In our new series, we highlight the staff and faculty behind the compelling work at Ariadne Labs. Hannah Ratcliffe discusses how the Ariadne team is working to strengthen primary health care globally. After obtaining a degree in biology, Hannah Ratcliffe worked as a bench scientist but says she soon realized “the details of protein pathways… Continue reading Five questions with Hannah Ratcliffe
More than 75 policymakers, implementers, and researchers map the gaps in global knowledge and prioritize key questions in new BMJ Global Health special issue Globally, primary health care is finally getting the attention it deserves. With the international commitment to achieving Universal Health Care coverage in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, there is growing… Continue reading A new global research agenda to advance primary health care and achieve UHC
Emphasizing continuity of primary health care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can help achieve equitable, high-quality care for all, states a recent commentary by Ariadne Labs staff published in BMJ Global Health. “Continuity” as a key tenet of effective primary health care and is defined as coherent, linked care between patients, families, communities,… Continue reading Commentary: Focus on continuity of primary care to achieve universal health coverage
Asaf Bitton, M.D., M.P.H., is the executive director of Ariadne Labs, a health systems innovation center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy at both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. … Continue reading Asaf Bitton
June-Ho Kim, MD, MPH is Senior Faculty Advisor to the Primary Health Care program at Ariadne Labs, Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and an attending physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the Division of General Medicine & Primary Care. He advises Ariadne’s work in advancing primary health care systems in low and… Continue reading June-Ho Kim