Primafamed is a network of departments of family medicine and primary health care, of training institutes for primary health care providers and of organizations that are active in the field of capacity building for primary health care. All partners are currently situated in sub-Sahara Africa. The network aims at developing and strengthening family medicine higher education and training through, for example, capacity building, curricula enhancement, academic research development. Due attention is paid to interprofessional training and training of other professionals in primary health care, such as nurses, mid-level care workers and community health workers. The ultimate goal of the network is to improve the quality and the accessibility of health care and to establish more equitable and locally suited primary health care systems as this is the most accessible and holistic level of health care with the potential to make the greatest impact on achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The network is based on South-South cooperation where partners learn from each other. In order to develop the profile of an ‘African’ family physician responsive and suitable to local needs, all expertise is with the African institutions. Instruments of cooperation & exchange of knowledge and experience are the website, the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, annual workshops and twinning activities.
