International Institute for Primary Health Care · Ethiopia
Knowledge that
climbs mountains.
Policies that reach people.
We're the bridge between good evidence and everyday care — testing what works in Ethiopia's woredas, then helping it reach the people and policies that need it most.
Too often, the best health evidence never makes it to the clinic in a remote woreda. Closing that gap is the whole job.
— The team at the International Institute for Primary Health Care, Ethiopia
How evidence travels
From a finding to a front line
Every program we run sits somewhere on this path. It's one unbroken chain — and we hold every link.
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Generate the evidence
Rigorous research, the Think Tank, and the PHC Evidence Digest — knowledge with a chain of custody.
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Prove it where people live
Six Woreda Innovation Centers — agrarian, pastoralist, urban — pilot ideas against reality, not slide decks.
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Move it into policy
Policy briefs and hands-on technical assistance carry what worked to ministries across the region.
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Reach everyday care
Leadership programs and peer networks make sure the change survives after the workshop ends.
Our 2026–2030 plan
What we're building toward
Everything we take on ladders up to one of these goals. Tap any of them to see the projects behind it.
The shape of the work
Small institute. Long reach.
We stay deliberately lean — the leverage comes from where the work happens and who carries it forward.
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Woreda Innovation Centers
agrarian, pastoralist & urban
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Country learning cohorts
Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Botswana
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Live webinars a year
plus a growing archive
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Strategic goals to 2030
one throughline: close the gap
Worth a look
Fresh from IPHC-E
What's coming up
Conferences, webinars & more
ICPHC — our biennial conference
Past highlights and the next call for abstracts, all in one place.
Monthly webinar series
A live session every month, plus a growing archive of recordings.
New publications
Policy briefs, research reports, and case studies as they land.
Ways in
However you'd like to work with us
Pick the door that fits — each one goes to a real person, not a black hole.
Working alongside
Progress in primary health care is a team sport.