Brown Bag Seminar: Threading policy and practice: Lessons from a primary healthcare project to address hepatitis in Vietnam and the Philippines
The STITCH project (Strengthening the Integrated Treatment and Care for Hepatitis) is a multi-country initiative to co-design, test, and scale a people-centered model of care for hepatitis B and C at the primary care level. In its fourth year, STITCH is beginning to influence national policies and programs, reflecting how pathways for translation and the perspectives of people with lived experience were built in from the start. This session will share emerging lessons on designing participatory and implementation research for sustained policy impact.
Bethany Holt is a global health practitioner currently serving as the Director of Health Systems Transformation and Partnerships at Harvard Medical School’s Program in Global Primary Health Care. In this role, she coordinates global research, education, advocacy and innovation initiatives to advance people-centered primary health care. Her portfolio includes co-leading the Lancet Global Health Commission on People-Centered Care and partnering with governments and communities to co-design and scale innovative care models, such as hepatitis services in Vietnam and the Philippines and community-based prevention of chronic illness in Thailand. She also leads the Program’s Scholar engagement and is passionate about engaging and mentoring students and trainees from diverse disciplines in community engagement and global health delivery.
Bethany brings a multi-disciplinary perspective gained over 10 years of work in the health and social impact sectors in the US, Australia and the Asia-Pacific. She applies knowledge and tools gained through experience as a physician, public health researcher, strategy consultant, and philanthropic development partner. Prior to her medical degree, for which she earned First Class Honours and the University Medal, Bethany studied international relations and economics. She graduated with an MPH in global health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which she attended on Fulbright Scholarship, and subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her academic focus is on health systems strengthening through implementation science, community partnership, and participatory methods.
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Bethany Holt
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