GLOBAL MAPping of Priorities in Primary Care Research

Population Health Management
In Progress
Health Workforce, Primary Care, Public Health
September 2025 to December 2026

About

This project extends the work of the Global Road project, a global deliberative dialogue study that established primary care research priorities through a series of discussions with primary care providers, policy makers, and researchers from around the world. In the current phase, our objective is to further identify regional and global primary care research priorities by conducting a cross-sectional survey among a wider global audience.

Impact

GLOBAL MAP aims to inform a shared global research agenda to strengthen primary care. By capturing diverse stakeholder perspectives, it aims to highlight essential research priorities to improve teamwork, equity, and service delivery helping health systems worldwide design more adaptable, and people centered models of care.

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Team Members

  • Archna Gupta (Principal Investigator)
  • Keshini Abeyewardene (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • Katherine Rouleau (WHO Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Toronto, Canada) (Co-Investigator)
  • Q. Jane Zhao (University of Toronto, Canada) (Co-Investigator)
  • Sankha Randenikumara (College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka (CGPSL) and WONCA WP on Planetary Health) (Co-Investigator)
  • Maria Sofia Cuba Fuentes (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru) (Co-Investigator)
  • Klaus Von Pressentin (University of Cape Town, South Africa) (Co-Investigator)
  • Arzu Uzuner (Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey) (Co-Investigator)
  • Doret Cheng (University of Toronto, Canada) (Co-Investigator)
  • Innocent Besigye (Makerere University, Uganda) (Co-Investigator)
  • Mercy Wanjala (County Government of Embu Health Department, Kenya)  (Co-Investigator)
  • Mesfin Zbelo (World Health Organization) (Co-Investigator)
  • Melvina Thompson (Connaught Hospital, Sierra Leone) (Co-Investigator)
  • Carmen Bruno (DPS provincial research center, Mozambique) (Co-Investigator)
  • Ramakrishna Prasad (National Center for Primary Care Research & Policy, Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI), India) (Co-Investigator)
  • Adelson Jantsch (Universidade Aberta do Sistema Unico de Saude, Brazil) (Co-Investigator)
  • Mehmet Akman (Marmara University School of Medicine, Turkey and WONCA working party on Research) (Co-Investigator)
  • Thiago Trindade (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte/Brazil) (Co-Investigator)
  • Diego Nicolas Garcia-Huidobro Munita (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) (Co-Investigator)
  • Roxana Rabet (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) (Co-Investigator)
  • Radhika Gandhi (Research Coordinator)

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