Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity
Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity

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Developing a new field of science at the intersection of social medicine, health-system design, and service delivery


The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity is a joint initiative of

Areas of Work

Research
Research
informing the design, implementation, evaluation, and scale-up of integrated service delivery models
Policy
Policy
developing policies based on equity-informed priority-setting and service delivery design
Training
Training
giving mid-level providers the knowledge and skills to lead decentralized, integrated care clinics
Implementation
Implementation
providing technical support for implementation of integrated service delivery models in lower-income countries
Advocacy
Advocacy
mobilizing technical, policy, and financing support for integrated service delivery models

Latest News

Center for Integration Science Participates in Africa CDC Workshop on Noncommunicable Diseases
Center for Integration Science Participates in Africa CDC Workshop on Noncommunicable Diseases
The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity participated in an Africa CDC/African Union workshop, “Non-Communicable Diseases, Injuries, and Mental Health Surveillance: Situational Analysis ...
Center for Integration Science and WHO Regional Office for Africa Plan Joint Collaboration to Achieve PEN-Plus Regional Implementation Targets
Center for Integration Science and WHO Regional Office for Africa Plan Joint Collaboration to Achieve PEN-Plus Regional Implementation Targets
The WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) and the NCDI Poverty Network met in Accra, Ghana, from 17 to 19 July to discuss the region’s ...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $9 Million to WHO Regional Office for Africa for Severe Noncommunicable Diseases
Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants $9 Million to WHO Regional Office for Africa for Severe Noncommunicable Diseases
Efforts to expand PEN-Plus across sub-Saharan Africa received a major boost when the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced a $9 million ...
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SAVING PRECIOUS LIVES

For the world’s poorest billion people—more than 90 percent of whom live in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia—severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases lead to more than a half a million avoidable deaths among children and young adults each year. PEN-Plus, an integrated care-delivery model designed to serve people living with those diseases in extreme poverty, has proved so successful that all 47 member states of the WHO African Region have voted to adopt it. Learn how this innovative approach is already saving and transforming lives.