Hopkins at Home: Comprehensive Primary Health Care: Blueprint for Resilient Health Systems

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Do you know the difference between comprehensive primary health care and primary care? Join David Bishai and Meike Schleiff, co-editors of Achieving Health for All: Primary Health Care in Action, as they help distinguish that difference, debunk a set of common myths related to how we can best improve our health, and cite examples of countries that improved health with comprehensive primary health care. Their discussion will also describe the potential for primary health care to support the COVID-19 response and achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Please attend the event by joining the webcast on Sept. 22. Join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #HopkinsatHome.

David Bishai is a professor in the Population, Family, and Reproductive Health Department at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an economist and physician and specializes on the intersection of public health and economic development. A noted teacher, he won the Golden Apple teaching award for online teaching on health systems. He received his Doctor of Medicine from UC San Diego, followed by residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics at UCLA and a PhD in health economics from the Wharton Business School.

Meike Schleiff (Bloomberg '13, '17) is an assistant scientist in the International Health Department's Health Systems Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. She has worked extensively in community development planning, implementation, evaluation, and training in Haiti, Guyana, Uganda, India, and the Appalachian region in the U.S. She teaches courses on primary health care, community health, and health equity at Johns Hopkins and with Last Mile Health. She holds a Doctor of Public Health and a Master of Science in Public Health. from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science in agriculture and natural resources from Berea College.