Dr Kimberly Green

Dr Kimberly Green is PATH’s Global Director for Primary Health Care (PHC) overseeing people-centered systems and service delivery in 34 countries. She has 30 years’ experience focused on health service delivery integration and innovation and is passionate about advancing health care through decentralization, task-shifting and community-leadership; market-based approaches; telemedicine and other digital tools; self-care approaches such as self-testing; and innovative health financing. Through her career she has partnered with governments, community and private sector to advance PHC innovations and reforms related to infectious and noncommunicable diseases and health promotion.

She holds a Master’s Degree in International Health and Development from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, a PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Washington Department for Global Health. She is also an advisor to the International PHC Institute in Ethiopia and Deputy Editor for the Journal of the International AIDS Society.

Dr Green was recently confirmed a Commissioner for the Lancet Global Health Commission on People-centered Care for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and as a member of the UHC-focused Thai Princess Mahidol Award Conference. She has extensively published in peer review journals, presented as part of abstract-driven conferences and is frequently engaged by WHO as a member of guideline development groups or expert commissions.