Recentering hepatitis care for people and communities
Strengthening the integrated treatment and care for hepatitis
The goal of the StITCH Project is to co-design a people-centered model of care for hepatitis B and C at the primary health care level. Through a process of patient journey mapping and meaningful engagement with health care providers, people with lived experience, and health care policymakers, we aim to create and implement an evidence-based model-of-care which is integrated into existing health service delivery at primary care facilities in Viet Nam and the Philippines, where viral hepatitis is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. This project is done in collaboration with HAIVN (a collaboration between Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital) and the University of Philippines Manilla, and is supported by Gilead Sciences.
How we do it
OptimizeOptimizing clinical pathways and linkages |
BuildBuilding primary care workers’ capability |
Harvard Global Health Institute Coffee Session
During this coffee session, StITCH leaders discuss their collaboration spanning the United States, Vietnam, and the Philippines, where they navigate diverse political, social, and health system landscapes to advance a unified goal of equitable, people-centered care.
HMS Global Primary Health Care
Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care builds relationships with organizations to create sustainable, reliable primary care systems that advance health equity and access for communities worldwide.