PRICE - Strengthening Health Systems through Primary Care leaders Education

Project general objective

is to enable the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Malawi and the University of Zambia (School of Public Health) to increase the quantity and quality of their graduates and their education and research programs within PHC. This will establish the next generation of competent and autonomous primary care and public health professionals, and contribute to a resilient health system that can offer integrated, equitable and high quality health services.

For education, activities will comprise:

Curriculum innovation: Curriculum development training, development and revision support workshops, to strengthen the focus on primary care “systems thinking” and values, interdisciplinary skills, research and accountable leadership targeting Bachelor, Masters and PhD programs. 

Community to-Clinic Bridged Training: In Malawi MMed training in FM takes place in District hospitals. In Zambia we will work closely with the MOH to develop a connection between community and facility based training to provide a whole continuum of primary care training and practice base.

For research, activities will comprise:

Annual PHC research proposal development workshops facilitated by experienced faculty researchers and supported by the University of Bergen (UiB) and/or Primafamed.

Joint supervision to build stronger teams to support students and PhD candidates

Data analysis workshops to support candidates/students after data collection

Scientific writing workshops to support candidates/students during manuscript writing to make the process more effective and improve the quality of the texts.