HMS Center for Primary Care announces the Global Commissioners and Advisers for The Lancet Global Health Commission on People-Centered Care for Universal Health Coverage

Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care shared a post on LinkedIn:

“We are proud to announce the 34 global Commissioners and 15 Advisers selected for The Lancet Global Health Commission on People-Centered Care for Universal Health Coverage, which will be convened by the HMS Center for Primary Care.

Together, we are excited to embark on this important work to advance people-centered care globally, ensuring that health systems are designed and delivered with and for people, as we collectively strive to achieve universal health coverage and health equity.

This esteemed group includes multidisciplinary experts from around the world, representing people with lived experiences, health care providers, policymakers, academic researchers, civil society organizers, and private sector leaders.

Read the full announcement.”

Carolyn Taylor shared the above post on LinkedIn, adding:

“Could not be more thrilled to have been selected to work with this wonderful, diverse group of fellow Commissioners and Advisers to help move people-centered care for UHC forward.”

Carolyn Taylor is a global cancer care advocate, ovarian and endometrial cancer survivor and the Founder and Executive Director of Global Focus on Cancer (GFC), a US-based non-profit organization established in 2011 to act as an agent of simple and effective change to help reduce the global burden of cancer.

Carolyn serves as a content expert with the Women’s Empowerment Cancer Advocacy Network, sits on ASCO’s Gynecologic Cancer Guidelines Committee and a Measures Panel, was a contributing author to the Lancet series ‘Health, Equity and Women’s Cancers’ along with additional publications. Carolyn is a frequent speaker/moderator at global cancer conferences and since 2015, has served as the co-founder and co-chair of the annual SE Asia Breast Cancer Symposium.