sustainable way.
Read the full story on the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences website.