Organisation of primary health care in the Asia-Pacific region: developing a prioritised research agenda

Health system planners in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) of the Asia-Pacific region seeking to reorient primary health care (PHC) systems to achieve universal health coverage may be hindered by lack of knowledge of what works in their setting. With limited resources for research available, it is important to identify evidence-based strategies for reorganising PHC delivery, determine where relevant evidence gaps exist and prioritise these for future study. This paper describes an approach for doing this using the best available evidence combined with consultation to establish evidence priorities.

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Palagyi A, Dodd R, Jan S, Nambiar D, Joshi R, Tian M, Abimbola S and Peiris D. Organisation of primary health care in the Asia-Pacific region: developing a prioritised research agenda. BMJ Global Health. 2019;4:e001467. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001467