Dr. Carien Lion-Cachet

Carien Lion-Cachet is a South African academic in family medicine, affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand. Her work centres on strengthening primary health care systems, with a focus on hypertension management, HIV care, and quality improvement in resource-constrained settings. She contributes to advancing evidence-based practice within district and primary care services.

Her publications highlight research on hypertension guideline implementation and blood pressure control in primary care, underscoring gaps in documentation and chronic disease management. She has also examined paediatric antiretroviral therapy delivery through quality improvement initiatives, promoting structured clinical processes and clinician leadership to enhance HIV care at clinic level.

In addition, she has played a role in developing blended learning models for family medicine registrar training, integrating educational innovation with decentralised training platforms. Based on the limited available publications at present, her strengths lie in practice-based research, health systems improvement, and capacity building within South African primary health care.