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Gill-Lebovic Center for Community Health in the Caribbean and Latin America

  

 

Achieving universal health coverage and health-related sustainable development goals depend on high-performing primary healthcare systems

 

Located within the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University, the Gill-Lebovic Center (GLC) is a pioneering research hub focused on advancing primary health care (PHC ) systems across the Caribbean and Latin America.

We leverage the research, expertise and experience of faculty at the Milken Institute School of Public Health and across the George Washington University.

  • We translate evidence.
  • We foster future generations of researchers.
  • We partner with international agencies and their member states to strengthen primary healthcare systems.

 

 

El Centro Gill-Lebovic, ubicado en la Escuela de Salud Pública del Instituto Milken de la Universidad George Washington, es un centro de investigación dedicado al avance de los sistemas de atención primaria de salud (APS) en el Caribe y América Latina.

Para ello:

  • Aprovechamos la investigación, el conocimiento y la experiencia del profesorado de la Escuela de Salud Pública del Instituto Milken y de toda la Universidad George Washington.
  • Traducimos la evidencia a la práctica.
  • Formamos a las futuras generaciones de investigadores.
  • Colaboramos con agencias internacionales y sus estados miembros para fortalecer los sistemas de atención primaria de salud.

 

Our Focus Areas

Generating new applied knowledge through research on primary health care systems

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Innovation

Innovating primary health care (PHC) through systems design and evaluation.

Contributing to the societal impacts of research by educating future researchers

 

 

GLC Highlight

   

10 Lucky Students attend APHA's 2025
Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Earlier this month, GLC sponsored 10 MPH and PhD students at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association.  Their energy and curiosity remind us why investing in learning and connection matters. 
 

It was more than presenting research and attending panels.  It was about listening, exchanging ideas, and growing together to strengthen primary health care systems across Latin America and the Caribbean. 

 

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GW MPH Students at APHA annual conference

  

 

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