In April 2020 I led an international research group which aimed to understand characteristics and strategies employed by different countries to deal with COVID-19 from a PHC perspective to determine:

• Factors most associated with national mortality rates during the pandemic period to date
• Lessons to better address both current and future pandemics

We have published 4 papers from this study:

GOODYEAR-SMITH F, KINDER K, MANNIE C, STRYDOM S, BAZEMORE A, PHILLIPS R. Relationship between perceived strength of countries’ primary care system and COVID-19 mortality. British Journal of General Practice Open, 2020. Published online 9 Sep. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101129.

GOODYEAR-SMITH F, KINDER K, , STRYDOM S, BAZEMORE A, PHILLIPS R, EDEN A, TAYLOR M, GEORGE J, MANNIE C. Primary care perspectives on pandemic politics. Global Public Health. 2021. DOI:10.1080/17441692 2021.1876751

KINDER K, MANNIE C, STRYDOM S, BAZEMORE A, PHILLIPS R, EDEN A, TAYLOR M, GEORGE J, GOODYEAR-SMITH F. Integrating primary care and public health to enhance response to a pandemic. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 2021. 22:E7. oi:10.1017/S1463423621000311

TAYLOR M, KINDER K, GEORGE J, EDEN A, BAZEMORE A, PHILLIPS R, MANNIE C, STRYDOM S, GOODYEAR-SMITH F. Multinational primary health care experiences to the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis. SSM: Qualitative Research in Health. 2022. 2:100041. DOI: 0.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100041

A summary of the project can be found here https://professionalismandvalue.org/international-covid-study/#covid-19-map

In November 2020 we gave a plenary session on international perspectives on primary health care & COVID-19 response at the North American Primary Care Research Group virtual conference,