Call for Papers: Academic Partnerships in Primary Health Care
Dear colleagues,
Global health and primary care are sustained and strengthened by partnerships—and your Primary Health Care work is moving us toward Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s your nudge to document and disseminate that impact.
We’re inviting teams engaged in academic collaborations to contribute to the Frontiers in Medicine Research Topic: United in Partnership: Academic Collaborations for Primary Health Care Transformation.
We’re especially keen on papers that show how partnerships strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) across the three WHO PHC components:
- Integrated health services across the life course (primary care + essential public health functions)
- Multisectoral policy and action on the determinants of health
- Empowered people and communities who shape and hold systems accountable
What to send now: Short summary of proposed manuscript.
Deadlines: Summary due February 4, 2026; full manuscript due May 1, 2026.
We welcome: Original research, reviews, case studies, policy briefs, perspectives, and reflective pieces—co-authored across universities and practice/policy/community partners, highlighting North–South and South–South collaboration.
Start here: Submit your manuscript summary on the Research Topic page.
If you have any questions (e.g., fee support, deadlines, scope), please reach out to our Topic Coordinator Sydney Pearce (sydney.pearce@utoronto.ca). Please also consider sharing this call with your networks.
We invite you to share the story of your partnerships—so others can be inspired to adapt, scale, and accelerate PHC transformation.
Warm regards,
The United In Partnership Topic Editor Team
Topic Editors
Katherine Dominique Rouleau, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Jennifer Leslie Wilson, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Princess Ruhama Acheampong, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Klaus B Von Pressentin, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Thiago Trindade, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Topic Coordinator
Sydney Dianne Pearce, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada