5th International Conference on Primary Care and Global Healthcare

Session Overview

This session examines how primary-care systems, health-system reforms and global health strategies can advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC) while reducing inequities in access, quality and health outcomes. It focuses on the practical and policy challenges of translating UHC commitments into accessible, affordable and high-quality primary care across different income levels, geographic settings and health-system contexts.

The session provides a platform for research comparing how countries and health systems design, finance and implement primary-care reforms, particularly for underserved, vulnerable and geographically isolated populations. It explores whether reforms are genuinely improving equity rather than simply expanding service coverage.

A central question is: How can primary-care reforms accelerate equitable UHC across different health-system contexts?

Sub Tracks

• Universal Health Coverage & Primary Health Care
• Health Equity & Health Inequalities
• Primary-Care Reform & Health-System Transformation
• Health Financing & Financial Protection
• Global & Comparative Primary-Care Systems

Scientific Scope & Research Areas

The scientific scope covers global health, health systems, health policy, health equity, primary health care, UHC and health financing. It brings together comparative and implementation research examining how health systems can expand effective primary-care coverage without widening existing inequalities.

Research may address healthcare access, service coverage, financial protection, health-system governance, workforce distribution, resource allocation, decentralisation, community participation and primary-care reform.

Particular emphasis is placed on the distinction between nominal coverage and effective coverage—whether populations can actually obtain timely, affordable and high-quality care when needed. Research examining how national reforms perform across different socioeconomic, geographic and health-system environments is especially relevant.

Discussion & Research Areas

• How primary-care reforms can accelerate equitable progress toward Universal Health Coverage
• Effective health coverage versus nominal service coverage across different populations
• Financial protection, out-of-pocket expenditure and affordability of primary care
• Reducing geographic, socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in primary-care access
• Health-system governance, policy implementation and accountability for equitable primary care
• Primary-care workforce distribution and its influence on UHC and health equity
• Comparative evidence on primary-care reforms across high-income, middle-income and low-income health systems

Who Should Attend / Submit

• Global Health Researchers
• Primary Care & Family Medicine Researchers
• Public Health Researchers
• Health Policy & Health Systems Researchers
• Health Economists
• Health Services Researchers
• Epidemiologists
• UHC & Health Equity Researchers
• Government & Public Health Officials
• Healthcare Planners & Policy Analysts
• International Health Organizations
• University Faculty & Research Institutions
• NGOs & Community Health Organizations

Keywords

Universal Health Coverage | Global Health | Health Equity | Primary Health Care | Health Systems | Health Policy | Health Financing.