ABSTRACT
Primary health care (PHC) is high on the agenda of the ongoing health system reform. The health system in Sudan is decentralized with three levels of governance: federal, state, and locality. The interim Constitution of Sudan ensures the promotion of public health and guarantees equal access and free PHC to all its citizens. The government of Sudan is highly committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by the year 2020. The higher authority in Sudan is the National Health Coordination Council chaired by the president of Sudan. This council is committed to UHC and endorses the family health policy. The PHC directorates, which receive the funds to facilitate the implementation of the PHC expansion, finance family health practice teams including the family medicine training programme in nine states in Sudan in addition to the in-service training of medical assistants and community health workers.
