Family Practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Primary Health Care for Universal Health Coverage

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· CRC Press
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This joint publication from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) provides a concise analysis of the state of family practice in the 22 countries spread over North Africa, the Middle East and Western Asia, i.e. the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in both English and Arabic. It shares perspectives and advice from global and regional leaders on how family practice can be introduced and strengthened in high-, middle- and low-income countries.

About the author

Hassan Salah is Primary Health Care Regional Advisor, and Integrated Service Delivery Team Lead, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, World Health Organization. Salah is a medical doctor, with a Master’s Degree from Harvard School of Public Health. Michael Kidd is an Australian family doctor and medical researcher. He served as WONCA President from 2013–2016. He is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Canada. He also has academic appointments with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, and as Honorary Professor of Global Primary Care at Flinders University in Australia.

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