Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity
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
informing the design, implementation, evaluation, and scale-up of integrated service delivery models
Policy
developing policies based on equity-informed priority-setting and service delivery design
Training
giving mid-level providers the knowledge and skills to lead decentralized, integrated care clinics
Implementation
providing technical support for implementation of integrated service delivery models in lower-income countries
Advocacy
mobilizing technical, policy, and financing support for integrated service delivery models
Latest News
Members of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Steering Committee convened on 8 November for their ninth meeting. The event included presentations on the progress of the ...
A team of NCDI Poverty Network technical experts recently traveled to Nepal to align with partners following the Ministry of Health’s decision to expand PEN-Plus ...
An opinion article published this month in The BMJ spotlights the PEN-Plus strategy as a new hope for improving chronic disease care in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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.