Primary Healthcare Partnerships
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Through a network of more than 30 primary healthcare partnerships in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, AIHA has helped establish some 70 primary care, family medicine, and women’s wellness centers that provide comprehensive, high-quality clinical care to thousands of people each year.
In a primary care setting, the inextricable link between a patient’s mental and physical wellbeing quickly becomes apparent. Responding to the needs of the people they serve, healthcare providers at partner institutions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have initiated staff training programs on issues mental and behavioral health topics and added patient education and counseling to the list of services they provide. As gatekeepers to the healthcare system, primary care practitioners are being taught to recognize the importance of being able to detect mental and behavioral disorders in their patients and to provide them with appropriate services or referrals.
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